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Importing geometries from invalid GML

If you need commas every two coordinates for QuickWKT you can use a simple regular expression to create them. Find: ([0-9\.]+ [0-9\.]+) Replace: \1, (or $1, depending on the syntax). So you end up wit …
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Adding North Arrow which adjusts to the map rotation in QGIS

How do you add a working North Arrow into QGIS, one that will rotate if the map is rotated? … I'm aware that in QGIS the North Arrow icon is just an image (Layout -> Add Image/Arrow), what I need to know is how to lock it to the map's rotation. …
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QGIS WMS tooltip displaying web address from data

You can't, at least that's not how WMS is meant to work. You likely want WFS. There are a few questions about the differences: What are the differences between WMS, WFS, WCS, WPS? Short version: WMS …
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Converting ArcGIS (*.mxd) file to QGIS (*.qgs) file

This looks like the sort of thing you want: https://underdark.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/converting-mxd-to-qgis-project-file/ On Wednesday, Allan Maungu announced MXD2QGS, a converter that exports layers …
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Update column in .shp from .tab with QGIS

Load both datasets into QGIS Join the two datasets using the column they both share. There are a lot of tutorials on joining on the internet. … .: http://maps.cga.harvard.edu/qgis/wkshop/join_csv.php or https://infogeoblog.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/joining-layers-in-qgis/ Now you just need to use the Field Calculator (http://docs.qgis.org/1.8/en …
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Mean coordinate issue with multipart polygons

Simplify Geometries might be the way to go in the QGIS toolbox, or v.generalize using doublas as the algorithm. …
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Simplify a polygon dataset with a minimum distance between the new vertices

Assuming I'm understanding the question correctly, this can be easily achieved using FME and the Generaliser transformer. If you use the "Thin" (or maybe "ThinNoPoint" depending on your use-case). Th …
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How to convert total station data (coordinates) to 3D model?

Any good GIS can do this; in the case of QGIS just add the data using the "Add delimited data". … Tutorial: http://maps.cga.harvard.edu/qgis/wkshop/import_csv.php 2) Then you need to turn it into a 3d model. This is more problematic. QGIS has poor/no real 3D support. …
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Installing QGIS on MacOS

As well as the comment by Mapperz, you may be interested in this thread on the mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2014-October/029429.html To sumarise, "this is a side effect of … It may not be a fatal error for QGIS though (as in, QGIS may still work). …
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Flattening JP2 files to single band (i.e. averaging bands)?

It supports all output formats that QGIS does, I don't see JP2 on the list, but I didn't look that hard. … ArcGIS: Same premise as QGIS; you'll need the Spatial Analyst Extension to get the Raster Calculator. …
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Creating a quality raster map in QGIS?

You can do this using QGIS' Raster calculator. Using 1.8.0: Add your two layers. Zoom to their extent. Navigate to: Raster -> Raster Calculator Enter your expression. …
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Calculate polygon field based on neigboring polygon attribute

I have a solution. Not necessarily pretty but it works on my test dataset and is actually fairly easy. First up, this only works if your "houses" and "office" categorisation is numerical because you …
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Using Elseif Conditional Statement in QGIS Field Calculator?

You have a few problems in your modified statement. Inconsistent use of quotes around "in progress' You don't need quotes around column names. You're using an "ELSEIF" when it should be a "WHEN". …
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Converting classified raster map back into vector classes using QGIS?

I can't see your screenshot (Web-filtering; bah), however from your text I'm guessing you're trying to convert a raster to points. ArcGIS has a tool: ArcToolbox -> Conversion Tools -> From Raster -> …
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Working out percentage in QGIS field calculator

The equation for the field calculator should simply be something like: (FIELDNAME_1 / FIELDNAME_2) * 100 Where FIELDNAME_1 = the field with the number of a particular crime and FIELDNAME_2 = the fie …
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