QGIS stylesheets for OpenStreetMap
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Ready-made QGIS stylesheets (QML) for OpenStreetMap are available for download. These were created and tested with QGIS version 2.2 on Debian GNU/Linux 7.
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Presenting Ordnance Survey Meridian 2 data in QGIS
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Below are QGIS QML stylesheets for OS OpenData Meridian 2 layers. Ordnance Survey data has been available for a while for download as OS OpenData. Also provided are SLDs for ESRI. However these SLDs do not import correctly into QGIS.
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Mapping UK crime data HowTo
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We will create a database and populate it with UK streets and incidents of street crime. We will then plot the crimes on an interactive map for further analysis.
We will create a PostgreSQL PostGIS database on the local machine. Eventually all our spatial data will be stored here.
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Free Sat-Nav now available for Nokia E71
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Google street view covers 95% of UK
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Google have updated their street view software to cover 95% of the UK. To give it a try, visit maps.google.com with Javascript enabled, search for your location, then drag the little orange man (at the top of the left-hand zoom bar) onto the map or zoom all the way in. Streets that are navigable will be shown in blue.
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Free Sat-Nav for your mobile phone
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Nokia Ovi Maps has been offered for free with certain handsets since January 2010. We will update you when this offer is extended to the older enterprise smart phones.
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OpenStreetMap moves to PostgreSQL
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Clever Elephant has reported that PostgreSQL will be used for OpenStreetMap.
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UK Google street view launched
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Google have released their street view software for the UK. To give it a try, visit maps.google.com with Javascript enabled, search for London, then drag the little orange man (at the top of the left-hand zoom bar) onto the map. Streets that are navigable will be shown in blue.
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ESRI to support PostgreSQL
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PostgreSQL weekly news reports that ESRI ArcGIS 9.3 now supports PostgreSQL. This enhancement allows businesses to obtain the full benefits of PostgreSQL or EnterpriseDB alongside an established ArcGIS installation.
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