Re: [Qgis-user] QField Scale settings

2024-05-21 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> at the moment I am using QGIS Desktop 3.22.9 und QField. After preparing > and packaging my QGIS project for QField I regonized that the scale ist > showing a very low number (Unit: mm). > But I can not find the settings. Is it possible to change the scale? And > how does it work? You might be s

[Qgis-user] Map tips not showing

2023-03-22 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
Hi all, I'm new to QGIS and I followed some instructions for importing geotagged images and displaying them on the map. Everything seems to work fine, except I don't see any popups when hovering over the points. I have enabled the "Show map tips" option but it makes no difference. I think with

Re: [Qgis-user] Map tips not showing

2023-03-22 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
Hi Thayer, Many thanks for your reply! > Make sure you have the layer selected in the table of contents I can't find anything called "table of contents" but there is a panel called "Layers" where I can tick/untick them to show/hide layers, and if I click on a layer to select it (a layer with HTM

Re: [Qgis-user] Map tips not showing

2023-03-23 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
Hi Andrea, > have you tried if the issue does occur also using a new QGIS user > profile [1]? I tried this, but there was no change. > Have you tried if the issue does occur also installing and using the > same version of QGIS from Flatpack [2]? I had a look at Flatpak but it seemed rather sca

Re: [Qgis-user] Zoom QGIS to specific location by command line

2023-04-04 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> I would like to zoom QGIS to a specific location (lat/lon coordinate) > or area (lat/lon bounding box) using a command line argument > generated outside of QGIS. I have looked through the available > command line arguments and cant see anything that will allow this. I'm not sure whether you mean

[Qgis-user] How to permanently enable a plugin?

2023-04-07 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
Hi all, Every time I load QGIS, I have to go to the Plugins menu, choose "Manage and Install Plugins", then go to the "Installed" section and tick the plugins that I want to use, in order for them to become available in the menu and on the toolbar. Is there a way to permanently have them ticked,

Re: [Qgis-user] How to permanently enable a plugin?

2023-04-07 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> If this is not working for you, I could think of some reasons: > - your profile folder is read only (OR the QGIS3.ini is not writable) > - your company let you start every time with a pristine copy of your > profile (loosing your 'ticks') Is that possible? Ahh, you are right! For some reason my

Re: [Qgis-user] what setting effect topological editing performance?

2023-04-09 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> I have an old project that is painful to edit with topological editing > activated. I put a couple of the layers into a new project and topological > editing is very quick. Specifically, in the old project, moving a single > node on a polygon with the vertex tool that does not require any additio

Re: [Qgis-user] what setting effect topological editing performance?

2023-04-09 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> Thanks for your suggestions. I added the layer to the slow project > and it's still slow. The project, and the layers in it, are generally > responsive and there's no especially complex styling. The issue is > only when editing, specifically editing nodes, with topological > editing enabled, on P

[Qgis-user] How to have photos appear in HTML tips *and* the attribute editor?

2023-04-16 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
Hi all, I have imported some geotagged photos via the Processing toolbox, and now I have a layer with a bunch of photos that have absolute paths: /project/example/photos/2023-01-01/img1.jpg In the layer I have specified this as: This works fine: 1. When I open the attribute editor form,

Re: [Qgis-user] file URIs (was: How to have photos appear in HTML tips *and* the attribute editor?)

2023-04-16 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> > P.S. I have seen many things saying you must specify the URL as > > file:/// with three slashes to make it work under Windows, but under > > Linux you must have only two slashes. It would be nice if any solution > > to this worked across all platforms. > > > > I can't speak to solving your

Re: [Qgis-user] Github Access Problems

2023-04-19 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> I understand a lot of organisations have migrated off Github since > Microsoft took it over for various reasons. A few did in the early days for ideological reasons, but Microsoft have actually done a surprisingly good job (so far) of just leaving GitHub alone, so it seems to be more popular t

Re: [Qgis-user] How to have photos appear in HTML tips *and* the attribute editor?

