by rjhale | Mar 19, 2026 | GDAL, QGIS
A few years back I jumped in way over my head with QGIS/Postgis. I had moved a process out of one software and into my favorite two (QGIS/PostGIS) and little did I know the final output had to be a ESRI File Geodatabase. So what did I do? I shamed them into using a...
by rjhale | Feb 19, 2026 | QGIS
I could argue I’m doing that on multiple levels these days. Except I want to talk Geometry, QGIS, and Forks in the Road. I haven’t done just a “QGIS Tech Post” in a while. I talk about it and training and generalities but hardly dive into the...
by rjhale | Dec 10, 2025 | QGIS, Training
So back last year I started something and have just finished one small part of it: https://training.northrivergeographic.com The Intro to QGIS class has a new home and that new home has a lot of room for a lot of different things. Something like 12 years ago (or more...
by rjhale | Oct 27, 2025 | 911, postgis, QGIS
I’ve been trying to write more as I get into this “New Life” thing since January. I’m not a developer. There was a time I did give it a go and it wasn’t my thing. I can write small programs that scratch an itch but they aren’t for...
by rjhale | Oct 23, 2025 | conferences, QGIS, Rambling
I said last year I was going to cut back on conferences and forgot about that in the lead up to January. So far this year there’s been three conferences I’ve attended. I’ve got another 2 plus one speaking engagement and then I’m done for a bit....
by rjhale | Oct 22, 2025 | Open Source GIS, postgis, QGIS, Rambling, Small Business
It made me sad. I’m working on a project involving 911 data and it’s made me do quite a bit of thinking. The short story on this is it’s not in Tennessee. I’m taking data in it’s raw form and shoving it into that state’s NG911...