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GeoServer – Waiting to Start!
By David Crowther
Question:
What is causing the ‘Waiting to Start’ message in the GeoServer Command Shell?
Answer:
I...
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MapThat – PostGIS Simple Search
By David Crowther
Question:
How do I do a Simple Search e.g. Planning App Number for PostGIS data?
Answer:
In this p...
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MapThat - Clickable Information Bubbles
By David Crowther
Question:
I am trying to create an Information Bubble in MapThat which allows a User to click and...
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PostGIS – Replace Values in a Field
By David Crowther
Question:
How do you replace values in a field in a PostGIS table?
Answer:
To replace a set of exi...
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GeoServer – SQL and Oracle Plugins
By David Crowther
Question:
How can you connect GeoServer to a SQL or an Oracle Database?
Answer:
Natively GeoServer...
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MapThat – Scale Print ODBC Driver Issue
By David Crowther
Question:
When I run the Scale Print jobs I get an error message about ODBC Drivers (see below) wh...
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MapThat – Missing Field in WMS
By David Crowther
Question:
Why is a field missing in the MapThat Bubble for one of my WMS Layers?
Answer:
MapThat w...
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MapThat – Simple Searches not Working
By David Crowther
Question:
I have created a Simple Search Layer in MapThat, but when it runs it says there are no r...
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QGIS – Creating a GeoPDF
By David Crowther
QGIS 3.10 has just been released. Visit the QGIS download home page to find this latest release.
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PostGIS – PGAdmin or DBeaver?
By David Crowther
Question:
I am struggling with the latest version of PGAdmin,.. is there any other database GUI th...
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MapThat – Create PostGIS Search Layers
By David Crowther
Question:
How do I create MapThat Search Layers which link to my PostGIS data sources?
Answer:
Cre...
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QGIS – Save to GeoPackage Project
By David Crowther
QGIS 3.8 Zanzibar was released in August 2019 and the full change log can be viewed here:
https://...
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QGIS – Using the Tile Scale Panel
By David Crowther
Have you ever experienced poor resolution basemapping in QGIS as you zoom and transition through y...
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MapThat – Historic Mapping Offset
By David Crowther
Question:
Why is my Historic Mapping being offset when shown in MapThat?
Answer:
The likely reason...
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ReportIt – Adding WMS Layers
By David Crowther
The DynamicMaps ReportIt solution can be used for Contextual Mapping as well as incident reporting...
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MapThat – Excel Loader: Not Allowing Upload
By David Crowther
Question:
When I click the Create New button in the Excel Loader tool, the tool goes blank – why i...
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PostGIS – Distinct Values
By David Crowther
Question:
How can you identify Distinct Values in a Column in PostGIS?
Answer:
If you wish to iden...
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MapThat Admin – Updating Reference Codes
By David Crowther
Question:
How can I set the default Routing options for MapThat?
Answer:
MapThat has a number of R...
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MapThat – Changing the Login Logo
By David Crowther
Question:
How can you change the logo image used on the MapThat Login Page?
Answer:
The image used...
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MapThat – Data Table Showing Latitude Values
By David Crowther
Question:
Why is the MapThat Data Table showing Latitude values?
Answer:
This issue is caused by ...
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MapThat Admin – Not Logging in when using Internet Explorer
By David Crowther
Question:
Using the new MapThat Admin Forms (version 1.53 onwards) the login page doesn’t seem to ...
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QGIS – Opening MS Excel Files
By David Crowther
QGIS 3.8 Zanzibar was released in August 2019 and the full change log can be viewed here:
https://...
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MapThat – Can I Edit MultiType Geometry Tables?
By David Crowther
Question:
Is it possible to edit Multi Geometry Type PostGIS Tables using MapThat?
Answer:
Yes – i...
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QGIS – Add X&Y Fields to a Layer
By David Crowther
QGIS 3.8 Zanzibar was released in August 2019 and the full change log can be viewed here:
https://...
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QGIS – Browse Features in Attribute Form
By David Crowther
QGIS 3.8 Zanzibar was released in August 2019 and the full change log can be viewed here:
https://...
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QGIS – How to Perform Overlap Analysis
By David Crowther
Question:
Is it possible to perform Overlap Analysis between two separate layers in QGIS?
Answer:...
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QGIS – How to Re-Order Objects in the Map
By David Crowther
Question:
I have multiple objects at the same location. Is there a way to re-order the map objects...
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MapThat – Working with PostGIS Data
By David Crowther
If you are considering connecting your MapThat webGIS instance to spatial tables stored in PostGIS...
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MapThat Admin – Configure the Browser Title
By David Crowther
Question:
Is it possible to configure the Browser Title for the MapThat Admin Forms?
Answer:
Yes, ...
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QGIS – Creating Masks
By David Crowther
Question:
I would like to add a Mask to my QGIS map to hide all the features outside of a specific...