Author Archives: Mario

Names of icons, menus and actions on gvSIG 2.0 (II): Applying it on gvSIG

Posted on 05/07/2013 by Mario

Some days ago we started a little series of articles related to the names of the icons, menus and actions with the article: Names of icons, menus and actions on gvSIG 2.0 (I). We’re going to continue telling some other … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.0: Creating symbols libraries (IV)

Posted on 26/06/2013 by Mario

With this post we are finishing the series initiated to show the new possibilities that gvSIG 2.0 has to create our own symbols libraries. We hope it has been useful, as seen following simple steps and getting help in other … Continue reading →

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Names of icons, menus and actions on gvSIG 2.0 (I)

Posted on 21/06/2013 by Mario

One of the goals we set in the development phase of the 2.0 version of gvSIG was to improve usability. This is a field in which there is always room for improvement and that involves making changes on many fronts. … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.0: Thematic Maps II

Posted on 17/06/2013 by Mario

At this new post of the “Thematic maps” series we will see how to generate a package for sharing a thematic map with other users. In the previous post we had generated our first thematic map, that will have been … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.0: OpenStreetMap, adding new servers

Posted on 05/06/2013 by Mario

One of the small but important improvements that have been included in gvSIG 2.0 is, in our opinion, the access to the excellent data source that OpenStreetMap is. The extension, that was recently released, can be installed easily from the … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.0: OpenStreetMap tiles

Posted on 30/05/2013 by Mario

gvSIG 2.0 improves the raster access incorporating the possibility to make tiles for the sources of this type of data, local or remote ones. The results is that the raster layers are loaded on the gvSIG view in small portions … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.0: Data in NetCDF

Posted on 23/05/2013 by Mario

NetCDF is a data format oriented to scientific data in a multidimensional arrays way. That is, a list of variables with a concrete meaning (pressure, temperature, position…). It’s commonly said that it’s a data container of any type and auto-descriptive. … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.0: Scripting, exploit your gvSIG (III): Generate a polygon from a course

Posted on 21/05/2013 by Mario

Some time ago a friend of the project, Gustavo Agüero, published a post on his blog in which he explained how gvSIG generate a polygon from a bearing (or route or course). We found a very interesting exercise and with … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.0: Scripting, exploit your gvSIG (II). Creating a buffer

Posted on 13/05/2013 by Mario

In some previous posts we’ve seen how to create an easy script on gvSIG 2.0. Now we show a video about how to implement a script to create a polygon shapefile that is obtained after applying a buffer to the … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.0: Mirrors for downloads

Posted on 09/05/2013 by Mario

One of the most important characteristics of the gvSIG Desktop 2.0 version is the Add-ons Manager, from which the different packages (extensions, add-ons…, and translation files later) can be installed directly from the application. This version is totally oriented to … Continue reading →

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