Category Archives: english

Towards gvSIG 2.4: SpatiaLite

Posted on 27/07/2017 by

At the next version of gvSIG Desktop we will find a series of improvements related to databases. One of them is the SpatiaLite support.

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Towards gvSIG 2.4: Icon theme configuration

Posted on 26/07/2017 by

This utility, called “Icon theme configurator”, will allow the user to create its own icon sets, in order to customize the appearance of his own gvSIG Desktop, (for more information, check out the previous post about the new set of … Continue reading →

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Towards gvSIG 2.4: Changing gvSIG interface. A new set of icons

Posted on 25/07/2017 by

gvSIG has used the same set of icons for a good number of years. Therefore, we have made the decision to give the user the opportunity to change themes or icons set easily. To do that, we have created a … Continue reading →

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Learn GIS for free. Extra Module : GPS and Mobile GIS

Posted on 18/07/2017 by

Although “Learn GIS for free” course ended with the tenth module, today we offer you an extra module very interesting for those who are interested in using Mobile GIS to capture field data.

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“Learning GIS with Game of Thrones” free book

Posted on 12/07/2017 by

Have you decided to learn to work with a Geographic Information System and you don’t know how to start? Now that the premiere of the new season of Game of Thrones series will be in a few days, we recommend … Continue reading →

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Learning GIS with Game of Thrones (XV and last): Add-ons installing

Posted on 12/07/2017 by

We are going to dedicate this last post to the “Add-ons manager”, a tool that every gvSIG Desktop user should know. The add-ons manager is a tool that allows to customize gvSIG, installing new extensions, functional ones as well as … Continue reading →

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Learning GIS with Game of Thrones (XIV): Layouts

Posted on 12/07/2017 by

At this second-to-last post of the course to learn the base of the Geographic Information Systems through practical exercises with Game of Thrones data we are going to work with the “Map” document. A Layout document is a set of design … Continue reading →

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Learn GIS for free. Module 9: Raster reclassification and raster calculator

Posted on 12/07/2017 by

We continue with the ninth module of the free GIS course, where we continue to show you how to work with gvSIG Desktop, in this case working with raster reclassification and rasterization tools, and learning what can we do with … Continue reading →

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Towards gvSIG 2.4: Functionalities improved in gvpy

Posted on 10/07/2017 by

As you may know, gvpy is a  gvsig library that help us with the execution of geoprocesses. Thus, geoprocesses added in our gvSIG Toolbox can be executed from a script with a single line of code. For the new gvSIG … Continue reading →

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Learn GIS for free. Module 8: Vegetation index and unsupervised classification

Posted on 10/07/2017 by

We continue with the eighth module of the free GIS course, where we continue to show you how to work with raster data in gvSIG Desktop, in this case calculating several parameters (NDVI, CTVI,…) related to vegetation index and learning … Continue reading →

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