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MapThat – Creating WMS Legends
By David Crowther
Question:
How do you create a Legend for a WMS Layer in MapThat?
Answer:
As long as the source Web...
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MapThat – An Item With the Same Key Has Been Added
By David Crowther
Question:
What is causing the MapThat error – An item with the same key has already been added?
A...
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MapThat – Not Loading Login Step2
By David Crowther
Question:
Why does my MapThat login fail at Login Step 2?
Answer:
MapThat requires a User to hav...
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MapThat – Error Processing Request?
By David Crowther
Question:
What is causing the ‘Error Processing Request’ message in MapThat?
Answer:
The answer is...
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QGIS – Drag and Drop Layers
By David Crowther
QGIS 3.8 Zanzibar was released in August 2019 and the full change log can be viewed here:
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GeoServer – Why is my Image Mosaic WMS using EPSG 404000?
By David Crowther
Question:
Why does GeoServer project my Raster Mosaic WMS with EPSG 404000?
Answer:
Even if your s...
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QGIS – Join Attributes by Nearest
By David Crowther
QGIS 3.8 Zanzibar was released in August 2019 and the full change log can be viewed here:
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QGIS – Floating Advanced Edit Widget
By David Crowther
QGIS 3.8 Zanzibar was released in August 2019 and the full change log can be viewed here:
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Integrating CAD and GIS – Using AutoCAD Part 2
By David Crowther
In this previous blog we explored how we can better integrate CAD and GIS teams by sharing spatial...
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QGIS – OS Mastermap SVG Symbols
By David Crowther
Question:
How can I resolve incorrect map icons in OS Mastermap?
Answer:
The Cadline GML Translato...
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MapThat – Data Editing and Apostrophes
By David Crowther
Question:
Is it possible to edit attributes in MapThat to use an Apostrophe?
Answer:
This depends ...
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QGIS – Join Attributes
By David Crowther
Question:
How do you Join Attributes from one Table to another in QGIS?
Answer:
QGIS has a tool c...
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QGIS – Tile Map Services
By David Crowther
Question:
I know I can access Open Street Map Colour as a basemap, but are there any other Tile Ma...
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MapThat – Sorting Data Tables
By David Crowther
Question:
Is it possible to auto sort the records in the MapThat Data Table?
Answer:
Yes, MapThat...
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PostGIS - Update Area Trigger
By David Crowther
Question:
How can I automatically update the Area of my PostGIS datasets?
Answer:
One way to auto...
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QGIS – ILIKE
By David Crowther
Question:
When writing queries using the QGIS Expression Builder do I have to be careful of CASE? ...
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QGIS – Fine Zooming
By David Crowther
Question:
Is there another way to zoom when using QGIS?
Answer:
Yes – by holding down the Control ...
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MapThat Scale Print – What is causing the ‘Cannot Open Database: login failed’ Error message?
By David Crowther
Question:
When using the MapThat Scale Print tool I get the following error message:
Answer:
This...
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QGIS – Only Showing One Attribute Record
By David Crowther
Question:
When I open my spatial data from a SQL Server Spatial Database, and I view the data in t...
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MapThat – Aerial Imagery
By David Crowther
Question:
Is it possible to display Aerial Imagery within MapThat?
Answer:
Yes, MapThat will cons...
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PostGIS – How do you Change a User’s Password?
By David Crowther
Question:
I would like to edit the existing password for a PostGIS User because they have forgotte...
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QGIS – Using Shortcut Keys with the Attribute Window
By David Crowther
Question:
Are there any shortcut keys to control the content of the Attribute windows in QGIS?
Ans...
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QGIS – Search Addresses
By David Crowther
Question:
How can I search for addresses within QGIS?
Answer:
Within QGIS choose the Plugins menu ...
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QGIS – In Place Editing
By David Crowther
QGIS 3.4 and onwards allows a user to undertake ‘In Place’ Editing. This means that instead of hav...
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PostGIS – Where are my PostGIS Databases Stored?
By David Crowther
Question:Where are my PostGIS Databases actually located?
Answer: In order to find the location of...
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MapThat – How can I select the correct Skin Colour for my Project?
By David Crowther
Question:
How can I choose the correct Skin Colour for my MapThat Project?
Answer:
The VE_Project...
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MapThat – How do you configure the Information Bubbles to Show Date Fields?
By David Crowther
Question:
I have a datetime field that I wish users to view within MapThat, which is the best way ...
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QGIS – Vertex Editing
By David Crowther
QGIS 3.8 Zanzibar was released in August 2019 and the full change log can be viewed here:
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QGIS – ATLAS Printing
By David Crowther
Question:
How do you create an ATLAS Print using QGIS?
Answer:
ATLAS printing allows you to autom...
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QGIS – Search Postcode
By David Crowther
Question:
How can I search for postcodes within QGIS?
Answer:
Within QGIS choose the Plugins menu ...