26/06/2013

Missing plugins of Plugin Manager for Ubuntu QGIS 1.9 Master






I really want Google maps so I tried to install Sourcepole manually...
I successfully installed Sourcepole but even a reboot refused to add Google Maps etc. into QGIS. Sad!
Plugins hilang dari Plugin Manager untuk Ubuntu QGIS 1.9 Master

Di Ubuntu Software Center terdapat QGIS 1.9, maka, saya memilih pendekatan mudah dan memasangnya memandangkan langkah ni tekan satu butang saja. Apabila di aktifkan QGIS, paparkan ikon-ikon yang tidak begitu ceria berbanding dengan QGIS 1.8. Apa nak buat? Saya mengambil sedikit masa untuk berkenalan kerana ikon yang terdapat pada versi 1.8 lebih mudah difahami. Tambah pula 'OpenLayers' dari Sourcepole Repository tidak nyata. Saya cuba try kali ni memasangkannya secara manual dan berjaya akan tetapi ianya masih tak keluar tapi kalau pada QGIS Ver 1.8 sudah tentu berjaya.  Google Maps dll. tidak berjaya dipaparkan dan bukan saya saja yang mengadu. Selain dari tu, 'Join Attributes' pada Data Management Tools tak dapat diperolehi (muat-turun) dimana ini boleh dilakukan pada QGIS versi 1.8 yakni dalam FTools versi 0.61. Adalah difahamkan QGIS Ver. 2.0 yang lebih canggih akan keluar tidak lama lagi, oleh itu, terpaksa kita tunggu dan mengharapkan isu-isu demikian akan ditangani.


Missing plugins of Plugin Manager for Ubuntu QGIS 1.9 Master

The Ubuntu Software Center offered QGIS 1.9 so I took the easy way and just installed it considering it's just a one button installation. I activated that QGIS but to my initial dissappointment, am greeted with a set of less colourful icons as compared to QGIS 1.8 which I preferred. What to do? It took a little while for me to get familiar with them since the icons of the 1.8 version were much clearer to be understood making them obvious graphics. So that's a minus point for me. Then came a bigger minus point: 'OpenLayers' from the Sourcepole Repository could not be found. I got so desperate so I even tried to install Sourcepole Repository manually but even that did not produce positive results what would be possible under QGIS Ver 1.8. Sadly, I could not activate Google Maps and others. It seems I am not the only one complaining about this. Ugghh. Double minus point here. A third point is that it is not possible to acquire 'Join Attributes' under Data Management Tools  although in QGIS version 1.8 it can be acquired by downgrading FTools to  Version 0.61. Triple minus point here. They say QGIS Ver. 2.0 is said to bring QGIS software to a much higher plane than the 1 series. I hope the developers  resolve these issues because they are still popular and if unresolved is a step backwards. We have to wait but it should be round the corner soon.

25/06/2013

* Training: JPS Malaysia gets trained in QGIS, 24-25.6.2013






Latihan: JPS Malaysia diberi latihan QGIS, 24-25.6.2013

Selepas taklimat teknikal mengenai QGIS diberi pada tahun lalu kepada Jabatan Pengairian dan Saliran Malaysia di pusat latihannya di Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, permohonan rasminya akhir direalisasikan  barukini. Kumpula besar ini lebih sedkit dari 2 dozen peserta yang merangkumi staf daripada Ibu Pejabat dan cawangan negeri dimana terdapat ada juga yang masih baru ke dunia GIS. Pusat latihan JPS juga mempunayi hostel yang comel dimana saya diberi peluang untuk menginap.

Training: JPS Malaysia gets trained in QGIS, 24-25.6.2013

After giving a technical briefing on QGIS last year to the Malaysian Darinage and Irrigation Department (JPS) at their training site at Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, their formal request has been formally realized the past 2 days. This was a big group, slightly more than 2 dozen participants that covered staff from HQ as well as state departments where a number of them were still new to the world of GIS. Their training institute even had a small cute hostel and even provided me a room for the 2 days. 

Peserta

Tang Soo Yugh
User-friendly and easy to apply. Great software to use.

