[Qgis-user] Ecological toolbox for QGIS - collecting ideas

[Dr. F. Patrick Graz]

Hi all,
I just had a quick look at the hyperlinks that were provided by the original
posting. The collections seem quite useful. Many of these are, however,
already included in QGIS e.g. in the ftools or the home range manager.  

While an ecological toolbox would be quite a useful thing, it can also lead
to some confusions / errors. For instance, using another GIS package I
obtained different results from two different buffering pluggins. So which
one is correct? Also remember, that ArcGIS was (apparently) originally
produced because Arc/INFO (7.x) and ArcView 3.2 produced different outcomes
in calculations.

I would suggest as an alternative that a set of "how to's" is produced
(maybe in conjunction with the qgis web-site) that shows how the different
analysis tasks are carried out. This way we a) increase the utility of the
exiting pluggins is enhanced and b) if there are errors in a pluggin they
are more readily identified.

Regards,

Patrick

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Dr. F. Patrick Graz
Snr. Researcher, 
Multidisciplinary Research Centre, 
University of Namibia


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