2023-04-21 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> I have imported some geotagged photos via the Processing toolbox, and > now I have a layer with a bunch of photos that have absolute paths: > > /project/example/photos/2023-01-01/img1.jpg > > However, when I move the project to a different computer, this no > longer works, because the project

[Qgis-user] How to quickly open Layer Properties in QGIS 3.32?

2023-08-12 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
Hi all, In QGIS 3.28 and 3.30 I was able to right-click on a layer to open the layer properties. I just moved to a new PC with a fresh QGIS install of 3.32.1-Lima (didn't carry my old profile across) and now when I right-click on a layer it gives me a popup where I can do very little, only show/h

[Qgis-user] How to make HTML map tip size larger in QGIS 3.32

2023-08-12 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
Hi all, Since upgrading to QGIS 3.32 the map tips are now working for me. However the HTML formatting seems to have changed. I can adjust the HTML to mostly work around it, however the one thing I can't figure out how to do is to change the frame size so the popup itself appears larger on the scr

Re: [Qgis-user] How to quickly open Layer Properties in QGIS 3.32?

2023-08-12 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> Is there a way to get the old behaviour back, either with the original > right-click menu or at least some way to configure QGIS to open the > Layer Properties on double-click instead of the Symbol Selector? Ok I'm embarrassed now, it's been a while since I used QGIS and my layer had a bunch of

[Qgis-user] QGIS is great! (and fixed the broken geotagging in my Insta360 photos)

2023-08-23 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
Hi all, This isn't a request for help, I just wanted to give a big thanks to everyone involved in the development of QGIS. I have never used a program that seems to be able to cater to everything I might want to do. I recently purchased an Insta360 camera, with the goal of going walking and havi

Re: [Qgis-user] Company wide templates

2023-09-01 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> Hi, I do not know how this works, but I will give it a shot I reckon. > > My company uses QGIS for producing screening reports, contracts, > applications and so on, it's quite a lot we use it. We would therefor > like to set up templates for everyone to use, especially for things > like symbolog

Re: [Qgis-user] Problem with Georeferences on AutoCAD version

2023-09-01 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> When importing a .dwg file generated by AutoCAD, the application is > not able to import the file in versions later than 2018. How could I > import a file from a more current version? The AutoCAD .dwg format is proprietary, and to my knowledge Autodesk does not release any public specifications

Re: [Qgis-user] Question Concerning Incorrect Color Shading in QGIS

2023-09-06 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> The poverty rate layer is the only one displayed and has been assigned a > pink gradient. Nonetheless, the map displays colors completely different > than the gradient assigned. When I try to change the gradient to a > different color, the displayed color changes as well but it is still > incorre

Re: [Qgis-user] action to open an HTML file with arguments

2023-09-09 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> then the web page opens.  But if the "Action Text"  is > C:/temp/receiveParms.html?arg1=C&arg2=D > the web page fails to open. Probably because a question mark isn't a valid filename character so it gets escaped as %3F, and then the file doesn't exist with %3F in the filename so yo

Re: [Qgis-user] The Google maps satellite layer for my project background only appears on half of the page

2023-09-20 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> I have a QGIS problem with Google satellite images only appearing > over half of the screen I had the same problem under Linux with 3.28. However I am only focused on a small area and I wanted it to work offline, so I exported the layer to a GeoPackage and that local copy seems to render correc

Re: [Qgis-user] Flatgeobuf in google drive ?

2023-10-05 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> However, I would like to use Google Drive as a data repository instead > of the website,  so I uploaded the same file to (my) Google Drive in the > "Shared Data" directory and made it public viewable using a https > address similar to this: > > *https://drive.google.com/file/d/180sZv a lo

[Qgis-user] Cannot generate slope - how to specify MINUSERPIXELVALUE?

