[Qgis-user] issues with Processing Options

Wed Jul 20 22:02:09 PDT 2016

Johanna

This is the documentation for configuring 3rd party applications

https://docs.qgis.org/2.6/en/docs/user_manual/processing/3rdParty.html#configuring-external-applications

Please, if you have some time and can help updating, let us know.
Contributions to that doc will be very welcome

Thanks

2016-07-21 0:17 GMT+02:00 Johanna Botman <Johanna.Botman at griffith.nsw.gov.au
>:

> Hi Andreas,
>
> Thank you for your response, and I think that your 'other' question is
> valid. I will see what I can do about that.
>
> But my other point is that there is very little documentation about what
> settings 'should' be applied to enable these providers. That makes it hard
> for users who want to get on with their work if they have to spend hours
> researching and experimenting.
>
> And, I've been around for long enough to know that I shouldn't whinge
> without thinking about volunteering to do that work myself. I am not in a
> position to raise my hand for that just yet. But you may see that before
> the end of the year.
>
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> Griffith City Council
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> [image: Inactive hide details for "Neumann, Andreas" ---20/07/2016
> 07:34:20 PM---Hi Johanna, Orfeo Toolbox (photogrammetry software) i]"Neumann,
> Andreas" ---20/07/2016 07:34:20 PM---Hi Johanna,  Orfeo Toolbox
> (photogrammetry software) is quite specialized and is not
>
> From: "Neumann, Andreas" <a.neumann at carto.net>
> To: Johanna Botman <johanna at jbotman.com>
> Cc: 'Johanna Botman' <Johanna.Botman at griffith.nsw.gov.au>,
> qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> Date: 20/07/2016 07:34 PM
> Subject: RE: [Qgis-user] issues with Processing Options
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hi Johanna,
>
> Orfeo Toolbox (photogrammetry software) is quite specialized and is not
> part of the standard QGIS distribution. I also have no experience with it
> and can't help.
>
> GRASS is different - it's a general purpose GIS and should work well with
> QGIS. What are you struggling with regarding GRASS?
>
> -------------
>
> The other question is: are you (I mean your Windows user account) a
> long-time QGIS user who upgraded from older versions? If yes, it can mean
> that some "out-of-the-box" settings don't apply, since you already have
> settings and they won't get overwritten (people wouldn't like that). So to
> judge things, it may be interesting to try from a new Windows user account
> and test if things work fine for a new and clean user account. You could
> then compare the settings and copy them over to the production user who
> upgraded from older QGIS.
>
> Andreas
>
> On 2016-07-20 10:45, Johanna Botman wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
>
>
>
> I was having specific issues with Orfeo Toolbox and GRASS. I'm running
> QGIS 2.14.1.
>
>
>
> I work where I have no permissions on my PC, so I struggle with basic
> read/write. My IT unit don't like installing via OSGeo – so that doesn't
> help either.
>
>
>
> Johanna
>
>
>
> *From:* Neumann, Andreas [mailto:a.neumann at carto.net <a.neumann at carto.net>]
>
> * Sent:* Wednesday, 20 July 2016 5:13 PM
> * To:* Johanna Botman <Johanna.Botman at griffith.nsw.gov.au>
> * Cc:* qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> * Subject:* Re: [Qgis-user] issues with Processing Options
>
>
>
> Hi Johanna,
>
> Which provider are you talking about?
>
> You have to understand that Processing is an open and extensible system -
> many providers can't be shipped with QGIS, because they are very
> domain-specific and would bloat QGIS or because of licensing issues. Hence
> they need to be installed and configured separately.
>
> However, processing providers that are shipped along with QGIS, such as
> GDAL/OGR/Postgis/GRASS/Saga should work out of the box and I agree with
> you, it shouldn't require extra configuration ideally. So what provider are
> you talking about?
>
> Greetings,
> Andreas
>
> On 2016-07-20 01:39, Johanna Botman wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I always struggle with the Options in Processing when I try to insert the
> correct path for a Provider. Is there anywhere that there is some
> documentation about what those settings should be?
>
> I do realise that these come from a variety of sources and may vary from
> installation to installation. But isn't it time that QGIS moved away from
> users needing to know the intricacies of each installation? Why can't QGIS
> work straight out from the installation by now? I want to be getting on
> with my GIS work and analysis of data. I don't need to know about the
> details of the entrails, do I?
>
> And yes, I am a Windows user and I am quite happy with being provided with
> an .exe file that just installs everything I need.
>
> <end rant>
>
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>
>
> Griffith City Council
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