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Hello Paolo,<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Good that
you can report a different experience, hopefully a better one than
mine. My operating system is W7 and I have many years of experience
in GIS, mostly Manifold.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>I have
received several suggestions for georeferencing vector files -
<ul>
<li>Vector Bender, VectorGeoreference plug-ins. Both of these
failed due to missing dependencies. Although the programs are
experimental, should not the underlying essential files be in place?
<li>Grass V.rectify, v.transform. I believe these operate through
GRASS. I have gone down so many rabbit holes lately that some of
these details are beginning to blur. I believe the problem here was
using GRASS itself. There seems to be a steep learning curve,
particularly with the definition of a mapset. The whole thing fell
apart when the process for defining a Group (why?) required a raster file
for a purely vector process. I have stuck in a dummy raster file
and will try again eventually. This has been hugely time-consuming
with nothing to show for it.
</ul><x-tab> </x-tab>My
main complaints are twofold,
<ul>
<li>missing dependencies. From extensive traffic on this list over
the past few weeks, the whole QGIS environment seems to be rife with
missing support files. I understand that this is open source, etc.
but surely all the essential pieces should be in place. When I
attempt to install Vector Bender, it reports missing dependencies and
packs up. Why doesn't it just install the missing dependencies, it
seems to know what and where they are?
<li>Installation confusion. Again, from the above traffic there is
much discussion about the two different methods of installing QGIS, one
is apparently prone to problems. So why is it still available, in
fact why are there two different installation processes at all?
Anyway, I recently installed 2.10 using the non-standalone
installer. I chose the advanced option, as I do with most programs
I install, believing that I could customize the items being
installed. This resulted in over 101,000 file being installed,
which I found out later is the wrong approach. A better option is
to use Express Install which actually does offer some customization
options. This terminology is out of step with most programs where
express install implies a limited feature set with no options being
offered during the process.
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Anyway, having done that I now have 2.10 but GRASS appears to be only
available as a standalone program, whereas before in 2.8 it was available
under the plug-in menu option. Why is there not a consistent
interface?<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>To sum up,
no software, even free, should be offered with missing
dependencies. If it doesn't work, don't offer it. And the
plethora of installation options is highly confusing and time wasting to
say the least. I am prepared to spend countless hours learning how
to use the abundant and powerful features of all these programs, but
don't feel I should need an IT degree to merely install them and run the
various tools.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>My initial
enthusiasm for QGIS has been dampened considerably due to the huge number
of hours I have wasted trying to use tools that actually do exist to
address my particular needs.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Thank you Cheers
. . . . . . . . Spring Harrison<br><br>
<br><br>
At 10-08-2015 10:32 Monday, Paolo Cavallini wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hi.<br>
I have a different experience. Please report the issues you encountered,
that's the first step to fix them.<br>
All the best.<br><br>
Il 10 agosto 2015 18:24:28 CEST, Springfield Harrison
<stellargps@gmail.com> ha scritto:<br>
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<dd>Good news! I've struggled with the mapset idea and gave up. Â
Actually, it was the Group thing that finished me off. <br><br>
<dd>I'll look again in the processing tool box, I don't remember seeing
it. <br><br>
<dd>I just (re)installed 2.10 but options seem to come and go at
random. For me, QGIS is great but all the install failures and missing
dependencies have put me off.  I've tried many plugins that won't run.
