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SVG symbols in QGIS with modifiable colors

SVG markers are a popular way to symbolise points in QGIS. Predefined markers are available in $PREFIX/share/qgis/svg and it is straightforward to add new symbols or to create own symbols with a vector graphics program (e.g. Inkscape). A disadvantage so far was the need to create different versions of an svg file to have the same symbol in several colors. A recent change in QGIS now introduces the possibility to insert parameter tags into the svg file and QGIS is going to replace them with the values for fill color, outline color and outline width.
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QGIS at FOSS4G 2011 in Denver

Sourcepole is conducting a QGIS workshop and giving two presentations: Workshop: New features for QGIS power users QGIS, what’s new? Publishing maps from the desktop with QGIS server There are more QGIS workshops and presentations: Workshop: Customizing QGIS with Python Plugins Efficiently using PostGIS with QGIS Quantum GIS & Inkscape: Cartographic Tools for Attractive Maps Web Mapping Performance Shootout Case studies: QGIS in an Academic Library: A Case Study Cellular Automata QuantumGIS plugin and web-based application A WPS Based Biogeography Tool for QGIS FOSS4G: Technology Enabling Humanitarian Relief Efforts A Prototype of open source tool for water resources management in developing countries So if you’re interested in QGIS, don’t miss FOSS4G 2011 in Denver.
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QGIS Mobile GSoC has started

Yesterday, we had our first meeting with Marco Bernasocchi, who just started his Google Summer of Code project. The project goals are: porting QGIS to the Android platform adapt the QGIS GUI for tablet computers write a driver for the built-in GPS create a QGIS “mini” application for mobile phones Marco Hugentobler is mentoring the project and updated information will be available on a QGIS Wiki page. We wish Marco good luck and are looking forward to a portable QGIS this year!
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QGIS Anwendertag, 6.5., HSR Rapperswil

Am Freitag dem 6. Mai, findet an der Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil das 2. deutschsprachige QGIS Anwendertreffen statt. Quantum GIS (oder kurz QGIS) ist ein benutzerfreundliches Open Source Desktop- und Server-GIS welches sich einer stark wachsenden Anwendergruppe erfreut. Sie finden Infos zu QGIS unter www.qgis.org Nach dem erfolgreichen ersten deutschsprachigen QGIS Anwendertreffen am 21.4.2010 in Bern findet das zweite deutschsprachige QGIS-Anwendertreffen an der HSR in Rapperswil statt. Alle aktuellen Infos zur Veranstaltung, wie auch zur Anmeldung, finden Sie auf der QGIS Seite.
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FOSSGIS 2011: Neue Entwicklungen und Features vom Quantum GIS Projekt

Das QGIS Projekt hat zum Ziel, ein plattformunabhängiges, einfach zu bedienendes und offenes Desktop GIS zu entwickeln. Im vergangenen Jahr hat die Aktivität in der QGIS-Community erneut zugenommen. Seit der letzten FOSSGIS Konferenz in Osnabrück hat sich QGIS wieder enorm weiterentwickelt. Sucht man sich (aus der Liste der svn commits) alle Neuerungen des letzten Jahres heraus, so kommt man auf eine Liste, die den Rahmen dieses Artikels bei weitem sprengen würde.
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FOSSGIS 2011: Webgis mit QGIS und GeoExt

Neues vom QGIS Server Der Vortrag zeigt die Fortschritte von QGIS Server auf, illustriert auch anhand von Beispielen aus der Praxis. QGIS Server kann neu .qgs Projektfiles aus dem Desktop-GIS-Bereich als zentrale Konfigurationsdatei von Webdiensten (derzeit nur WMS) verwenden. Das bietet verschiedene Vorteile: Desktop-GIS, Web-GIS und WMS aus der gleichen Konfigurationsdatei kein manuelles Editieren von .map-Files - auch Mapserver-Laien können nun sehr einfach Webdienste erstellen Übernahme von Druck-Layouts für das Drucken im Web (derzeit in Arbeit) Verwendung der neuen Label-Engine und der erweiterten Symbolisierungsmöglichkeiten aus der neuen Symbology-Engine Die Client-Komponente wurde mit GeoExt (OpenLayers, ExtJS,GeoExt) realisiert.
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OpenLayers plugin visits code sprint

A short visit and 7 hours train ride to the OpenLayers code sprint mainly for a presentation at the Swiss MapFish user group meeting in Lausanne, resulted in a new release of the QGIS OpenLayers plugin. The OpenLayers plugin adds WebKit based layers to QGIS and ships with OpenStreetMap-, Google- and Yahoo-Layers. Changes in this release: Update to OpenLayers trunk Google Layers using API V3 (no API key necessary) Code refactoring for adding new layer types with one line of code (and some HTML…) The next planned step is integrating this plugin with the very nice Openlayers Overview plugin from Luiz Motta.
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Web based printing with QGIS server

QGIS server is already known as a full featured, WMS 1.3 compliant map server (see e.g. ETHZ, Linfiniti or 3LIZ). For the city of Uster, Switzerland, Sourcepole recently extended QGIS server with the possibility to use the print composer via WMS in order to offer printing functionality for web maps. A very nice GeoExt based client can be found at http://gis.uster.ch/webgis/. Andreas Neumann used and extended the GeoExt PrintProvider and PrintExtent classes which allows the user to intuitively select a layout, extent, scale, rotation and resolution for printing.
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Importing a DBF containing X-Y Values into QGIS

Suppose you have a DBF (.dbf) file containing X and Y values that you want to import and save as a spatial layer. QGIS doesn’t support direct import of a DBF file as a map layer, however, we can use some command line magic to convert it to a CSV file and then use the Delimited Text plugin to get the job done. Your DBF file should have an id for each record and fields containing X and Y values.
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Developing QGIS Plugins with git

Writing a QGIS plugin is not overly complicated but represents a bit of work. Using git in conjunction with your development efforts can make sure your investment in coding time is preserved. Development Tools The QGIS project team has set up a central location for plugin development which includes pretty much everything you need to develop and support your plugins, including: Issue tracking Wiki Documents
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