Questions tagged [software-recommendations]
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Has online map-based software for survey been developed? [on hold]
I have been reading old threads about this, but I was hoping there might be new solutions to the same old problems. For my research, I need to ask respondents to indicate on a map where they think ...
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Seeking Tools for Splitting Line Strings to use with Parcel Fabric and Python?
I have only been working with parcel fabric for a little over a month now. So far I am cleaning up overlaps, but line strings get in the way. As I fix line strings, particularly with road right of ...
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Where state borders cross roads and calculate distance traveled between state borders? [closed]
For example, I start in somewhere in Washington state and go to somewhere in New York
I want to know the total distance in miles
I would like to know the distance between the state borders ...
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Seeking (Open Source) Mobile GIS app for survey?
I'm going to do an on-site survey for a business area development research.
Therefore I'll visit all of the biggest business district from a medium-scale city (100,000 population) to check present ...
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Alignment and distribution tools for shapefiles?
Does anyone know of a native Esri tool, Python, or R package that would allow one to emulate arcmap's graphic element toolbar functionality, but for shapefiles rather than graphic elements?
For ...
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Seeking Product to make 3D Interactive Model from AutoCAD Drawings? [closed]
I am working with Construction and Planning at my University and one of our goals is to take an extensive topographic AutoCAD map we have created from LiDAR scans of the Campus, and to transpose that ...
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Seeking 3D Modeling Platform? [closed]
My work is looking for a very reliable 3D modeling platform/program that can map out a 3D model of my university from our LiDAR topographic maps. The previous platforms we have used couldn't seem to ...
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Seeking Open source Tools for GML in ArcGIS and gvSIG?
I’m searching open source tools for ArcGIS Desktop 10.5 and gvSIG 2.4 to load and write complex GML data for example INSPIRE GML.
I have not the possibility to install interoperability or INSPIRE ...
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Seeking software for searching database of digital maps? [closed]
I am looking for a software for searching a database of digital maps. I will first collect examples for both a web application or a desktop application. It is important that you can see in a map ...
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Whats an accessible mapping software for creating maps to distribute to sales team? [closed]
I am evaluating software to provide our sales team with maps of prospect accounts within their territories. I have a spreadsheet of ~100k locations assigned to each sales person so I would like to be ...
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Availability of super-resolution reconstruction (SRR) techniques in GIS software
I'm doing a little research of my own regarding super-resolution reconstruction in general and in the context of GIS software.
I'm well aware of pansharpening techniques which became a standard in ...
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Python or R package for offline map match
Is there a Python or R package for offline map match?
I know I can use Google map API but it limits 2500 per day.
Actually, I do not need the exact road name. I just need to give the unique ID of ...
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Existing C++ libraries that convert ESRI shapefile to DXF/DWG [closed]
Is there any C++ library that can convert ESRI Shapefile to DXF/DWG file?
I seek a link/or sample on how this can be done with the said C++ library.
I'm aware that one can do this with ArcGIS ...
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Seeking geospatial library for .NET Core?
I am trying hard to find any geospatial library that supports .NET Core, however with no success so far. Do you have tips for any?
My requirements are:
work with different coordinate systems
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Using Wordpress with GIS? [closed]
I am building a community-run map of neighbourhood stories that should feature photos, text, audio and video recordings.
Ideally, I hoped I could use a powerful and relatively user-friendly CMS like ...
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Exclude specific GeoJSON data by polygon [closed]
Given geospatial data as GeoJSON, how can I filter this data to exclude geometries within a specified polygon?
I need this to work in JavaScript. Example:
function filter(featureCollection, ...
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Projecting rectangular stereography centred on 42°N, 10°E
I have a precipitation GRIB2 file obtained at EUMETSAT H-SAF I am able to decode it to ascii but the software I am using (gdal, ArcMap,...) does not recognize the projection (in the title) so I am not ...
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Network/Routing analysis with open source GIS
I am researching for ways to do network analysis or routing optimization with open source GIS. ArcGIS currently has an extension for this called Network Analyst but would like to keep my analysis with ...
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Where to start for real estate GIS? [closed]
I've always been into spatial thinking and maps, and it's been a long time I dream of a tool/app that would allow me to have my own customized interactive maps. But now that I'm about to enter real ...
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Seeking Web based GIS for viewing only without need to install client side apps? [closed]
First of all I am new to GIS, I have used ArcGIS and QGIS for some basic engineering projects. Mainly I have looked for freely available GIS data online (solar radiation), downloaded the data, ...
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Software/Plugin for .mpr/.mph ( German Topo Maps, not ILWIS!)
I am looking for an alternative to GlobalMapper, regarding reading .mpr/.mph-raster ( German topo maps, not ILWIS). As far as I know, only Global Mapper can read this raster-data properly.
Ideally I ...
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Seeking API to check OpenStreetMap for village boundaries?
I am new to GIS programming and I have started a little project.
I have a lot of gpx tracks, and I want to check which villages i have visited.
Is there an API to check OpenStreetMap for village ...
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Seeking ArcReader equivalent for QGIS?
I want to share data on a project with many users, and wanted something similar to ArcReader. I like this software as it can be accessed from the server for speed, and therefore updated to other ...
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Seeking routing API that allows request for 20+ routes for same A-B?
Are there any routing api's that allow a request for 20+ routes for same A-B?
I've tried TomTom and Google, I'm not sure where in the docs it has anything related to getting multiple routes for the ...
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Seeking open source or free tool to open 3D Mesh GIS files?
I'm looking a way to open 3d Terrain Mesh files.
I have four different folders with same 3d content , I'd like to open one of them :
Cesium folder (with internal Tile folder, web.config, tileset....
