09.07.2023 09:26 · GIS · qgis, plugins, mil-std-2525d
To be effective on the battlefield, make informed and timely decisions, the army needs to analyse tons of data. While all information comes from various sources and in different forms, it ends up being laid out on a map. There are many ways to represent it, and one of them is by using special symbols like the ones described by NATO APP-6D and DOD MIL-STD-2525D standards.
Read more ››25.02.2022 09:57 · Notes · qgis, plugins, life
In the early morning of February 24, 2022, russia launched a treacherous, full-scale invasion of Ukraine, mirroring the atrocities of Nazi Germany during the Second World War. And we fight back. We fight for our lives, our families, our land, and our right to exist against one of the largest armies in the world.
I have decided to shut down my QGIS plugin repository. I will not allow my professional contributions and expertise to benefit an aggressor state or its people: those who remain silent, do nothing, openly endorse this war, or refuse to accept their responsibility, while our women and children are murdered and our cities are destroyed.
To those who have remained silent while witnessing these crimes and chose to maintain “business as usual”: your silence is a position. My repository will remain offline until the war ends, our lands are liberated, and those responsible for these war crimes are held accountable.
25.02.2018 08:20 · GIS · qgis, release
The release of QGIS 3.0 “Girona” has been announced.
QGIS is a free and open-source geographic information system (GIS) running on Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, Windows, and Android (QField project). This release is named after the city of Girona, where the 15th QGIS developer meeting and the 2nd QGIS User Conference took place in spring 2016.
As this is the first release in the 3.x series, it is marked as an “early adopter release” and is aimed at enthusiasts and advanced users. Of course, anyone can install it, but keep in mind that this version is not yet as stable and polished as the 2.x series. Also, note that QGIS 2.14 has reached its end of life and QGIS 2.18 is now LTR.
Read more ››17.01.2018 17:43 · GIS · qgis, plugins, processing
As QGIS 3.0 has entered the “hard freeze” phase, it is time to update the plugins. I decided to start with Processing providers, as they are the most relevant. As of today, all of them are updated and available for installation from my plugin repository:
23.12.2017 09:59 · GIS · qgis, plugins, processing
Yesterday I published a new plugin — WhiteboxTools Processing provider.
WhiteboxTools provides a set of spatial analysis tools, primarily for raster data. It was developed as a response to numerous requests coming from users of the specialized GIS called Whitebox GAT. People wanted to use Whitebox GAT functionality in automated data processing workflows. At the time of this post, WhiteboxTools already contains more than 250 tools from Whitebox GAT and about the same number will be added in the near future. The WhiteboxTools for Processing plugin I have developed integrates these tools into QGIS.
The plugin is already available from my plugin repository. Only QGIS 3.0 (or newer) is supported. Currently, the plugin has an experimental status, so do not forget to enable experimental plugins in the QGIS Plugin Manager settings. In addition to the plugin, you should also download and install WhiteboxTools and specify their location in the Processing settings.
03.11.2016 12:14 · GIS · qgis, release
The release of QGIS 2.18 “Las Palmas” has been announced.
QGIS is a free and open-source geographic information system (GIS) running on Linux, Unix, Mac OS X and Windows. This release is named after the city of Las Palmas, where the QGIS developer meeting took place in November 2015.
This is the last release in the 2.x series. Development efforts are now focused on QGIS 3, which is scheduled for release at the end of the first quarter of 2017. QGIS 2.14.x remains the current release with long-term support and it will be maintained until the next LTR version based on QGIS 3 is released.
Read more ››17.06.2016 13:41 · Notes · qgis, conferences, meetings
Presentations and videos from the 10th Spanish FOSS4G (Jornadas SIG Libre) and the 2nd QGIS User Conference are available:
The workshops were not recorded, one had to go to Spain if interested :-).
27.05.2016 06:08 · Notes · qgis, conferences, meetings
The second (and first for me) QGIS User Conference is over. More than 150 participants, 9 workshops in three parallel sessions, 18 presentations from people all over the world: two incredibly busy days flew really fast.
Workshops from QGIS core developers and the most experienced community members were interesting and useful for both beginners and those who have been using QGIS for a long time. Personally, I managed to attend four workshops:
18 presentations on a wide range of topics once again confirmed that QGIS turned from a “pet project” into a full-fledged competitor of such well-known products as ArcMap and MapInfo a long time ago. It was very interesting to listen to reports on the migration of government agencies to QGIS as well as on using QGIS in conservation and educational institutions. Presentations about new QGIS features, plugins, and other related developments, such as QGIS Server clients, were also captivating.
Many thanks to the organizers for their hospitality and impeccable organization of the conference.
02.05.2016 15:21 · GIS, Notes · qgis, publications
Today PacktPublishing released another book about QGIS, which contains quite a lot of my work. The book is available in both printed and electronic forms.
As the title suggests, QGIS 2 Cookbook provides a set of carefully selected and detailed recipes for using QGIS to solve different GIS tasks: from the basic ones (such as loading spatial data from various sources) to the advanced ones (working with vector topology, developing own plugins).
Many thanks to my co-authors: Alex Mandel, Anita Graser and Victor Olaya. It was a real pleasure to work with them, and being a part of a large team of authors was a very useful experience.
Happy QGISing!
17.03.2016 06:00 · GIS · qgis, plugins
Have you ever tried to pass the coordinates of any location by phone or explain to someone where to find a specific place on a map in the absence of a map? This is not an easy task: not everyone can easily memorize long coordinates, and it is difficult to recognize them, especially when spelling over the phone. Of course, there are different techniques designed to simplify this. For example, one can say coordinate in full, spell it by individual numbers, or even use the International Phonetic Alphabet (of course, if interlocutors are familiar with it). But anyway, it is slow, inconvenient, and error-prone.
In such cases, the what3words service comes to the rescue. With its help, one can pass the coordinates of any location with 3 meters of accuracy in just three words. All you need to do is install the Android/iOS application or open the website, find the desired point on a map, and copy three words that encode the point’s coordinates. For instance, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Svobody square, 4), where the GIS-Forum 2016 is currently taking place, is at robes.mimics.array.
The service is free and already supports 8 languages. The number of supported languages grows every month.
QGIS users can install the plugin of the same name developed by BoundlessGeo. The plugin allows you to get the coordinates of any point in what3words notation and quickly navigate to a location defined by what3words coordinates.