<br>
<br>
<dd>Thanks . . .   <br><br>
<dd>Cheers . . . . .  Spring<br>
<dd>Samsung Tab 4<br>
<dd>On Aug 10, 2015 3:27 AM, "Thomas Colley"
<<a href="mailto:it087@neath-porttalbot.gov.uk">
it087@neath-porttalbot.gov.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
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<dd>Hi<br><br>
<dd>I did this recently using the GRASS command v.transform.pointsfile
from the Processing Toolbox in QGIS. No need to actually go into GRASS
and create Mapsets.<br><br>
<dd>This worked really well for me for unreferenced DXFs. If you need any
more info let me know.<br><br>
<dd>Cheers<br><br>
<dd>Tom<br><br>
<br>
<dd>-----Original Message-----<br>
<dd>From:
<a href="mailto:qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">
qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>
[<a href="mailto:qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" eudora="autourl">
mailto:qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] On Behalf Of Springfield
Harrison<br>
<dd>Sent: 09 August 2015 19:51<br>
<dd>To:
<a href="mailto:tech@wildintellect.com">tech@wildintellect.com</a>;
qgis-user<br>
<dd>Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Georeferencing Vector Files<br><br>
<dd>Ok, thanks. I'm installing QGIS on W7 yet again, trying to achieve
better functionality. That is a challenge in itself, prone to wrong
turns. Hopefully the VectorGeoref will then work.<br><br>
<dd>This whole install process is a real piece of work . . . . .<br><br>
<dd>         Thanks again, cheers . . . .  Spring
Harrison<br><br>
<br><br>
<dd>At 09-08-2015 10:52 Sunday, Alex Mandel wrote:<br>
<dd>>ogr2ogr is a command line tool, Terminal/Shell on Mac/Linux,
OSGeo4w<br>
<dd>>shell on Windows.<br>
<dd>><br>
<dd>>Supposedly the Vector Georef plugin wraps this functionality into
QGIS.<br>
<dd>><br>
<dd>>-Alex<br>
<dd>><br>
<dd>>On 08/09/2015 12:08 AM, Springfield Harrison wrote:<br>
<dd>> > Right, but where is org2org? I've looked in many menu
items, help, etc.<br>
<dd>> > to no avail.<br>
<dd>> ><br>
<dd>> > Sorry to be a bit thick but how is it accessed?<br>
<dd>> ><br>
<dd>> > Also, GRASS has v.transform and v.rectify but starting a
new GRASS<br>
<dd>> > mapset fails with no reason given.<br>
<dd>> ><br>
<dd>> > Great tools but why are they so hard to access?<br>
<dd>> ><br>
<dd>> >    Thanks, cheers . . . . Spring Harrison<br>
<dd>> ><br>
<dd>> ><br>
<dd>> ><br>
<dd>> > At 08-08-2015 23:20 Saturday, Alex Mandel wrote:<br>
<dd>> >> Save the whole map, it's on the main File menu, it just
saves the<br>
<dd>> >> current canvas.<br>
<dd>> >><br>
<dd>> >> If you already have a list of gcps you can skip that
step<br>
<dd>> >><br>
<dd>> >> Example<br>
<dd>> >><br>
<dd>>
<a href="http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/107298/process-to-georeference-">
http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/107298/process-to-georeference-</a>
<br>
<dd>> corners-of-vector-file<br>
<dd>> >><br>
<dd>> >><br>
<dd>> >><br>
<dd>> >> Enjoy,<br>
<dd>> >> Alex<br>
<dd>> >><br>
<dd>> >> On 08/08/2015 07:26 PM, Springfield Harrison
wrote:<br>
<dd>> >> > Hello Alex,<br>
<dd>> >> ><br>
<dd>> >> >Â Â Â Â Further to my last, for Vector Save As,
I couldn't find any<br>
<dd>> >> > option to save it as a raster file. Is there some
other place to look?<br>
<dd>> >> ><br>
<dd>> >> >Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Thanks again, Cheers . . . .
. . . . Spring<br>
<dd>> >> > Harrison<br>
<dd>> >> ><br>
<dd>> >> ><br>
<dd>> >> ><br>
<dd>> >> ><br>
<dd>> >> > At 08-08-2015 12:07 Saturday, Alex Mandel
wrote:<br>
<dd>> >> >> On 08/06/2015 11:08 AM, Springfield Harrison
wrote:<br>
<dd>> >> >> > Hello All,<br>
<dd>> >> >> ><br>
<dd>> >> >> > Is there a tool/plugin for georeferencing
vector files to an<br>
<dd>> >> existing<br>
<dd>> >> >> > projected layer?<br>
<dd>> >> >> ><br>
<dd>> >> >> > I'm intending to bring in property survey
drawings that have<br>
<dd>> >> >> > only<br>
<dd>> >> local<br>
<dd>> >> >> > coordinates but projected coordinates
(UTM) are available for<br>
<dd>> >> >> > some<br>
<dd>> >> >> corners.<br>
<dd>> >> >> ><br>
<dd>> >> >> > Thank you . . . .<br>
<dd>> >> >> ><br>
<dd>> >> >> > Cheers . . . . . Springfield Harrison
Samsung Tab 4<br>
<dd>> >> >> ><br>
<dd>> >> >> ><br>
<dd>> >> >><br>
<dd>> >> >> My trick, is convert the vector an image in
QGIS (Save Image)<br>
<dd>> >> >> Georeference the image, saving the control
point list out to a file.<br>
<dd>> >> >> You can then use these control points (gcps)
with ogr2ogr to transform<br>
<dd>> >> >> the original vector.<br>
<dd>> >> >><br>
<dd>> >> >> -Alex<br>
<dd>> >> ><br>
<dd>> >> >
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