by rjhale | Nov 4, 2016 | Open Source GIS, QGIS
After going on a rant a few blog posts ago on not updating your software – I thought I would make the announcement: 2.14.8 is out. 2.14 is a Long Term Release. For those of you in a corporate or education setting and you want something that sticks around for a...
by rjhale | Nov 4, 2016 | Open Source GIS, OSGEO, QGIS
QGIS 2.18 is out and about. What’s exciting about this one? First off learn a little bit of Geography with the release name of Las Palmas. Second – it’s the last (**I think**) of the 2 releases before 3 comes out. This one will probably be with us a...
by rjhale | Oct 27, 2016 | GRASS, North Carolina, Open Source GIS, Python
Interested in using GRASS GIS as a geospatial processing backend? Or for reproducible research with Python? Or as a surprisingly powerful desktop GIS? Then come to the November GRASS GIS Raleigh meetup which will be specifically focused on getting newcomers...
by rjhale | Sep 26, 2016 | GRASS, North Carolina, Open Source GIS
From the email bag: Do you want to learn GRASS GIS? Do you want to use Python for geospatial processing? Or perhaps even share your workflow with others as a GRASS GIS addon module? Come to the next GRASS GIS Raleigh meetup which is planned for Saturday, October 1. We...
by rjhale | Sep 17, 2016 | Open Source GIS, postgis, QGIS
So at least once a week I’m getting a phone call or an email on QGIS. This one was pretty awesome and it pointed out I need to cover geoprocessing in Class in a little more detail. The question was “In our transition out of ESRI products we hit a snag. We...
by rjhale | Sep 9, 2016 | GRASS, North Carolina, Open Source GIS, OSGEO, QGIS
From the email bag …and no this isn’t anything I’m doing but I support anyone doing this in the area. Greetings, all! Also, at UNC in Chapel Hill there will be a one week short course on Open Source (QGIS and GRASS) GIS that is open to the public....
