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New documentation about the gvSIG 2.x scripting extension

Posted on 19/09/2013 by Alvaro

New documentation about the gvSIG 2.x scripting extension is now available at the project website. The documents are available in Spanish as well as in English in: http://www.gvsig.org/web/projects/gvsig-desktop/docs/user/gvsig-desktop-2-0-scripting/developer-guide gvSIG 2.0 has included a small environment for the development and execution of scripts that interact with the application. These scripts allow us to automate small tasks or add some functionality we need and we are able to implement. The extension of scripting or scripting framework, … Continue reading →

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Webinar in English (September 23rd): ‘Introducing gvSIG Desktop version 2 (in English)’

Posted on 18/09/2013 by Mario

MundoGEO [1] and gvSIG Association [2] invite you to join a new webinar about the new gvSIG 2 version. This webinar will discuss the newest release of gvSIG (version 2.0) focusing on a comparison between this and previous versions, as … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.0: Improved Map Sheets plugin now available

Posted on 16/07/2013 by Juan Lucas Domínguez Rubio

The Map Sheets plugin for gvSIG 2.0 has just been released (read official announcement here). This plugin allows the user to create and print map series covering a certain area of interest. Each resulting sheet will have its particular values … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.0: Symbols Library “Numbers”

Posted on 11/07/2013 by danielvicb

In more than a time we find ourselves with a need of a library with numerical symbols to identify specific elements in our layouts created with gvSIG. To solve it we generated  a new symbols library, which we call “numbers” … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.0: some tricks with folders

Posted on 28/06/2013 by danielvicb

 In the last posts dedicated to the news of gvSIG 2.0 we have seen how we can create new symbols libraries or thematic maps. In both cases gvSIG stores information in folders. Let’s see some tricks to the most restless … 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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gvSIG 2.0: Symbols Library “OCHA-Humanitarian”

Posted on 24/06/2013 by danielvicb

In a previous post we commented the gradual increase in use of gvSIG in sphere of civil protection and emergency management. In the moment of publication of symbols library “Emergency”, we received information from two diferent sites about existence of … 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: “Crime” symbols library

Posted on 19/06/2013 by Alvaro

Some weeks ago we published a symbols library oriented to emergency management, both at a urban level and a natural disaster level. As a complement and in order to ease the representation of symbols for those gvSIG users who are … 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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