<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I am very interested in additional geologic support for QGIS. I have been learning to use this great software for plotting geochemical data (my data- Hg and soil pH) for geothermal exploration. I have ended up using TrueType fonts for some symbols (strike and dip) and editing in GIMP for the other items I could not find or work around. <br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I am trying to use Blender for drill hole (well data) plotting but have not gotten anywhere, really. I attempted to use Midvatten but I am not enough of a programmer to alter it, despite the cooperation of the author--still learning how to use QGIS.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">This list is quite helpful for some problems but I wish there was a somewhat less sophisticated user list. The QGIS-USA list has helped with some data plotting issues that were not of interest here.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I would like to be part of geology project/ support list but I lack the skill to do much other than share the problems I have managed to solve without python, etc.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks for the geologic interest<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Patty<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">--consulting geochemist<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 10:47 AM, John Harrop <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jcharrop@gmail.com" target="_blank">jcharrop@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Since we have been talking about geological symbol fonts…<br>
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What is the level of interest in other geological tools? I would very much like to see the momentum in QGIS carry on into building tools in QGIS and/or PostGIS to support drilling, geochemistry and geophysics field surveys.<br>
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For example, I have run simple drill sections as “projections” with the data calculated in a spreadsheet. Recently I have been (enjoying!) processing magnetic surveys in R and building profiles for plotting in plan view along the survey lines. The tools are there to build a good exploration suite like those provided commercially for MapInfo and ESRI.<br>
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Any other interest in this? Should we be more formalizing a project?<br>
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John<br>
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> On Jan 30, 2016, at 12:56 AM, gene <<a href="mailto:martin.laloux@gmail.com">martin.laloux@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> The solution we were using was a True Type font (Font marker symbol) with<br>
> geological symbols (as ArcGIS with the geology ttf symbols). We cannot use<br>
> directly this ESRI police ( FAQ: What are the applicable copyright<br>
> restrictions on Esri fonts?"<br>
> <<a href="http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/32155" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/32155</a> > ) but<br>
> it is relatively easy to create a new True Type Font with geological symbols<br>
> with FontForge <<a href="https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/</a>> . You draw the symbols<br>
> with a classical interface<br>
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> <<a href="http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/file/n5248101/fontforge2.jpg" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/file/n5248101/fontforge2.jpg</a>><br>
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> and you generate the True Type Font (look at QGIS and fonts as symbols, use<br>
> and creation with FontForge<br>
> <<a href="http://www.portailsig.org/content/qgis-et-les-polices-de-caracteres-comme-symboles-utilisation-et-creation-avec-fontforge" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.portailsig.org/content/qgis-et-les-polices-de-caracteres-comme-symboles-utilisation-et-creation-avec-fontforge</a>><br>
> , in French but the figures are universal). You can even copy/paste a SVG<br>
> symbol as a new character of the font or export a character to a SVG file .<br>
> You can change the color and the size of a character without problem and it<br>
> is easy to distribute<br>
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