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OpenLayers Google v3 and other layers drift apart

I'm stuck. My code works with OSM, but I need it to work with Google as well. The problem is simply that Google v3 and my other layers are not playing well together at all. They don't zoom together. ...
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How to append a vector layer using Qgis and Python?

I am working on scripting some data processing using Qgis and Python, but I'm running across issues that I need to debug. Since my data is really large, and run-times can be lengthy, I would like to ...
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Export Shapefile To KML - Google Maps Layers/Tiles

I need to convert a shapefile (either polygon shp with millions of polygons or polyline shapefile derived from the polygons) into a format to use online in Google Maps. I currently use GDAL codes ...
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Downloading Vector Data for a Specific Path/Row

I've two questions about downloading vector data of a specific place. I've used glovis.usgs.gov and earthexplorer.usgs.gov for downloading ETM+ images and they are very helpful about raster files. I ...
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How to create a hectare raster from vector input data in QGIS

I have a vector file containing points with an attributed value (no. of employes at that location). I need to create a hectare raster with the sum of employes for each grid cell. I'm using QGIS and ...
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Drillhole Plan Trace in Arc [duplicate]

I'm struggling to find the math to do what I want. I want to plot a top down view of a drillhole in ArcMAP 10.0. I have the beginning UTM coordinate and then for every place in the hole that was ...
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How to drag a point and then use savestrategy in OpenLayers

Im trying to use the wfs-t in openayers using the savestrategy. I have created a savestrategy and it works when I for example uses the DrawFeature Control to add a point. A new point is added to the ...
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How to simplify vector lines into an overlaid grid in QGIS?

I'm a relatively new user with GIS software (primarily QGIS) and I'm sure this is probably quite simple but I've been trying to find an answer for ages! I have transportation network data for an area ...
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How to overcome the layer limit on OSX?

I am trying to add many layers to a project in QGIS. After adding approximately 80 layers, QGIS returns this error: "not a valid or recognized data source". There is nothing wrong with the shapefiles ...
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How to clear attribute columns from a Shapefile?

I want to clear all columns from a SHP. Only need geometry of features. I use QGIS and Sextante with grass and saga. Is there any tool for this job...
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How to set point / line / polygon color and transparency with Python?

How can you set the color and transparency of a vector layer feature in QGIS using Python? Seems like a pretty simple and common task but I can't seem to find answered questions or examples. Any ...
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Flow direction for line segments

My sanitary sewer data (shapefiles) is being merged with data from another GIS firm for a large project and they are asking me to flip all my line segments because they believe they are backwards but ...
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Problem using grid with a vector layer

I need to establish a model of maritime pollution and I try to use the grid option to work on ocean sectors. I tried to use my grid on a vector file, .shp, with points. Each point is a maritime ...
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Different Styles Within Vector Layer

Is there any way to configure OpenLayers styling method? I have a vector layer and I would like to style the features depending on a value of a flag variables, so I can't use rules. Lets say I have ...
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add a vector point on OSM map

I have managed to show Lat and Lon function init() { navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(position) { document.getElementById('myloc').innerHTML="Latitude: " + ...
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Raster to vector with gaps in Landsat ETM

I need to find size of water area from a raster (jpg) using QGIS 1.8.0-Lisboa. The raster is a Landsat image with gaps of data in it. I used Polygonize, but the output file shows wrong polygon size ...
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what is the alternative of setZoomLevel in vector based map

It is commonly used to generat map tiles at a certain scale and re-organize them for web map on pc. For example googlem map, and bing map. Then user will use the setZoomLevel(int level) or something ...
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How can I programatically create and add features to a memory layer in QGIS 1.9?

I had a working plugin in QGIS 1.8 which read data from an MSAccess database and added it to a series of memory layers. There is some processing involved in the interim so I don't think simply using ...
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Display list of OpenLayers Features which are currently visible on screen

I have an OpenLayers map a few thousand Points of Interest. These POIs are Vector Features rendered in a Vector Layer. We are loading the POIs once in order to minimize load on the server. Next to ...
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Are there plans for improving performance of vector files in QGIS? [closed]

Does anybody know if there are any improvements planned pertaining to the performance of vector files in QGIS? Right now, a 1 GB file with contour lines needs several minutes to open. In addition to ...
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Base station coverage analysis in QGIS

I want to find base station coverage for a instant location. I have building data. And i determine optimum coverage as 500m far away from a base station (buffer). So how can i find optimum base ...
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Looking for best practice to connect multiple road vector line layers for routing (pgRouting) purposes

The Data I have: Bridges (line layer) Municipal_roads (line layer and does not include information in Bridges) State_roads (line layer that doesn't include Municipal_roads or Bridges) Question: ...
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Give Properties to a shapefile to be used by another person [duplicate]

I have bedrock geoology data. I want to classify the data so it appears with the same propeerties as it does on the suppliers website. Is there a way i can attribute a property to a layer (in this ...
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Visualizing Spatial Query

I'm new to GIS applications and trying to figure out what options I have for visualizing spatial query results that combine raster and vector data using OpenLayers/GeoExt/GeoServer/PostGIS. A ...
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Reset style on select Leaflet polyline

Using Leaflet, how can I reset a polyline to it's previous color after it was selected? I have the following function that has been applied to each polyline when constructed: function ...
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NVS Vector Stream Tool installation problem

