[Qgis-user] On the capabilities of QGIS

[chris hermansen]

I would probably start looking a NOAA data here

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/marine

On Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 17:09 Nicolas Cadieux <njacadieux.gitlab at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Oups!
> This would help https://www.naturalearthdata.com/
>
> Nicolas Cadieux
> https://gitlab.com/njacadieux
>
> Le 19 sept. 2021 à 19:58, Nicolas Cadieux <njacadieux.gitlab at gmail.com> a
> écrit :
>
> Hi,
>
> Not sure what the resolution is but you could start with Naturel Earth
> Data.  I’m sure there must be other finer databases out there and others
> will probably give you better answers.  This one is, for the very least,
> convenient.
>
> Nicolas Cadieux
> https://gitlab.com/njacadieux
>
> Le 19 sept. 2021 à 08:02, Prvt Rsrchr | Jennifer Cluse <
> jencluse at iinet.net.au> a écrit :
>
>  G'day there, all,
>
> QGIS just discovered. Oh. Wow.
>
> Jennifer of Chermside Oz here, with two questions of a very generic
> nature. Sorry.
>
> Before I commit a big slice of my remaining life-span trying to mistress
> GIS via Q, can I ask:
>
>     1/ is Qgis in tandem with any known DB capable of providing me an
> accurate fine-grained result on the area of just the oceans, all of them,
> 360° round, that lie between the ancient Greeks Tropic zone, in my case
> either ±45° lat or ±50°. It's the granularity that I need.  (2° grid
> good, tighter ideal.)
>
>     2/ if Yes, what would be your rough assessment of the time it would
> take for this tech-head, in Mac since Syst 0.9 ancient crone, who is not
> fluent in any code or  language to pull out an answer, or
>
>     3/ again if Yes, and faster, is anyone willing to give this poor
> pensioner (cue the strings & harps) a price on your digging out this data?
>
> This because I believe that after 20 years of head scratching after the
> shock of first seeing the 200 year plot of CO2 in the atmosphere, and being
> an old radio tech recognizing a +ve feedback curve, think that with my
> 5th concept (four failures) I've gotten a winner that should stop ocean
> heating.
>
> Reflecting enough incoming insolation back out to level the EEI, and
> perhaps even reversing the heat build up. All done with 98% reflective
> buoys launched at strategic points onto passing currents, so they stay
> mostly in the Tropic zones. I need a scientifically valid referable source
> of accurate areas data to calc how many bouys are needed. All CC & open source,
> so not much followup cash flow.
>
> Hope someone can see a solution. Short of measuring my old 300mm
> inflatable home globe!
> Google Earth has proved accurate to establish gross areas (+0.3%, my
> measuring, 10° x 10° grids.)
> Need far better info, so as to not be dismissed out of hand.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jen
>
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