Questions tagged [format]
particular way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file
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Exporting LiDAR to DXF - Option not available
I have recently downloaded QGIS again and the DXF CAD format has vanished from the save raster layer as... menu. I am wanting to convert lidar data into DXF format.
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Converting ESRI FileGDB raster to vector without losing precision in QGIS [closed]
Using QGIS, I am looking to convert a raster to a vector so I can acquire the data at a polygon level to merge to another shapefile. The raster is an ESRI FileGDB format raster. The first problem I ...
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Is there a space-efficient way to store non rectangular raster data? [closed]
If you collect very high resolution data over a meandering path like a road or river a rectangular raster would be very inefficient as a very large fraction of the raster would be no-data pixels. Is ...
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Forcing QGIS to export using left hand rule
I've downloaded some polygons to import them into a SQL Server geography instance for some testing. My issue is that every time I export them to a .csv file using QGIS 3.36.3, the Polygons are output ...
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GWC: folder names meaning: why i have folders with the name 'EPSG_3857x2_09' and 'EPSG_3857_09'
EPSG_3857 is a CRS the postfix 09 is a zoom-level but why i have folders with structure of: << CRS >>x2_<< zoom-level >> << CRS >>_<< zoom-level >> Is ...
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Showing attribute field of date type with years in four digits in QGIS
The problem In QGIS 3.34 Prizren, I have an attribute field of date type. Unfortunately, years are shown only with two digits: 23 instead of 2023. As a historian, this is really bad as it could be ...
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Is it possible to format legend text based on a field?
I have a map of companies in Europe, they are symbolised with lettered points so that I don't have to wrestle with many labels, and then the points are to be defined in the legend. What I would like ...
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Finding out date format in the list of house numbers in QGIS
In my dataset, the data which contains house numbers are converted to date format in QGIS. Is there any script or tool to identify and convert them to normal format? E.g. Case: Actual Door No format ...
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Formatting 0 (zero) in labels as 000 (i.e. 3 digits) in QGIS?
Is there a possibility in QGIS to format 0 (zero) as 000 (3 digits)? I.e. can I define the minimum number of digits a number should be represented by?
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Why does QGIS save a QMD file when you export layer as KML?
I was going to delete all the QMD files but would like to know what they are for before I do in case there is a critical reason for the file(s) being produced. I know they contain Metadata but what ...
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Convert JSON data to geometry
I have been given some spatial data in a table in a format that I have never come across before and would like to convert it to geometry. How can I convert to geometry? I could use 'text to columns' ...
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Decode SQL Server encoded locations with PostgreSQL
I imported the Adventureworks database to PostgreSQL and I can't find a description how to decode the spatial location data - 2 example entries look like this: ...
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Wrong format of Year in Chart
I am calculating the Annual mean NDVI from S2 data and trying to plot it. However, in the chart, the format of all years is not correctly presented. The 'year' values are presented as double. How I ...
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How can I create WebP MBTiles?
Using the "Generate XYZ Tiles" command from "Raster tools" it is possible to create a MBTiles format file containing either PNG or JPG images. I would like to create an MBTiles ...
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Terracing and data format issues when converting DEM from float32 to UInt16
I have spent quite a bit of time trying to figure this issue out; I was hoping someone on here could give some advice on what to do. I am having issues with terracing on my 3D model in Blender and I ...