A proprietary Unix-based operating system created by Apple Inc.
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Using ArcGIS 10 on a virtual machine with OSX
I'm currently using ArcGIS 10 on a Windows 7 64 bit Macbook Pro (2.53 Ghz and 8GB of RAM) using VMWare. However, when I am using ArcGIS I find it quite slow even with Windows 7 (64-bit) optimized for ...
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What are some of the OSX GIS tools
Most Opensource tools are cross platform; however, some GIS tools such as ArcGIS are platform specific (windows only). What are some of the GIS tools that are usable on the mac?
EDIT
Although thank ...
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4answers
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Problems with NA values when reading .DEM file with R 'raster' package in Windows
I am trying to read a raster file in a .DEM format on windows using the 'raster' package in R.
I get problems with NA values, when loading the data into R in Windows 7, but I do not have the problem ...
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installing GEOS, PROJ, GDAL/OGR into a python virtualenv on Mac OS X
I am trying to setup an isolated python virtualenv to work on GIS projects on my Mac OS X. Sounds like I will need to install the GEOS, PROJ, GDAL/OGR from the kyngchaos site here ...
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1answer
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Why is QGIS 1.8 crashing when exporting to PDF?
I want to export for example this:
but qgis crashes. Sometimes with an error message std::bad_alloc. But: My Mac has 8 GByte RAM and "just" 5,... something (of 8) GByte are used, moreover there is ...
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Are there any issues to be aware of running ArcGIS on a Mac?
I'm considering upgrading the PC to a MacBook Pro and installing Parallels, and would like advice from other ArcGIS Desktop users who have done this.
The performance aspects of VM-ware are considered ...
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How to get rpy2 for QGIS on OSX?
I am a new QGIS user, have installed QGIS on a Mac running Snow Leopard OSX 10.6.8 following all the instructions. QGIS seems to work well for everything other than when I boot up I get the message
...
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1answer
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Failing to build PostGIS on Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)
I'm getting the same problem expressed here
Failing to build PostGIS on OS X 10.7 Lion
But in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Things I have checked include:
PostgreSQL compiled to several architectures. I ...
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1answer
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ECW/MrSid plugin for GDAL from Kyngchaos not working on Mountain Lion?
Subject says it all. I have installed all of Kyngchaos packages, but
gdalinfo --formats
does not list ECW or MrSid formats.
Could someone else with Mountain Lion try if they can get any JP2 driver ...
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1answer
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GDAL ECW Support on OSX
I have a large number of ECW format raster images and would like to use with GDAL (and ultimately in QGIS) on Mac OSX.
Having seen that there is no official ESRI support for the ECW library on any ...
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Are there any Objective-C frameworks for shapefile drawing?
Hello can someone point me to library for this? Which can read .shp files and render them?
Thanx.
Mirek
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Geoserver startup page
I have been looking for this for a while and can't find the answer: when you startup geoserver a webpage is opened at localhost:8080/geoserver/web but if you have changed your port config in jetty.xml ...
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1answer
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Vectors created in OTB Monteverdi are displaced
I'm using the Orfeo Toolbox Monteverdi in combination with QGIS in order to produce classified vectors of vegetation cover which I then use in maps in QGIS. (I can't use the QGIS OTB plugin because as ...
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1answer
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Are there any known problems using QGIS on Mac OSX Mountain Lion?
A few days ago Apple released a new version of the OSX (10.8) and I'm thinking about upgrading.
So, I was wondering if anyone had any problems with GIS applications (QGIS) and other similar software ...
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0answers
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Install Georeferencer Plug-in QGis 1.7.0 OS X
I'm trying to install the Georeferencer plug-in in QGis 1.7.0 on Mac OS X (10.5.8).
However the plug-in doesn't show up in the list. I have used "enable 3rd parties directory" and I have checked ...
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GDAL tools for QGIS on OSX - what is the exact directory for gdal binaries?
When I try to use the gdal raster tools, eg clipper, I get the message "The process failed to start. Either the invoked program is missing, or you may have insufficient permissions to invoke the ...
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2answers
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What software is available on OSX for working with DEMs?
I have several adjacent DEM files and would like to combine them into a mosaic and then export to DEM and TXT. I know a Windows solution is to use MICRODEM but before installing Windows 7 I would like ...
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1answer
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How to install the Python module Shapely.geometry for QGIS use?
I'm using QGis 1.8.0 on a MAc with OSX 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard).
I've installed QGIS including:
GDAL;
GSL;
UNIXImageIO;
Freetype;
Matplotlib
all from www.kyngchaos.com/
When installing the plugin ...
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1answer
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How to verify a PostGIS installation on OS X?
I am trying to set up GeoDjango and installing PostGIS on my mac and when I am trying to
./configure
I am getting this error
checking PostgreSQL version... PostgreSQL 8.4.9
checking libpq-fe.h ...
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1answer
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How to set the path to shapely?
I am using QGIS 1.8.0 on Mac OS 10.8.3 with python 2.7. Thanks to other threads in the forum, I have successfully installed shapely here:
...
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1answer
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Click Handler not working on OpenLayers Map in Ubuntu
This is really strange as the problem seems to be persisting on the Ubuntu OS itself. I have created a WMS and it works fine on Mac and Windows, but not on Ubuntu.
I have a simple WMS which is ...
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Install PostGIS from beginning [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to verify a PostGIS installation on OS X?
Ok, so i tried installing PostGIS for MacOS X from HomeBrew. Once i started installing,
brew install postgis
It ...
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4answers
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Failing to build PostGIS on OS X 10.7 Lion
I am trying to install postGIS from source to match the default install of postgreSQL on OS X 10.7. I installed GEOS and PORJ.4 from Kyngchaos and ran
$export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.7
$export ...
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1answer
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Using macports python 2.7 with macports qgis
I installed qgis through macports on my mac running OSX 10.8.2 but when I run the application (qgis 1.8) it says that I don't have python-gdal installed.
I searched google and it appears that it is ...
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1answer
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Problem using qgis when I upgraded to osx 10.8.1
I have been running qgis in Mountain Lion for a few weeks now, but when I upgraded to OS X 10.8.1, qgis would no longer work. I get an error saying:
QGIS cannot be opened because of a problem.
Check ...
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1answer
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How to pan (rather than zoom) when using a 2-finger drag on a Mac
Using Mac OSX, dragging the trackpad with 2 fingers performs a scroll of the web page, equivalent to using the mouse wheel.
However, if the cursor is located within an OpenLayers map, the 2-finger ...
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0answers
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QGIS 1.8.0-Lisboa DBmanager (OSx) can't connect to remote PostGIS 2.0.2 database (Debian)
The PostGIS database is remote but I have made changes to the Postgresql config files and can access it remotely via pgadmin.
When I open DBmanager in QGIS I see a note on the bottom that says ...
0
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1answer
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gdalwarp cant find libproj.dlib
Thought I had finally got Python, gdal and QGIS to play nicely together but just tried to do a batch transform using a bash script to call gdalwarp and it claimed it couldn't read the libproj.dlib ...
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0answers
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Unable to create spatial database for geodjango [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to verify a PostGIS installation on OS X?
I am trying to install PostGIS for MacOS X and uptil now this is what i got
PostGIS is now configured for ...