2023-10-06 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
Hi all, Although I used the slope tool successfully a few months ago, I am trying to run it again but it's currently failing. It doesn't give me any error but I was able to run the command manually and it tells me it is missing the MINUSERPIXELVALUE option. I logged a bug report[1] as this failu

Re: [Qgis-user] How to make HTML map tip size larger in QGIS 3.32

2023-10-20 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> > Now, in QGIS 3.32, the map tip seems to be limited to a postage-stamp > > sized box with scroll bars, so the image is the same size as before, > > but now I have to scroll around and I can only see a tiny bit of the > > photo at any one time. > FYI, this is the MapTip template used in QGIS 3.3

Re: [Qgis-user] Donation

2023-11-27 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> Tried to download. It was impossible without donating. > I did donation. I have a reciept of that. I think you were scammed, there is no donation requirement on the official QGIS website. Who did you give your money to? > But could not download? When I go to the official download page I see p

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS attribute forms question

2023-12-04 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> It can take several hours to create such a form where there are 80+ > columns in the underlying database table, > > I now have the situation where the underlying table needs columns > added or removed. > > QGIS will not apply a saved form to a layer unless the structure is > identical. > > How

Re: [Qgis-user] Accessing iface from jupyter to create map from QGIS

2023-12-06 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> While trying to activate with iface.setactivelayer I am facing an error. The error is complaining that iface is None. Your code doesn't show what value you assigned to this variable - where did you set iface and what value did you set it to? I think you forgot to set it and that is why you are

Re: [Qgis-user] Fail to show markers in a vector layer

2024-01-13 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> I created a vector layer and I can show correctly a georeferenced pdf > image. > Then I added another transparent layer  (vector layer) and I tried to > add markers in lat,long points. > Using QgsSimpleMarkerSymbolLayer I can inserted correctly all markers of > the same shape and color. Then I

Re: [Qgis-user] Migrating QGIS User mailing list to OSGeo Discourse, yes or no?

2024-01-16 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> The main advantage of the forum like mode is the ability to search > for old topic and possibly easily get answers for your questions > before posting a new question Perhaps it needs to be a bit more obvious, but you can search the list for old topics if you use a query like this in most search

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS Qt6 Wayland ongoing status

2024-01-17 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> I have been trying to find a mostly definitive and mostly up-to-date > conversation about the status of QGIS, Qt6 and Wayland and I'm not having > any luck. What's the underlying need for this information? > There is some stuff on GitHub but it seems to be at least a year or two > old, talking

Re: [Qgis-user] Is there any CLI to create and manage a QGIS project

2024-01-18 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> I would like to create a project and then, for example, given a list of > files, put all those whose names begin with "OC" in the ocean group, and > all others in the root of the project, and finally sort them > programmatically, according to values I have in a list of my own. > > I know it is a

Re: [Qgis-user] Migrating QGIS User mailing list to OSGeo Discourse, yes or no?

2024-01-19 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> > Perhaps it needs to be a bit more obvious, but you can search the list > > for old topics if you use a query like this in most search engines: > > > >site:lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/ search terms here > > That often does not work. > > Try finding this post > https://lists.osgeo.

Re: [Qgis-user] Hillshade default direction

2024-01-23 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> Thank you to both of you for your informative responses. > This prompted me to look at some satellite imagery and while the > plateau vs. valley effect is not as distinct, the reversal of hills > persists. Never noticed that before. Off topic but it's something that has always bugged me about so

Re: [Qgis-user] Help with building from source

2024-02-22 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> All works well until part way through, when I get an error: > > [ 63%] Built target provider_postgres_a > [ 63%] Built target qgis_gui_autogen > make: *** [Makefile:166: all] Error 2 > > I can't see a log file anywhere. It looks like it's a parallel build and the error happened earlier so it's

Re: [Qgis-user] Help with building from source

2024-02-23 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> I am also having problems building QGIS. Actually it built but the > gui/menu/display is messed up.  Some of the items in the windows are > missing.  Not all my projects are shown. I think that'll happen if you don't have all the libraries installed when you compile. If it can't find them it

Re: [Qgis-user] Geotiff from Google Network planner to QGIS

2024-02-27 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> I am reposting this question. You only waited 10 hours, you need to be more patient. Give it a week or two so people have time to read your message and reply. > I exported this image to geotiff from GNP. Then added it to QGIS, I am not > getting the device information, I am only getting the RG

Re: [Qgis-user] Risk of security vulnerability using older version of QGis

2024-02-27 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> As a private and amateur end-user of QGis I would really like to know > if not running the latest version of QGis is a (serious) security > risk for my Computer? Do you open projects and data sources from untrusted people? If so then it can be a security risk if you are opening a malicious data

