Author Archives: Mario

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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Spatial tools for evaluating woody debris flooding hazard in gvSIG

Posted on 16/01/2017 by Mario

There are a lot of applications of gvSIG in the field of natural hazards: flooding, fires… Recently a new one has been published about the evaluation of the amount of woods that can be transported by the flow during flooding … Continue reading →

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Street View plugin update for gvSIG 2.3.1

Posted on 11/01/2017 by Mario

Some weeks ago Google updated the Street View API, and it caused that Street View wasn’t visualized correctly in gvSIG. To solve this problem, the plugin has been updated for the 2.3.1 gvSIG version. To update it in our installation, … Continue reading →

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Actualización del plugin de Street View en gvSIG 2.3.1

Posted on 11/01/2017 by Mario

Hace unas semanas Google actualizó la API de Street View. Esto ha hecho que cuando accedemos desde gvSIG a Street View no se visualiza correctamente. Para corregir dicho problema, se ha actualizado el plugin para la versión 2.3.1 de gvSIG. … Continue reading →

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Open data and the importance of the geographic data

Posted on 24/11/2016 by Mario

It’s worth to review MELODA (MEtric for reLeasing Open DAta), a metrics to calculate how much the data are reusable (and now there’s an alfa of an API), where the importance of the geographic component is totally demonstrated when we … Continue reading →

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gvSIG Desktop and Geopaparazzi are awarded at the Free software awards (“Premios al Software Libre”) in 2016

Posted on 21/11/2016 by Mario

gvSIG has been awarded in two of the six categories at the Free software awards this year (Premios al Software Libre 2016): gvSIG Desktop, in the “Most revolutionary” software category, where the project that has grown the most at this … Continue reading →

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Tutoriel gratuit en français de gvSIG: Analyse de l’emplacement de skatepark à New York en relation avec les plaintes de nettoyage des graffitis utilisant gvSIG

Posted on 14/11/2016 by Mario

Il y a un nouveau tutoriel gratuit sur gvSIG en français, fourni par Marwa Hassan, d’Abu-Dhabi (Émirats Arabes Unis). Ce nouveau document est un projet qui analyse si l’emplacement de skatepark à New York sont liés à des plaintes de … Continue reading →

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