Drive Distances using QGIS and GRASS Documentation

As promised – my last batch of directions for a client are now up. You can use this process if you have want to generate drive distancesĀ from a fire station. In this example we went 5 miles from a fire station. These aren’t guaranteed to work. In fact...

QGIS Topology and Emergency

I’m 44. When I was a kid probably one of my favorite shows was Emergency. Never seen it? You are missing out. Not terribly long ago I bought a digital antennae for a television and I discovered it’s on everyday. I had toy firetrucks and lego skyscrapers...

Distance Bands and GRASS GIS

Invariably when you’re using Open Source GIS you end up with those questions – How good is it? What can you do? It’s free…it can’t be that good…can it? Well – I’ve been working hard with Open Source GIS in it’s...

A Tale of Two Topologies

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of FOSS4G, it was the season of Commercial Software, it was the spring of hope,...

QGIS 2.4 Chugiak Released

So I’m a few days late to the party. I’ve updated and have been gleefully using this the entire weekend (I don’t have a life). From the email bag of Jurgen Fischer: We are very pleased to announce the release of QGIS 2.4 ‘Chugiak’. The...