[OSGeo BC] OSGeo-BC Digest, Vol 70, Issue 1

Fri Jul 15 15:30:30 PDT 2022

I have loved exploring the OS geospatial world, and have had success
converting the company I work for completely into QGIS users. I have made
and maintained a qgz project template and set of shapefiles that are copied
for each new work project and all of us (not many, 4 of us) are able to
work locally with our data. We've successfully been using it for the last 3
years now, with infrequent issues (none that can't be worked around).

One difficulty I have found is the hosting and syncing of our geodata. The
most common method of transport for data between our clients and us, or
between us and other professionals is either with shapefiles or KML/KMZs.
We use Dropbox for our file storage, as it fulfills two major requirements
we have, but it has issues with multiple people editing the same shapefile
(or geopackage, geodatabase, sqlite db). We need to be able to work with
local files, since often we are in remote work camps with limited internet
access (weather permitting for satellite connections). Another bonus for
Dropbox is the Smart Sync feature, which allows you to view all files in
the Dropbox, but only download the ones that you are using.

I have played with PostGIS databases, but it doesn't allow us to access the
information without an internet connection. I have just heard of a service
called mergin on the Mapscaping podcast (which I highly recommend for
fellow GIS nerds), which is an open source QGIS project management system,
with offline working on mobile devices, project syncing, auto-merging, and
version control. It is offered from Mergin Maps as a SaaS, but also
available on GitHub for personal hosting (
https://github.com/MerginMaps/mergin). I plan to explore this and try it
out when I get back to the office (home) in Nanaimo later this week

Another difficulty I have found, is making the time to explore all of this
while still doing my field work! I love both sides too much to give one up.

Jody, if there was Victoria geogeeks meetup in the future, I'd love to join

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>    1.  Introduction (Nicholas Hadaller)
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>    3. Re:  Introduction (Tyler Mitchell)
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> From: Nicholas Hadaller <nicholashadaller at gmail.com>
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> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:44:50 -0700
> Subject: [OSGeo BC] Introduction
> Hi all,
>
>
> I have just joined the mailing list and also edited the wiki page to list
> myself as a member, so I wanted to introduce myself.
>
> My name is Nick Hadaller, and I work as a training forestry technican with
> a consultant company based around northern Vancouver Island. Forestry was
> how I was introduced to GIS, and eventually QGIS, OSGeo, and the open
> source geospatial community and I have become fascinated with all of it.
> Although I am mostly self-taught with my tech skills, I am continuing my
> formal education in GIS, and have enrolled in the advanced diploma of GIS
> applications at VIU for Jan 2023.
>
> The majority of my work is done with QGIS but I am always looking into
> other tools such as using R and libraries such as lidR to work with point
> clouds. I have recently begun to use python and pyqgis, plus a variety of
> command line tools (gdal, pdal) to script/automate repetitive tasks or come
> up with new ways to analyze or process the data I work with.
>
>
>
> I am excited to be in this community with all of you,
>
> ---
> Nick Hadaller
> www.hadallen.ca
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> To: "OSGeo Local Chapter, British Columbia, Canada" <
> osgeo-bc at lists.osgeo.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 18:08:44 -0700
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo BC] Introduction
> Welcome Nick!
>
> Lots of fun stuff to explore, I personally work on GeoServer, and you will
> find the island has a long history of open source spatial.
>
> Aside: If we are brave enough there is a victoria geogeeks meetup group
> that could reform for beers on a patio.
>
> Jody
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 1:45 PM Nicholas Hadaller <
> nicholashadaller at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> I have just joined the mailing list and also edited the wiki page to list
>> myself as a member, so I wanted to introduce myself.
>>
>> My name is Nick Hadaller, and I work as a training forestry technican
>> with a consultant company based around northern Vancouver Island. Forestry
>> was how I was introduced to GIS, and eventually QGIS, OSGeo, and the open
>> source geospatial community and I have become fascinated with all of it.
>> Although I am mostly self-taught with my tech skills, I am continuing my
>> formal education in GIS, and have enrolled in the advanced diploma of GIS
>> applications at VIU for Jan 2023.
>>
>> The majority of my work is done with QGIS but I am always looking into
>> other tools such as using R and libraries such as lidR to work with point
>> clouds. I have recently begun to use python and pyqgis, plus a variety of
>> command line tools (gdal, pdal) to script/automate repetitive tasks or come
>> up with new ways to analyze or process the data I work with.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am excited to be in this community with all of you,
>>
>> ---
>> Nick Hadaller
>> www.hadallen.ca
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> Jody Garnett
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Tyler Mitchell <tylermitchell at shaw.ca>
> To: <osgeo-bc at lists.osgeo.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 23:32:39 -0700
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo BC] Introduction
> Hi from the Okanagan, also with a forestry GIS background here (Lakehead,
> Geography), welcome!
> I'd love to hear how you are finding the learning experience you had while
> digging into open source geo. What worked what didn't, etc.
>
> Tyler
>
> On 2022-07-12 1:45:06 PM, Nicholas Hadaller <nicholashadaller at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> I have just joined the mailing list and also edited the wiki page to list
> myself as a member, so I wanted to introduce myself.
>
> My name is Nick Hadaller, and I work as a training forestry technican with
> a consultant company based around northern Vancouver Island. Forestry was
> how I was introduced to GIS, and eventually QGIS, OSGeo, and the open
> source geospatial community and I have become fascinated with all of it.
> Although I am mostly self-taught with my tech skills, I am continuing my
> formal education in GIS, and have enrolled in the advanced diploma of GIS
> applications at VIU for Jan 2023.
>
> The majority of my work is done with QGIS but I am always looking into
> other tools such as using R and libraries such as lidR to work with point
> clouds. I have recently begun to use python and pyqgis, plus a variety of
> command line tools (gdal, pdal) to script/automate repetitive tasks or come
> up with new ways to analyze or process the data I work with.
>
>
>
> I am excited to be in this community with all of you,
>
> ---
> Nick Hadaller
> www.hadallen.ca
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