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PostGIS – Shapefile Loader
By David Crowther
Question:I have installed PGAdmin 4 and I can’t find the Shapefile Loader tool, how can I access ...
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PostGIS – Why Can’t I Delete a Database?
By David Crowther
Question:
When I try to delete a PostGIS database I get the error below, what could be causing thi...
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MapThat – Create your own MapBox Access Tokens
By David Crowther
Question:
How can I create my own Access Tokens for accessing MapBox base mapping?
Answer:
MapT...
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MapThat – How do you resolve the ‘Sequence Contains no Elements’ error message ?
By David Crowther
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When I open a MapThat Project I get an error message stating – sequence contains no ele...
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MapThat Scale Printing – QSqlDatabase: QSLITE errors
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Each time I run the Scale Print Jobs I receive the following error message in the ScalePrint.BAT command She...
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QGIS – How do you Create Grid Lines on a Scale Print?
By David Crowther
Question:
How do you add Easting and Northing Grid Lines to a Scale Print within QGIS.
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To...
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QGIS – How do you configure the OSMM Symbols in QGIS?
By David Crowther
Question:
I have upgraded QGIS and now when I view OS Mastermap (OSMM) I cannot see the OSMM Symb...
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GeoServer – Where and what is the Data_Dir in GeoServer?
By David Crowther
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What is the purpose and where is the Data Directory within GeoServer?
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The Data...
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MapThat – Configure Zoom Layer Tips
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I have configured a layer to only show at a specific zoom level, but how can I notify users about this set...
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MapThat – The Interface is not Loading Correctly – Part 2
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I have successfully entered my MapThat Username and Password, chosen my ROLE and then chosen my preferred P...
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MapThat – Drawing Tools: Snapping
By David Crowther
The drawing tools within the DynamicMaps webGIS – MapThat – have now been enhanced to allow a user...
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Ogr2Ogr – How can I extract a table and create a Shapefile from SQL Server
By David Crowther
Question:
I would like to extract and create a Shapefile from a Table stored in a SQL Server Data...
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PostGIS – How do you import an ESRI Geodatabase into PostGIS?
By David Crowther
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I would like to import the tables within an ESRI Geodatabase into my PostGIS database, ...
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MapThat – How to Configure BaseLayer Images?
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I have configured new BaseLayers for MapThat but there is no image in the Base Layers list, how do I confi...
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QGIS – How do you load and then access SQL Server Spatial data within QGIS?
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I would like to store my spatial data within a SQL Server Database and then access that via QGIS, what are...
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SQL Server Spatial – Error When Editing Values
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When editing values in a SQL Server Spatial Table I get the following error message, how can this be resolve...
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MapThat Admin – GeoServer WMS Layer is not Loading
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I have created a MapThat Layer which uses a WMS layer from an internal GeoServer instance, but when I try to...
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MapThat Admin – Blank PDF when using MapThat Scale Printing
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The Scale Printing tool in MapThat is creating an output PDF and the job is completed, but the PDF shows a b...
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MapThat Admin – Displaying WMS Layers
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How can I optimise the display of WMS layers within MapThat?
Answer
MapThat can utilise internal and exter...
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PostGIS – Why Can’t I Restore a Database?
By David Crowther
Question:
When I try to restore my PostGIS database I get an error, what could be causing this?
A...
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PostGIS – Why can I not edit my PostGIS data within QGIS?
By David Crowther
Question:
When I connect to my PostGIS datasets via QGIS or Autodesk Map 3D I cannot edit the attr...
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QGIS Widgets – Using Unique ID's with SQL Server Tables
By David Crowther
Question:
Which is the best way to manage Unique IDs within QGIS when working with SQL Server Da...
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MapThat Scale Print Admin – List Index Out of Range
By David Crowther
Question:
When I run a print job I get an error message in the log file stating - List Index out o...
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MapThat – The Interface is Not Loading Correctly
By David Crowther
Question:
I have successfully entered my MapThat Username and Password, and then chosen my preferr...
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PostGIS – How can I copy my PostGIS tables into SQL Server?
By David Crowther
Question:
I would like to copy a PostGIS Database Table into a SQL Server Database, what are the ...
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MapThat – Adding a Theme Description in MapThat
Question:
How can I add a description to a Theme in MapThat?
Answer:
MapThat now has the option to configure a descr...
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MapThat – Oracle Spatial Data Not Loading
By David Crowther
QuestionOccasionally my Oracle Spatial Layers will not load within MapThat. The general user recei...
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QGIS – Create Multi-Ring Buffers
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How do you create concentric multi-ring buffers in QGIS?
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QGIS has an inbuilt option to create sing...
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MapThat Admin – Drawing Tool Layers
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How can you add a MapThat Layer to the list of available layers when using the Drawing Tools?
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In or...
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MapThat Admin – Column ‘TREE_NAME’ does not belong to table TableError
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When loading MapThat I get an error message stating ‘Column ‘TREE_NAME’ does not belong to table TableError’...