[Qgis-user] Hello

Fri Jan 15 18:51:48 PST 2010

Hi Paul,

You might want to look at this outstanding bug report. Perhaps it will provide a solution that is still valid, assuming you are on either Windows or OS X.

http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1170

Cheers,
John

On Jan 15, 2010, at 1:17 PM, paul ferro wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi Pierre or anyone else that has success with connecting to a GPS with QGIS through the GPS plugin.
> 
> I am trying to connect a Garmin GPS that has a com to usb converter cable.  Other apps. read my GPS from COM3, and work just fine.
> 
> I just installed QGIS 1.4, and GPS babel is installed, and I have set the PATH under environmental variables so that QGIS will see gpsbabel.  But whenever I go to download from my GPS, I either get the message that 'GPS Babel would not start', or 'this layer could not be added to the map'
> 
> What is the code that you are using for your GPS unit under devices in the GPS Device Editor?
> The default for Garmin under the waypoint command is %gpsbabel -w -i garmin -o gpx "%in" "%out"
> I've also tried %babel -w -i garmin -f COM: -o gpx -F gps.gpx  but have not had luck.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:54:20 +0100
> > From: pierrechevaliergeol at free.fr
> > To: a.neumann at carto.net
> > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Hello
> > CC: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> > 
> > All right, I haven't tried it. Actually, I don't use the print 
> > composer, I usually export maps from the mapper, which works fine for 
> > me. I try the print composer right now. Oh, it has changed much. Let's 
> > see...
> > 
> > But I still think that a graticule displayed on the mapper would be very 
> > helpful, when you work on maps.
> > 
> > A+
> > Pierre
> > 
> > PS: sorry, I first replied out of the list.
> > 
> > Andreas Neumann claviota:
> > > regarding the coordinate grid:
> > >
> > > this is now in the print composer (Version 1.4 and above). No more
> > > complicated workarounds or separate plugins ... This new feature is
> > > available when a map item is selected and active in the print composer.
> > > Activate the grid with the checkbox and make your settings. I am sure that
> > > there are special cases not handled in the print composer, like grid in a
> > > different coordinate system than your data (eg. data in UTM and grid in
> > > degrees (lat/lon)). But most general cases should be possible now.
> > >
> > > Andreas
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, January 13, 2010 9:29 am, Pierre Chevalier GÃ©ologue wrote:
> > > 
> > >> Good morning,
> > >>
> > >> Brett Adams claviota:
> > >> 
> > >>> Hi Pierre,
> > >>> I'm a geophysicist in Australia, working primarily in Nickel and IOCG.
> > >>> Just started my own consultantsy this year and started with Qgis last
> > >>> week. My requirements of Qgis sound very similar to yours.
> > >>> 
> > >> Certainly. You geophysicists like bright colours, and we geologists
> > >> have more dull colours, but after all, we are dealing with the same
> > >> thing: rocks, displayed on maps! ;)
> > >> So I believe we should have similar requirements!
> > >>
> > >> 
> > >>> How are you getting a coordinate grid around your maps?
> > >>> 
> > >> Not easily. Usually, I generate several graticules using the
> > >> appropriate plugin, which creates a shapefile for each graticule. I
> > >> have to manually change the srid, and then I overlay all my graticules,
> > >> using different transparencies, to get a neat visual effect. I also
> > >> play with labels, according to map scale and the step of graticule.
> > >>
> > >> 
> > >>> I'm hoping you have a better (faster) system than me.
> > >>> 
> > >> I'm afraid not... ;(
> > >>
> > >> 
> > >>> My process works but is a bit of stuffing about. I generate a vector
> > >>> grid, edit the DBF file, reimport the DBF then get the labels organised.
> > >>> 
> > >> All right: then, you end up with points with a little cross symbol, if I
> > >> understand well, with labels around them.
> > >>
> > >> I believe this is a feature that would be needed by many of us, qgis
> > >> users. I had the plan to try to write a plugin to do a neat graticule,
> > >> generated every time the map is changed, with coordinates every 1km, or
> > >> 100m, or 1000km, depending on the zoom, or 1Â°, or 30", etc. depending on
> > >> the srid (which may be different from the map). But no time...
> > >> So many software packages already do this neatly, so I guess it should
> > >> not be too difficult to adapt their code. I'm thinking of viking, for
> > >> instance.
> > >>
> > >> A+
> > >> Pierre
> > >>
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