Category: NZTekonverse -> Qgis
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New bits for “old” computers [8]
After a week or two with the new keyboard layout it has bedded in well and is now pretty much the default as I have been using serverpc to do a lot of time consuming and resource intensive Gimp stuff and are freed from a lot of thumb twiddling as I wait for it to…
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ReinstallMyPC: Symlinking /home/patrick/Maps to /mnt/share/mainpc/maps
This week I started using serverpc to store some Qgis maps resources for NZ Rail Maps. Because everything has to work across network and local access (directly from mainpc) it means mainpc has to have a symlink created as mentioned in the title. Using the command to do this: ln -s /home/patrick/Maps /mnt/share/mainpc/maps whereby maps…
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New bits for “old” computers [7]
The serverpc is now being used to store additional mapping resources, specifically aerial photos as the amount of space these take up is significant and at times has filled up a lot of disk space on mainpc. I am working on a new layout of my keyboards so that I can use both computers at…
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New bits for “old” computers [5]
So serverpc is now complete with RAM and excluding the HDD bracket which should come on Monday. It proves to be quite capable of running 12 GB VMs for different versions of Qgis so that part of it looks OK. I have it installed with Debian 9.3 and not much more than Virtualbox at the…
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Interview with Gary Sherman, the founder of the QGIS project
Gary Sherman is the GIS industry professional who started the Qgis project way back in 2001. Here is a two-part interview with him on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CuSMDjhmow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeeF7bXQRsc