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Learning GIS with Game of Thrones (VIII): Field calculator

Posted on 23/02/2017 by Mario

The “field calculator” is one of the most used tools by users when editing the attributes of a layer. This is because its versatility, and it saves time when editing several registers at the same time. It allows to make … Continue reading →

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Learning GIS with Game of Thrones (VII): Adding coordinates to a Table

Posted on 21/02/2017 by Mario

Now we are going to see a very easy and useful tool. It allows to add X and Y coordinates (or Latitude/Longitude) to a point layer in an automatic way. In our case, with fictitious cartography on EPSG 4326 projection … Continue reading →

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Learning GIS with Game of Thrones (VI): Hyperlink and other information tools

Posted on 20/02/2017 by Mario

Today we are going to see information tools, focusing on learning to use the “Hyperlink” tool. There are 4 main information tools: information by point, consulting area, consulting distance and hyperlink. We would be able to add other ones like … Continue reading →

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Learning GIS with Game of Thrones (V): Editing tables

Posted on 14/02/2017 by Mario

We are going to continue with the course about introduction to GIS with Game of Thrones. At this post we are going to review the alphanumeric editing tools. Using the “Political” layer, that contains the kingdoms of the continent called … Continue reading →

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New support services on gvSIG Desktop

Posted on 13/02/2017 by Mario

Use of Geographic Information System for any organization that manages geographic information is a fundamental tool. Adopting open source solutions in any entity, an upward trend, usually requires training and support services. gvSIG Desktop is an open source GIS used … Continue reading →

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Learning GIS with Game of Thrones (IV): Selecting tools

Posted on 06/02/2017 by Mario

Selecting tools are very important in all the GIS because, among other things, there are a lot of tools that are executed on selected elements. Besides they can be useful to locate elements with specified characteristics easily. Before starting we … Continue reading →

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Learning GIS with Game of Thrones (III): Navigation tools

Posted on 31/01/2017 by Mario

When we speak about navigation tools we are referring to all of those that allow us to go over the cartography, and here we can find from the typical zooms to zoom in and zoom out (that means, to change … Continue reading →

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Learning GIS with Game of Thrones (II): Attribute table

Posted on 27/01/2017 by Mario

We follow with this mini-course about the introduction to Geographic Information Systems with Game of Thrones.Today we are going to see how to open the attribute table of a layer. Firstly we are going to open our project, that we … Continue reading →

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Learning GIS with Game of Thrones (I): Adding data to a project

Posted on 26/01/2017 by Mario

This series of posts will try to show how to learn to use a GIS without previous knowledge and through several practical exercises. To make learning entertaining we are going to use a series of layers related to Game of … Continue reading →

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12as Jornadas Internacionales gvSIG. Ponencias y talleres disponibles

Posted on 20/01/2017 by Mario

Ya se encuentran disponibles las presentaciones realizadas en las 12as Jornadas Internacionales gvSIG, que se celebraron del 30 de noviembre al 2 de diciembre de 2016 en Valencia (España). También está disponible la grabación de las mismas y de los … Continue reading →

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