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Is there an open source stereoscopic interface for QGIS, like PurVIEW or DAT/EM, or stereo Analyst?
I have a lot of imagery processing that I do at the local college, and most of the imagery is stereo imagery. Is there an open source piece of software that could be used to view the imagery and ...
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What's the most size-efficient spatial database [closed]
I'm configuring a tile server on Apache Mesos. From all the tutorials I've read, I gathered that PostgreSQL and PostGIS is widely used for this purpose.
I learned that MongoDb and MySQL Server also ...
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Mobile app for workflow/timesheets + GIS Asset collection required [closed]
We're looking for a solution to move our field operatives from paper based input to electronic field input on tablets to record workflow and map assets. Work involves land drainage (working on ...
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Producing cloud and cloud shadow mask from Sentinel images?
What is a good tool to produce (cloud) and cloud shadow masks?
I tried fmask tool and Sentinel SNAP but while those can produce reasonable cloud masks, cloud shadow results are poor.
I need to ...
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Seeking open source tool to update Clutter file?
Clutter files used to calculate RF propagation.
I have an old Clutter file I'd like to update according to new GIS vector layer I get. My clutter file has following format :
index.txt, menu.txt, g0 - ...
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How to obtain TIFF file using data from CSV files
I have a set of CSV files containing lat-long values for certain land cover classes.
Long Lat
80.1 23.0
80.2 23.1
80.3 23.2
80.4 23.3
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From this point on, I need to generate a TIFF file ...
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Is there any free API that allows to get the state and the city using the name of the country and the postal code? [closed]
Original question:
I create an web application and I need to obtain the information contained in the question on the backend side of my application.
What I need the most is the automatic retrieval ...
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Creating Shapefile for WEAP? [closed]
I have to create a shapefile of a river for analyzing it in WEAP (Water Evaluation and Planning) for my engineering research. I have no knowledge about how a shapefile is created.
Which software or ...
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Performing Radiometric Calibration of Sequoia Imagery?
I recently bought a used Sequoia camera and when I bought it, I was under the impression that the sun irradiance sensor and calibration plate would calibrate all my images in real time and I wouldn't ...
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(c++) Advanced Geospatial Analysis Library [closed]
I've been searching for a lightweight library for geospatial analysis, with low overhead. Yesterday I found TurfJS, looks great, simple and fast, yet, its made in JS.
Does anyone know similar ...
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Converting DXF/DWG/landXML to GeoTIFF?
I need to do a converion of surface for a large area from DXF (or landXML) with high resolution (0.3 feet grid spacing). Currently perform this with AutoCAD but it takes too much time (over 7 hours).
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LiDAR Point Classification Program Recommendation [duplicate]
I'm working with terrestrial LiDAR data to create a reference data set and need to classify the points into either ground points or non-ground points. Automated/semi-automated methods don't seem to be ...
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Seeking GIS that can calculate fractal dimensions?
As ‘Fractals are Everywhere’ in geo-ref data, which GIS other than ArcGIS
can calculate fractal dimensions?
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Opensource bus route planner
Since I have little coding skills, I'm looking for an open source bus route planner that consumes GTFS data (That I have to create myself), All I could find was OpenRouteService, and although it has ...
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EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry - SW supporting transformation EPSGs
The page www.epsg-registry.org contains EPSG codes for different transformations (i.e. EPSG:1173, EPSG:1244 etc.).
Do you know about some GIS SW (online or desktop), which supports converting ...
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Extracting pixels from polygonal geospatial region of set of map tiles and/or set of GeoTIFF files?
I need to create a script, probably JS or Python, to perform the following:
I have a polygonal region -- no "holes", and always fully convex -- for which I need to extract the pixel data from one of ...
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Tiling large single GeoTIFF raster into smaller GeoTIFF tiles? [duplicate]
I have traditionally used proprietary software tools for tiling raster datasets but I am keen to explore the open source solutions as well.
Are there any open source solutions that can easily tile ...
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Using Leaflet with large data? [duplicate]
I am looking to display a range of different data geometry (points line, or polygon) within Leaflet. I will be displaying only one dataset (i.e. point, line or polygon) at a time. Some of the data ...
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Alternative option for Collector for ArcGIS [duplicate]
I am a college student at Penn State and am working on creating an app for the north country trail in butler county. The app mainly consists of a feature layer for users of the trail to report ...
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Accurate GPS apps for smartphones available? [closed]
I'm working on a project where we need to make accurate GPS measurements and the required precision would be in centimeter level. I've been doing some searching and not yet found any solid solutions ...
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Seeking Multiprint plugin for QGIS 3?
I'm working on QGIS3 and I'm looking for a plugin to print multicomposers at once. I know that in QGIS2 there is a plugin (multiprint) that does this, but for QGIS3, I can not find anything similar.
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Dividing space into homogeneous connected areas [duplicate]
Is there an algorithm (or software) for splitting a map into K connected areas such that the within-area variance of some variable is minimised, and the between-area variance of that variable is ...
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ArcGIS region group open source equivalent in numpy/python?
I am trying to get a unique ID for contiguous raster objects with the same value, like what the Region Group tool from ArcGIS does. However I need an open source solution using python/numpy/gdal/...
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Convert CSV GPS Logs to GPX on Android (GPSBabel on Android)
I bought a GPS Logger - a small device that will, while turned on, log the GPS Coordinates to a SD card every second. It has no display and no other UI than 3 buttons and a couple of LEDs.
The Device ...
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Seeking alternative to ArcGIS Water Utility Tools to create lateral lines?
I need to automatically create perpendicular lines from a point to a line (curb box to water main) and also create perpendicular lines from a point to a line or polygon (curb box to building footprint)...
