Category Archives: english

How to convert a line layer into equispaced points layer

Posted on 12/06/2019 by Mario

Sometimes we need to convert a line layer into equispaced points layer, that is, points that are separated by a certain distance from each other. This type of layers can be generated almost immediately thanks to a geoprocess in gvSIG … Continue reading →

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How to calculate the Euclidean distance from many elements to an origin

Posted on 06/06/2019 by Mario

In certain occasions we need to calculate the distances from a series of elements to another one that we will call ‘origin’. The Euclidean distance geoprocess available in gvSIG Desktop allows us to do it automatically. And, from there, we … Continue reading →

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Towards gvSIG 2.5: Project backup

Posted on 28/05/2019 by Mario

Many of the gvSIG Desktop users usually work saving their projects. These projects, for different reasons, may have errors and they are not saved or loaded correctly. To avoid this as much as possible, gvSIG Desktop 2.5 will automatically create … Continue reading →

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From points to polygons. How to calculate population by block

Posted on 20/05/2019 by Mario

In some projects that we have carried out we have had to represent the population by block. We had this population as street and number, in a point layer (very common in the census of inhabitants of any municipality). In … Continue reading →

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Towards gvSIG 2.5: Expressions

Posted on 08/05/2019 by Óscar Martínez

New version of gvSIG 2.5 brings a new functionality that increase the power of gvSIG in a big way. It can be use in different parts of gvSIG. This new functionality is called Expressions. What is an Expression? An expression … Continue reading →

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gvSIG at Google Summer of Code. GSoC 2019

Posted on 07/05/2019 by Alvaro

Two students were selected to work with gvSIG Desktop on GSoC! Two of the seven proposals of the OSGeo Foundation. The accepted proposals are related with the new topology framework: Create of new topological rules in gvSIG desktop: The project … Continue reading →

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A new gvSIG Mobile version is now available

Posted on 24/04/2019 by Mario

The new gvSIG Mobile version, the Geographic Information System for Android systems for field data gathering, is now available to install from Google Play Store. The novelties of this new version are the following:

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Municipality platform for geographic information management

Posted on 11/04/2019 by Mario

Here you have a video where we introduce you to the gvSIG Suite applied to municipality management. It will surely give you a sense of the multiple uses of gvSIG solutions to optimize municipality management. Related to this, there are … Continue reading →

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GIS audiovisual course audiovisual with Game of Thrones cartography

Posted on 08/04/2019 by Mario

Some days ago we launched an idea: what if we celebrate the broadcast of the Game of Thrones final season with a GIS course? The enthusiastic response that we obtained in social networks has encouraged us to record a new … Continue reading →

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Towards gvSIG 2.5: Quick access to Snapping tools

Posted on 28/03/2019 by Mario

We show you another novelty of the new gvSIG Desktop version that will make the editing tasks easy through quick access to the Snapping or reference to objects configuration in a layer. The window that allows you to configure the … Continue reading →

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