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How to create something similar to GDB in QGIS?
I used to work with ArcGIS. There I had geodatabases in which I could store several shapefiles with defined layer styles.
Is there a way to do something similar with QGIS?
The background is: we are ...
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Search in Bounding Boxes and Locations
Description of the problem (what I need):
I have a set of bounding boxes (maybe the actual data is a location[longitude, latitude] in which case the bounding box will have identical corners). I have ...
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(When) should I use a GIS-enabled database?
I am a long-time programmer, new to GIS. I am trying to get a feel for the database aspects of GIS and I understand that there are some databases which are specialized for GIS use. Basically I am ...
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Need a spatial database that can be used by QGIS and R
I'm quite new to QGIS and I'm searching for a simple way to create a Database that allows me to use the tables in QGIS and R. I have a lot of data stored in Excel spreadsheets wich will be used for ...
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QGIS supported databases?
Does anyone know if there is some kind of documentation on which database types that you can connect to in QGIS? I would also like to know if:
Can I use the databes for read only or read & write.
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Suggestions for an efficient way to store raster files for lab use?
I'm trying to create a repository for our raster files from various sources and Im exploring the possibilities on how to store them and deliver them in our local intranet. I have come across rasdaman ...
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Spatial databases learning resources for newbies
Would be taking up a course on spatial databases next semester. Would anybody know a newbie friendly introductory resource? A vendor neutral one would be preferable. Thanks.
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Sharding of geospatial data
Reading through Rosenberg & Mateos' The Cloud at Your Service I stumbled upon the concept of database sharding.
Authors point out to several advantages of such approach including high (online) ...
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Delete a feature data set in SDE 10 programmatically
Is there a way to delete a feature data set and all of its feature classes programmatically either by using custom code or pre-existing command line tools?
There is a tool provided by SDE called ...
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Future for geospatial on App Engine?
2 years ago, this question was posted here at Gillies's blog, on date of 2009-05-15.
Future for geospatial on App Engine?
At that time there was no news relating to any apps of GIS web services ...
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What is a good taxonomy or naming convention for files and folders containing GIS data?
My company has collected about 30 TBs of GIS data over the past 8 years, and I always find myself asking the following questions:
What type of data do we have for a given geographic area?
What are ...
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What are the best databases for storing spatial data? Pros and Cons
A couple of days ago I installed the demo of spatialware 4.9 from MapInfo into my SQL Server 2005 install and loaded all the larger dataset into it. I was quite impressed with the performance vs the ...