I can't the NVS Vector Stream Tool working (version for ArcGis 10.0) in ArcGIS 10.0 SP4. I cannot find any associated toolbox. I have tried System Toolbox, My Toolbox, looking in the installation ...
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Extract Z information from different vector layers in ArcMap 10.1

I have 2 different vector layers, Layer A detailing the area of different polygons and Layer B having similar size polygons with z values instead. I would need to combine Layer A with Layer B so that ...
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OpenLayers Vector Line Feature hard to select

I have a measurement control on an OpenLayers map which allows the user to (unsurprisingly) measure lines and areas on the map. They draw the line/area they want, OpenLayers does the measurements ...
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GRASS: populating attribute table with specific values

I have a vector map that includes 100 points. These points were created using v.extract to randomly sample a larger map of 10k points. As such, the 'cat' values range from 1 to more than 10k. What ...
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GRASS: shift point locations in a random direction

I have a vector map that contains 100 points. For each point, I would like to shift it 250 units in a random location. It's easy enough to shift all points in a specified direction using v.edit ...
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Is it possible to update layer source in qgis

I've loaded a few shape files as layers in qgis, and I'd like to make a duplicate of the project and all associated shape files into a single directory. However, all of the layer sources are still ...
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How to find the middle point of a line in QGIS

I am trying to locate the coordinates of the middle point of a line feature in QGIS. I tried searching online but can't seem to find an easy way to do this.
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render kml 10mb KML file cordinates data on OSM map throws stop running script error in OpenLayer.js file

I am trying to render the kml file having 18000 line string data on OSM map using openlayer HTTP strategy. To render OSM map i am using GeoExt.MapPanel and ExtJS 3.4 viewport. The problem is I am ...
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Assigning costs to a road network : use raster or vector?

I have a road network in a PostGis database (db_routing). In another database (db_environment), I have some spatial features of the surrounding environment (trees as points and water bodies as ...
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What is the difference between Vector and Raster data models? [duplicate]

From: http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/vector%20data%20model vector data model: [data models] A representation of the world using points, lines, and polygons. Vector ...
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Openlayers Linestring over edge of map

im trying to create a route displayer for ships. But im struggling with the edges of the map. When going from ie. 179* to 2* it displays a line across the entire map, instead of displaying it on the ...
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Is it possible to fix a vector layer after I badly georeferenced a map? [duplicate]

Sorry in advance if I missed another question on this topic. I searched for everything I could think of, but I didn't find anything with a solution to my problem. I am quite new to GIS tools and ...
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How do I find vector line bearing in QGIS or GRASS?

How can one extract the bearings from a set of lines in a vector file? I'm trying to find the bearings of several straight vector line segments (simplified contour lines, actually) and can't figure ...
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popular solution for display both tiles and vector data in android map app

We are planning to build a location based app like google map in android. We have some experiences in the PC development,that's to say we have a similar javascript api like google map javascript api, ...
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How to invert polygons (or other options for exterior styling)?

I have a shapefile containing many polygons that I want to use to mask a raster. I have tried gdalwarp -cutline <shapefile> -crop_to_cutline -srcnodata -9999 -dstnodata -9999 ...
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Overlay Vector Layer on Raster Layer

How can I overlay a Vector Layer on a Raster Layer and assign NoData Values on the Raster where the Vector Layer does not cover the Raster Layer? (preferable with ArcGIS)
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Can QGIS transform a set of XY coordinates to a new set reconciled to UTM coordinates?

I have a large data set of coordinates (in meters) measured on the ground relative to a set of trails in Peru. These were generated in the 1990s with a tape measure, and there are about 3000 of them. ...
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Hashing functions for GIS data

I would like to take geometries from a vector dataset and reduce them to a hash. This hash would then be used to verify the integrity of that data and also identify identical geometries. Do any ...
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How to create Concentric Circles in QGIS?

I'm trying to build a planning tool for center pivot irrigation system. It involves selecting a field (polygon), a center point, and then an outer circle to set the outer limits of the system. From ...
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How to convert a shapefile polygon to raster in C#

Does anybody know a way to convert a polygon (vector) in a shapefile to raster data WITHOUT using ArcGIS Explorer Desktop? Is there a way to do this 'progmatically' in C# (WPF with ArcGIS runtime ...
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Split vector layer by field name

I have a vector layer of 108374 lines I want to split the vector layer into field names of the layer, which is 17. Now, I want to create a new vector layer containing one of the field names e.g. ...
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Is there a way to create a catalog of vector layers in ArcGIS?

Is there a way to create a catalog of vector layers in ESRI? We have thousands of tiles of 25cm contour data which we need to individually find and add to maps. It would be so much easier if there was ...
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How to measure the distance of multiple points to a line

I have two shapfile in QGIS to which I am trying to find the distances between. I have a shoreline which is a vector line and then I have hundreds of data points in the ocean. What I am trying to find ...
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Is there a tool for automated quality assurance for vector data captured on raster data?

I wonder whether is any tool(or script) in ArcGIS or QGIS which allows to make an automated quality assurance for vector data captured on raster data? vector data on binary raster:
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How to get the distances (shortest path) between all pairs of points in the river network?

I have 2 vector shapefiles (one line, one point), and I have tried at least 4 ways to try to get the distance matrix at one time (and most concern the directions of each river segment) quantum ...

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