Muhammad Abdullah
Cukup mudah difahami dan perlu lebih masa untuk memahami konsep QGIS

Irwan Izadi Mohamad
Terbaik. Software yang mudah untu difahali dan mudah dilaksanakan

Muhaimim Mukriz Muhamad
Menaik, canggih dan mudah digunakan untuk melaksanakan kerja. Cara penggunaan yang mudah untuk menarik minat sesiapa yang menggunakannya

Mohd. Saiful Azmi Ismail
Terbaik dan mudah difahami dan tambah pengetahuan dan yang penting ianya free!!. Tumpang lalu Power of Linux

Masijah Ibro
Mudah dan sengat berguna untuk kerja seharian

Farhana Mohamad Efendi
Mudah cepat dan canggih dan sangat sesuai digunakan di JPS

Kamarul Nizam Abdul Hamid
Bagus. Terbaik yuntuk saya sebagai pengguna baru yang penting percuma

Siti Zaharah Mohd
Open Source Quantum GIS mudah, praktikal dan senang digunakan.

Nurul Syazana Rashid
Sanat menarik, canggih, mudah untukdigunakan tetapi saya perlu mengamil masa untuk memahami perisian tersebut.

Wan Norhafizah Wan Ismail
Software ayng mudah difaami dan mudah digunakan

Azliza Aziz
User friendly, saves budget yang penting freeee!!!

Hasnoh Embong
Manarik. Terbaik, mudah difahami dan dipelajari, mesra pengguna yang paling best  Free!!!

Juliana Ismail
Menarik tapi perlu masa yang lebih untuk difahamai bagi orang yang baru mengenali GIS.

Muhamad Maliki Idris
Lebih mudah dan digunakan berbanding software ArcMap or MapInof. Lebih user-friendly....lagi-lagi freee!

Mohd. Jefri Zamri
Senang nak digun, nak belajar, pun senang

Faridhatul Azna Abd. Halim
User-friendly, elok dilanjutkan masa/tempoh untuk lebih penerahan gunapakai software ini.

Abdul Wahid Bakri
Mudah digunakan. Software percuma berbanding ArcGIS yang digunakan oleh Jabatan. Boleh diperluaskan ke Jabatan dan dapat meningkatkan pengguna.

Larry Charles Siniun @ Janim 
Boleh diperolehi secara percuma. Boleh buat integrasi dengan ArcGIS, GRASS dll.

Nur Mustaqim Raupeeh
Mudah digunakan. Pelru legi kurusu lanjutan. Boleh diperolehi secara percuma

Mohamad Nazrizal Noor
Mubuka ilmu dalam penengalan Open SOurce applications . SHows and proven that Open SOurce is as good as any other purchase applications software. Helps in understanding the basic of GIS. Easy step-by-step teaching. Easy to approach. Thums up, purely satisfied

Azril Hafiz Ab Rahim
Saya lebih selesa jika nota kuliah diberi dalam 2 bentuk: softcopy and hardcopy. Bagi hardcopy, mudah untuk kita note apa-apa maklumat tambahan semasa kuliah diberi. Tenaga pengajar mudah untuk berkomunikasi dan mempunyai pengalaman yang banyak. Latihan latihan diberikan sangat memudahkan pemahaman semasa kuliah and hands on.

07/06/2013

Unseen auto-generated things that can lead to error

On-the-fly projection unselected
On-the-fly projection comes back when a new layer is created
Unselecting on-the-fly projection makes for a micro scale
User has to readjust to the appropriate scale with Google Hybrid...
only then create and save the point features
Everything done properly, selecting Zoom to layer extent is OK 
Going back to the newly created layer still shows correct alignment
Unseen auto-generated things that can lead to error

If a layer is created without a user really understanding what is happening behind the scene, this can lead to error which the user then blames the software (as usual) and never himself. This is why is it important for the user to understand what he is actually doing in GIS and not just follow blindly. My example is the creation of a layer using Google Hybrid as a reference base. Although a user may have started off by unselecting on-the-fly projection, the moment a layer was created, on-the-fly projection   automatically comes on again and if not unselected, user will wrongly use the scale. Little things mean a lot.