Re: [Qgis-user] Cannot erase a polygon

2024-03-06 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> I created a vector layer to make a polygon. I later accidentally > erased the layer but the polygon was not erased. Now it seems like a > template and hides all the layers below. Even if I turn off all > layers, the polygon is still there. How can I erase the polygon? Can you zoom in on the poly

Re: [Qgis-user] Cannot erase a polygon

2024-03-06 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> Thanks for replying. Yes I can zoom in and out of the polygon. I also > closed the Project several times and nothing happens. > > If it is a QGIS bug, it means I better redo the Project? Or is ther a > alternative solution? I'm sure there's a way around the problem. It seems quite unusual. Ho

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS and FileGDB

2024-03-06 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> I will try to understand the problem better and maybe in the future I > will open an issue. I googled FileGDB as I don't know much about it, and came across this info: > The driver implements transactions at the database level, through an > emulation. This works by backing up the current state

Re: [Qgis-user] MacOS GeoJSON download from Google bucket

2024-03-07 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> When I use QGIS under Windows and save a vector as a GeoJSON file, > the uploaded file can be downloaded from the Google bucket as a file. When > I use QGIS under MacOS, the GeoJSON file opens as a text file, when you > push the download button in the Google bucket, instead of downloading the > f

Re: [Qgis-user] Inquiry Regarding Hardware Requirements for QGIS

2024-03-07 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> What are the minimum and recommended hardware requirements for QGIS? For normal application use, a computer that's less than 10 years old is probably fine. I'm running it on a second hand office Dell from 2017 with no issues at all. If your computer is capable of viewing modern web sites then

Re: [Qgis-user] MacOS GeoJSON download from Google bucket

2024-03-08 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> Hi Adam, thank you very much for the feedback. I made following experience > since the post. The same file uploaded (using in both cases Chrome) by > macOS and then uploaded by windows is resulting in different > datatype assignments on the Google bucket. That gives the impression that > the OS o

Re: [Qgis-user] adding an image to a callout box

2024-03-11 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> i would like to add a graphic image such as a tiff to an annotation layer > that i can turn off/off. is there any way to paste an image into a text > box or polygon that i have pointing to a location? Can you set the annotation to show HTML then use an "img" tag to show an image that's saved in

Re: [Qgis-user] Problem with contour algorithm

2024-03-13 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> I am trying to contour a grid file using the QGIS raster > extract>contour > and I get getting errors saying "Warning 1: Model file not specified" or > "ERROR 4: No such file or directory". > > I am using 3.34 and 3.36 and get the same error. I did this yesterday and it worked fine for me, but

Re: [Qgis-user] Cross layer filtering

2024-03-28 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> I've been filtering a layer by adding a virtual column populated with > is_selected() and then creating a virtual layer from it using the > filter: WHERE virtualField = 1 > > This is working well and allows you to have a copy of the layer that > only shows the selected records when you are creat

Re: [Qgis-user] Python console sys.stdout.encoding

2024-04-10 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> Effectively it is part of the answer I am looking for. But my problem is > "higher" in the python settings for QGIS. If I write 'sys.stdout.encoding = > "utf-8"' to the console, my plugin will be loaded without problem. I am > developing a plugin whit "from ultralytics import YOLO" and I am rece

Re: [Qgis-user] [QGIS-Developer] Announce - migrate our mailing lists to Discourse

2024-04-10 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> At PSC, we discussed this topic and decide to phase the migration plan, > by starting  QGIS PSC and QGIS users first. Those are the first places > we want users to jump in easily. What's the reason you want users to be able to jump in easily? In my own experience, if it's too easy for people

Re: [Qgis-user] [QGIS-Developer] Announce - migrate our mailing lists to Discourse

2024-04-10 Thread Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User
> I didn't see it coming honestly.  Make it hard for them so only the > best ones can join us? Not quite - make asking questions take more effort than doing your own research, so lazy people are encouraged to find their own answers before asking. It's not about excluding people, it's about minimi