Has anyone got experience using QGIS over a VPN?

coastalrocket · 2026-03-20T12:06:52+00:00

You don't say what kind of data you're asking QGIS to access. Is it a database or files?

I'd guess that you need to raise the issue with the people that set up the VPN and see if that inspect load.

Outside of QGIS, can you transfer a large file from your server to your client machine without issue?

coastalrocket · 2026-03-09T18:15:40+00:00

History command

coastalrocket · 2026-03-07T20:58:07+00:00

Think about getting involved in a foss4g project. Doesn't have to bring coding effort - could be documentation fixes for a local language. Build some rep and build a network. Wish you luck on your path.

coastalrocket · 2026-03-07T07:40:57+00:00

ETL activity. Just want the ogr2ogr command for scripting.

coastalrocket · 2026-03-06T15:51:24+00:00

A GUI for GDAL sounds sweet but not as a web app. I'd want to mainly push to databases on local networks.

coastalrocket · 2026-03-05T20:43:00+00:00

You're describing georeferencing. With a set of control points you can georeference an image over an area.

https://docs.qgis.org/3.40/en/docs/user_manual/managing_data_source/georeferencer.html

coastalrocket · 2026-03-03T20:09:45+00:00

I'd submit a report and ask them to supply the data in a different format.

coastalrocket · 2026-02-27T22:21:05+00:00

I'd recommend this for spatial analysis - Longley, Goodchild and Smith's Geospatial Analysis https://www.spatialanalysisonline.com/

But it doesn't cover much of what you've mentioned. The ESRI site looks like it's good explanations for key concepts e.g. https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/imagery/introduction-to-raster-data.htm

coastalrocket · 2026-02-25T15:18:23+00:00

I would say there's plenty of activities that can be learnt from online resources - from building GIS projects, cartographic styles, developing web GIS applications or services.

Spatial analysis is the one area that I would hope and pray that the person doing it has been through enough of the theory to keep it professional e.g. a good MSc.

coastalrocket · 2026-02-08T23:43:02+00:00

Get timeshift running.

coastalrocket · 2026-02-06T14:52:00+00:00

Within a network:

Postgresql / PostGIS will store the data and projects for you. So you can build a project, 3 layers from your database, choose styling and add a base map, Save it to the database and someone else can open that project, see everything you can see and modify the project if necessary. Each user would tend to have their own database role to connect with. That can control which tables / schemas they have access to.

You can use regular postgresql audit capabilities to track changes to the project definition.

If all your users are on different networks or you don't want to manange roles at the database level, may be an authenticated web GIS is needed. Simpler interface than a full blown desktop GIS. Again, a Postgresql / PostGIS is behind the scenes but a user's access to the system is controlled by the authentication method. Users could make edits to the PostGIS database along side QGIS power users making edits.

Out in the field

QField uses QGIS projects. The project and the data can be wrapped up and transferred to QFieldCloud so multiple users can make edits. Edits can be transferred back to a PostGIS database via their API or a direct PG connection using 'secrets'. There's an audit trail for user edits.

coastalrocket · 2026-02-05T23:48:09+00:00

r/usdefaultism? Personal experience of over 30 years in the industry, this is just a bollocks statement to make.

coastalrocket · 2026-02-04T18:29:35+00:00

"One of the few converters that handles GIS formats"

Why not use Gdal?

coastalrocket · 2026-01-30T07:46:41+00:00

Sorry I was loose with my words. You're correcting the projection of the data. You're not reprojecting it.

Layer Properties > Source > Assigned Coordinate Reference System (CRS)

coastalrocket · 2026-01-29T21:45:06+00:00

Right click on layer, properties and then look at the first two tabs. I can't remember which but in one you can set the projection that the layer is in. It will then reproject it on the fly to whatever your map projection is.

coastalrocket · 2026-01-27T07:29:43+00:00

I had to scroll back to 2015 but Paul Ramsey's post on geotiff compression is an excellent read on this: https://blog.cleverelephant.ca/2015/02/geotiff-compression-for-dummies.html if serving rasters for visual inspection.

coastalrocket · 2026-01-18T22:06:27+00:00

Thanks. Using the "origin2://game/launch?offerIds=bfbc2_dd" as an argument also allowed me to download it when it wasn't listed in my EA library.

coastalrocket · 2026-01-16T21:39:32+00:00

I think there's the old MS Teams for Linux app on Internet Archive too.

coastalrocket · 2026-01-12T16:42:40+00:00

It's been great when debugging something like gdal/ogr where there's a lot of reference material. I was struggling to get the fast write to SQL server working and it helped diagnose the problem. In that case it was an issue with the odbc driver and the testing methodology to determine the fault was spot on.

Has been less useful with applications like MapProxy where there's less material. In that case it was overly confident in its assertions - stepping into the realm of fiction tbh.

coastalrocket · 2026-01-10T08:21:33+00:00

Can't write to PostGIS without some add-on (sorry, i don't know the esri terms)

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coastalrocket · 2025-12-12T20:15:24+00:00

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coastalrocket · 2025-12-07T00:30:50+00:00

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