[Aust-NZ] QGIS Install issue XPsp2 was NZ Towns

Mon Nov 15 17:52:02 EST 2010

Ok, heres the solution FTR.

UNINSTALL all C++ runtimes.
Reboot
Install 2005SP1 only.
Run QGIS.

For me this worked. I had 2005, 2008 and 2008SP1 but 2005SP1 seems to be the key.

Others report needing to also install 2008SP1. I probably had some residue of it.

Crikey. Best update the download install page with some guidance here, or, fix the problem.

Peter

Peter wrote:
> I retried it this am, it installs, but fails to start.
>
> The application failed to initilize properly (oxc0150002)
>
> XPSP2
>
> I tried the fixes suggested in the first 2 google results page for this
> error, ie installing both MS Visual C Runtime 2005 and 2008, to no
> avail. Installing the 2008 runtime asks to repair 2005. I also tried
> 2008SP1. There was also some mention of proj.dll which theres no trace
> of on my system.
>
> What are the dlls you refer to?
>
> Peter
>
>
> Alister Hood wrote:
>> QGIS: Oh, of course. It'll be a missing msvcr80.dll or 71 or 90 or
>> something similar.
>> I thought the instructions did tell you to install this (and where
>> from), but looking now I can't see any reference to it, which is a bit
>> of a concern.
>>
>> If I had the choice I'd run Linux, but generally I find QGIS works fine
>> on Windows. The most common problem I've had is actually other software
>> installing various open source libraries into system32, which override
>> the versions installed in QGIS' directory, preventing QGIS or a plugin
>> from functioning.
>>
>> Alister
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:aust-nz-
>>> bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Peter
>>> Sent: Monday, 15 November 2010 5:32 p.m.
>>> To: aust-nz at lists.osgeo.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Aust-NZ] NZ Towns
>>>
>>> Its an almagamation of the sources i named, geonames, linz electoral,
>>> and google geocoder for the coords, with a bit of stuff patched in
>>> (when i had any doubts) from statnz interactive boundary viewer
>>> (ambiguous regions, some populations). Where spelling disagreed i
>>> tended to go with the electoral dataset
>>> http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/electoral-streets-places/ Just
>>> beware there was a lot of hand editing involved, hence errors are a
>>> real possibility.
>>>
>>> QGIS: i tried both installers, both had the same error. It wasnt the
>>> Program Files thing becasue i put it in Program-Files the second time
>>> to be safe. As far as i got in the documentation suggested it was the
>>> absence of a windows library. I ran out of time and patience. Given
>>> your guys recommendation ill try it again soon. Failing that ill try
>> it
>>> on a linux box, thatd probably, yeah, be easier... The thought of all
>>> that FOSS sql, python, etc running on windows gives me the willys.
>>>
>>> METADATA: Yes, No. The reason being the same as why i was reliant on
>>> such half baked sources, lack of GIS knowhow.
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>
>>> pcreso at pcreso.com wrote:
>>>> Hi Peter,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for that, a useful dataset. Before I use it, can you give me
>>> some
>>>> idea of where it was derived from,& what licence the content is
>>>> available under? If there are several sources, then identifying the
>>>> source of each record would be useful, as most licences have an
>>>> attribution requirement.
>>>>
>>>> & QGIS is worth persevering with& have a look at Postgis for
>> spatial
>>>> data management :-)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Brent Wood
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- On *Mon, 11/15/10, Peter /<webwiz at pl.net>/* wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Peter<webwiz at pl.net>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Aust-NZ] NZ Towns
>>>> To: aust-nz at lists.osgeo.org
>>>> Date: Monday, November 15, 2010, 2:01 PM
>>>>
>>>> Indeed, i eventually concluded that the secondary sources that
>>> are
>>>> freely available are all unreliable. The geographic placename
>>>> register from linz is two years out of date, and its regions are
>>> not
>>>> TLA regions but land districts. LINZ also has an up to date
>>>> electoral districts file, which i was able to use to get tla
>>>> districts from for some 6000 odd places. The geonames dataset is
>>>> based on the geographic placenames dataset, and has the region
>>> field
>>>> mostly empty. It has partial population fields, ( about a
>> quarter
>>>> maybe), and approx coords. I found the google geocoder coords to
>>> be
>>>> quite a bit more accurate. I suspect the geonames coords are
>>>> someones attempts to shift the linz place label coords by half
>>> the
>>>> label width or something.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway the only real solution is as you say is go back to the
>>>> primary GIS data. Attempts to bodge together old secondary
>>> sources
>>>> only introduces yet more noise into the dataset.
>>>>
>>>> FWIW my excel spreadhsheet is here if its any use to anyone.
>>>> http://www.zoneblue.org/files/nz-towns.zip
>>>>
>>>> Which served my immediate purpose, but i do need to get more
>>>> organised GIS wise.
>>>>
>>>> I have no real fondness for large java or .NET frameworks which
>>> are
>>>> needed for the main GIS packages. As for open source, QGIS would
>>> not
>>>> install, Grass did (brought a bucket load of stuff with it too),
>>> so
>>>> i guess ill try learning it.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your help guys.
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gavin Treadgold wrote:
>>>> > On 2010-11-12, at 13:16 , Robert Coup wrote:
>>>> >> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Peter<webwiz at pl.net
>>>> </mc/compose?to=webwiz at pl.net>
>>>> >> <mailto:webwiz at pl.net</mc/compose?to=webwiz at pl.net>>>
>> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I have blown an inordinate amount of time trying to merge
>>> various
>>>> >> online sources to get a listing of towns in NZ. Ideally this
>>> list
>>>> >> would have town , district/city/unitary council, region, and
>>>> >> population or area. This would allow me filter by towns
>> above
>>>> >> certain sizes for various web app uses.
>>>> >> GPS coords would also be good but i can get those from
>> google
>>>> >> geocoder.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Getting area or boundaries will be harder. Possibly the Fire
>>> Service
>>>> >> suburbs dataset (available for $0 but under onerous terms)
>>> will
>>>> help,
>>>> >> or look at meshblocks/area-units and their populations from
>>> the
>>>> census
>>>> >> database and try and derive from that?
>>>> >
>>>> > Much of the boundaries you should be able to get from
>>> Statistics New
>>>> > Zealands digital boundaries.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>
>> <http://www.stats.co.nz/browse_for_stats/people_and_communities/geograp
>>> hic-areas/download-digital-boundaries.aspx>
>>>> >
>>>> > Cheers Gav
>>>> >
>>>>
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