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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: Symbols library “OSM”

Posted on 17/05/2013 by Giuliano Ramat

Does anyone ignore what is OSM (OpenStreetMap)? If anyone was distracted, OpenStreetMap is the most important participative project to create free and editable maps  worldwide. Following step by step what has been described in the posts “gvSIG 2.0: Create symbols … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.0: “Google” symbols library

Posted on 15/05/2013 by Giuliano Ramat

In the previous posts of the “gvSIG 2.0: Create symbol libraries” (1 and 2) series, we have seen how to create a new symbol library, through gvSIG, starting from a set of images and, then, create a deliverable package making possible to … 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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gvSIG 2.0: Add-ons manager

Posted on 07/05/2013 by Mario

One of the most new and useful functionalities in gvSIG 2.0 would be the Add-ons manager, even though a first version was already available in gvSIG 1.12. The main advantages of the new Add-ons manager are: Add-ons can be updated … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.0: How to create symbol libraries (II)

Posted on 03/05/2013 by Alvaro

In the former post we saw how to create a new symbol library from image files. Once the library is created it may be interesting to share it with other users and even with the community in general. With gvSIG … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.0. Raster data tile cache and WMTS

Posted on 29/04/2013 by Manuel

Those gvSIG users that usually load WMS layers know very well that the response time, each time we pan or zoom on the view, is not insignificant. If, besides, we have more than one WMS layer loaded, the response time … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.0 on 64 bits or Java 1.7 systems

Posted on 26/04/2013 by Mario

The gvSIG Desktop 2.0 version must work correctly on 64 bits systems, the problems of the previous versions don’t have to appear now. gvSIG is developed on Java, and some parts of the application have been developed on C (raster … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.0: Additional feature for managing CRS

Posted on 25/04/2013 by Alvaro

In early versions of gvSIG a support of CRS (Coordinate Reference System) was developed with basic functions and definitions. This implementation allows the user to select the reference system based on the datum, projection and time zone. However it has … Continue reading →

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