Django is an excellent web framework that allows for excellent integration of geospatial data with other database functionality. The built-in development server is excellent during the development phase and is exceptionally easy to configure, but cannot handle concurrent connections and therefore cannot be used in a production environment. Apache is one of the most commonly […]
Silver Spring Energy Consulting has been providing wellsite geologic services in western Canada for decades, and our consultants have a wealth of experience in numerous different formations throughout the WCSB.
When developing a Django application, one of the first steps is to run the django-admin startproject command from the terminal window. In a Windows environment this can lead to the following error: ‘django-admin’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. To fix this, first close the terminal […]
Silver Spring Energy Consulting Ltd. is working closely with Burnt Lake Gas Coop to test and implement an aerial mounted laser methane detection system to quickly cover short segments of high pressure gas distribution lines in areas with challenging ground access due to variable terrain, underbrush and livestock. We are using our brand-new Laser Methane […]
Part 1 Understanding and creating a new plugin framework QGIS 3.0 can be extended with a wide range of functionality using plugins. While there are thousands of plugins available in the Plugin manager, it is often necessary or advantageous to create your own plugins to automate common tasks or add extra functionality to a workflow. […]
Developing plugins and other Python scripts can be a daunting task for the uninitiated. Using an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) like PyCharm can help keep everything in one place and even integrates version control systems like Git. Unfortunately, unlike ArcPy you can’t just set the interpreter to the included Python 3.7 installation for QGIS and […]
GeoServer is a Java-based software web-server designed for sharing geospatial data on the web. It uses the Web Map Service (WMS) and Web Feature Servce (WFS) standard for sharing web maps and actual geospatial data sets. This allows simple sharing and editing of geospatial data. This document will record a step by step process for […]
This will cover creating basic vector data in QGIS. Included here will be instructions on how to create shapefile layers, and GeoPackage layers, and creating new geometry tables within a PostGIS Database. Creating Shapefile Layers Creating Shapefile layers in QGIS is as follows: Open a QGIS project and save the project file in an […]
QGIS natively supports adding XYZ tiles to projects as background layers, from multiple sources. Here is a basic walkthrough as to how to connect XYZ tile services to your QGIS project. Open a QGIS Project and navigate to the ‘XYZ Tiles’ option in the Browser panel. Right click and select ‘New connection…’ In the XYZ […]
Numerical data saved as a string in a PostGIS table column needs to be converted to a numerical data type to be properly analyzed. Below is a process by which to convert string data to real numbers in QGIS. Open the layer with the improper string column in QGIS, and toggle editing mode by selecting […]