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Towards gvSIG 2.5: Saving and loading labelling

We continue with more novelties. In this case it is a simple functionality, but very useful. This new tool allows to save a labelling configuration, being able to recover it later to apply it. Any GIS user knows that sometimes … Continue reading

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GIS applied to Municipality Management: Module 3 ‘Views, layers, symbology, labelling’

At this third module, the first one of the practical part, we will speak about how to create a project in gvSIG Desktop, including Views and adding layers on them. We will apply a legend on them too and we … Continue reading

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Learn GIS for free. Module 2: Working with Views

We continue with the second module of the free GIS course, where we are going to show you how to work with Views. Through four video-tutorials you will be able to learn to load all type of geographic information in … Continue reading

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Learning GIS with Game of Thrones (XI): Labelling

Last post was about symbology in gvSIG Desktop. Today we will be introduced in “Labelling”. A label is the text which describes one or more attributes. The labels are located over or close to the elements of one layer, according … Continue reading

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How to solve the problem about label and symbol size when exporting to PDF file in gvSIG

When we create a layout in gvSIG, and we export it to PDF format or we print it, we sometimes can see that labels that we had added to the different elements of the map appear in a different size … Continue reading

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gvSIG 2.2 available!

Available the new gvSIG 2.2 version. gvSIG 2.2 goes one step forward in the evolution of this opensource GIS. There are some new functionalities, some of them very remarkable and some improvements in stability which have given strength through each … Continue reading

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Create labels by scale (new extension)

English translation of the article by Álvaro Anguix. We have already seen how to create legends by scale with the new extension “Complex Legend”. Having this new extension installed in our gvSIG, we also will be able to create labels … Continue reading

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