A new search engine to search the R documentation
Just to quickly share this great new website where you can search the documentation of all R packages and functions available on CRAN (6688 R packages and 136342 R functions at the moment of writing!)....
View ArticleInstalling Google Earth on Ubuntu 14.04
Since Ubuntu 13.10 Google earth cannot be installed out of the box on Ubuntu 64-bit systems because it requires the deprecated ia32-libs package. The previous solution I wrote about, for Ubuntu 13.10,...
View ArticleUsing GDAL from within QGIS: trouble shooting
Some notes to self about steps I had to take to make GDAL work from within QGIS. Both where compiled from source and run without problems. However, there are still a few issues with running gdal from...
View ArticleStable GRASS GIS 6.4.4 released
A new stable version GRASS GIS 6.4.4 has been released. It sports various bug fixes and a number of new features. Go here for more information. You may be aware that there is also a GRASS GIS version...
View ArticleQGIS 2.4 is out
Just a few days after the release of GRASS GIS 6.4.4, now the latest and greatest QGIS Chugiak. And this new version comes with a whole bunch of improvements and new features. Check out this nice...
View ArticleSampling raster values at point locations in QGIS – an update
In a by now fairly old post I described how to sample raster values at point location in QGIS. The method I described used the ‘Point Sampling Tool’ addon. However, the function creates a new point...
View ArticleExporting your GRASS raster using r.out.gdal? Check the createopt options!
GRASS GIS can export your raster layer in most common (and quite a few less common) data formats using the r.out.gdal function (menu: file – export raster map – common raster formats). Exporting is so...
View ArticleFrom Underdark: New QGIS Symbol Packages
Check out this post by Underdark about two sets of new QGIS symbol packages with series of simple fill symbols based on ColorBrewer. Create work!Filed under: QGIS Tagged: color, QGIS, style, symbol
View ArticleGRASS GIS 6.4.3 RC4 released
Good news, check it out: http://grass.osgeo.org/news/25/15/GRASS-GIS-6-4-3RC4-released/Filed under: GIS software, GRASS GIS, Software release Tagged: GRASS GIS
View ArticleStable GRASS GIS 6.4.3 released
GRASS GIS 6.4.3 released – Birthday release for 30 years of GRASS GIS on http://grass.osgeo.orgFiled under: GRASS GIS, Software release Tagged: GRASS GIS
View ArticleFrom Underdark: New QGIS Symbol Packages
Check out this post by Underdark about two sets of new QGIS symbol packages with series of simple fill symbols based on ColorBrewer. Create work!Filed under: QGIS Tagged: color, QGIS, style, symbol
View ArticleGRASS GIS 6.4.3 RC4 released
Good news, check it out: http://grass.osgeo.org/news/25/15/GRASS-GIS-6-4-3RC4-released/Filed under: GIS software, GRASS GIS, Software release Tagged: GRASS GIS
View ArticleStable GRASS GIS 6.4.3 released
GRASS GIS 6.4.3 released – Birthday release for 30 years of GRASS GIS on http://grass.osgeo.orgFiled under: GRASS GIS, Software release Tagged: GRASS GIS
View ArticleVersion 0.61 of Zim is out
A new version (0.61) of the Zim desktop wiki, my favourite notebook / project organizer, was released today. Apart from a large number of under-the-hood improvements, it sports a number of very welcome...
View ArticleFrom Underdark: New QGIS Symbol Packages
Check out this post by Underdark about two sets of new QGIS symbol packages with series of simple fill symbols based on ColorBrewer. Create work!Filed under: QGIS Tagged: color, QGIS, style, symbol
View ArticleGRASS GIS 6.4.3 RC4 released
Good news, check it out: http://grass.osgeo.org/news/25/15/GRASS-GIS-6-4-3RC4-released/Filed under: GIS software, GRASS GIS, Software release Tagged: GRASS GIS
View ArticleStable GRASS GIS 6.4.3 released
GRASS GIS 6.4.3 released – Birthday release for 30 years of GRASS GIS on http://grass.osgeo.orgFiled under: GRASS GIS, Software release Tagged: GRASS GIS
View ArticleFrom Underdark: New QGIS Symbol Packages
Check out this post by Underdark about two sets of new QGIS symbol packages with series of simple fill symbols based on ColorBrewer. Create work!Filed under: QGIS Tagged: color, QGIS, style, symbol
View ArticleGRASS GIS 6.4.3 RC4 released
Good news, check it out: http://grass.osgeo.org/news/25/15/GRASS-GIS-6-4-3RC4-released/Filed under: GIS software, GRASS GIS, Software release Tagged: GRASS GIS
View ArticleStable GRASS GIS 6.4.3 released
GRASS GIS 6.4.3 released – Birthday release for 30 years of GRASS GIS on http://grass.osgeo.orgFiled under: GRASS GIS, Software release Tagged: GRASS GIS
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