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</div><div class="yiv646988229MsoNormal">Hi I am new to Quantum GIS,<br><br>The organization i work for wishes to introduce QGIS to the Pacific Island Countries(the fact that is an Open source).<br><br>i would really appreciate your help/assistance.<br></div>
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<div class="yiv646988229MsoNormal">The project that i am working on is to migrate a Project
that i have completed in MapInfo 10.0 using Map Basic 10.0 into QGIS.</div>
<div class="yiv646988229MsoNormal">"Customised MapInfo Display Of Land Cover Of The Low
Lying islands"</div>
<div class="yiv646988229MsoNormal">I wish to display the same in QGIS.</div>
<div class="yiv646988229MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="yiv646988229MsoNormal">My PC has :</div>
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</span></span></span>Windows <span style=""> </span>XP(and so do the other users in the department
to which i will need to install QGIS in their systems when i get it working)</div>
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<ul><li><span style=""><span style=""><span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>Automatically open <span style=""> </span>a layer using python “considering Windows XP”(I
see a lot of examples on linux and Unix)…If so can anyone please guide me thru
some codes or sites for more clarification.</li><li><span style=""><span style=""><span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>Write a program to create a dropdown menu in
QGIS to select layers and it automatically zooms to the layer selected rather than
using the layer control to select manually.(WINDOWS XP)</li></ul><div><span></span></div>
<div class="yiv646988229MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">I have a whole lot of questions I will
begin with these two…..</div>
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<div class="yiv646988229MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">I appreciate your suggestions and hope to
get positive responses..<br><br>Can anyuone help me with python codes that will do the two points above...if possible.<br></div>
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<div class="yiv646988229MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">Thanks </div>
<div class="yiv646988229MsoListParagraphCxSpLast">Naomi</div>
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