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Australian QGIS User Group, … Richard Langford43

1/29/20

Free Australian datasets

Hi Staci There are four datsets that cover the land for virtually the entire globe: SRTM, ASTER DEM,

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Free Australian datasets

Hi Staci There are four datsets that cover the land for virtually the entire globe: SRTM, ASTER DEM,

1/29/20

Nathan Woodrow, … Phil Wyatt80

1/10/20

Welcome aboard from another Taswegian! Cheers - Phil https://wildcaretas.org.au/branches/friends-of-

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Welcome aboard from another Taswegian! Cheers - Phil https://wildcaretas.org.au/branches/friends-of-

1/10/20

QGIS Australia User Group, … Emma Hain5

Jul 9

Videos out - QGIS US 2025

Hi Mark - great to hear from you. I hope you enjoy your journey with QGIS. We hope to get a QGIS UC

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Videos out - QGIS US 2025

Hi Mark - great to hear from you. I hope you enjoy your journey with QGIS. We hope to get a QGIS UC

Jul 9

Carlos, … Emma Hain3

Jul 9

Hi Carlos You can add this as a service and it will appear as a service you can get data from. Note I

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Hi Carlos You can add this as a service and it will appear as a service you can get data from. Note I

Jul 9

Mark Arnup, John Bryant2

Jul 9

Excel Style Formulas in QGIS

Hi Mark, you can use a Value Map in the attributes form to generate a dropdown, and you can use a

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Excel Style Formulas in QGIS

Hi Mark, you can use a Value Map in the attributes form to generate a dropdown, and you can use a

Jul 9

Emma Hain, … box...@iinet.net.au9

Jul 7

Supporter status for FOSS4G 2025

Might be a good workshop on how to create a plugin from a script for FOSS4G if anyone wanted to take

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Supporter status for FOSS4G 2025

Might be a good workshop on how to create a plugin from a script for FOSS4G if anyone wanted to take

Jul 7

Mark Arnup, Andrew Jeffrey2

Jul 2

Attribute Data Extracting

Hi Mark, I've always fallen back on this article when I want to do that scenario you described -

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Attribute Data Extracting

Hi Mark, I've always fallen back on this article when I want to do that scenario you described -

Jul 2

Doug Gillott, … Emma Hain3

Jun 30

How to Show Spot Height Elevations as Labels

Hi Doug I love that you are using QGIS for your hobby/sport. Here is a step by step guide to help you

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How to Show Spot Height Elevations as Labels

Hi Doug I love that you are using QGIS for your hobby/sport. Here is a step by step guide to help you

Jun 30

WillyB, John Bryant2

Jun 27

tax effective contribution to QGIS

Hi Bill, unfortunately the 2020 initiative didn't work out. For now, a couple of good options

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tax effective contribution to QGIS

Hi Bill, unfortunately the 2020 initiative didn't work out. For now, a couple of good options

Jun 27

Slade Beard, … Grant Boxer5

Jun 25

Image Labelling

Gidday Grant. Your solution is probably neater - my problem was the sheer number of images I had to

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Image Labelling

Gidday Grant. Your solution is probably neater - my problem was the sheer number of images I had to

Jun 25

Andrew Jeffrey, … Slade Beard13

Jun 24

VOTE - shift bug/issue tracking work to GitHub Issues for QGIS 3x+

Maybe time to take this down given it is 7 years ago. :-) On Tuesday, 30 January 2018 at 13:25:15 UTC

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VOTE - shift bug/issue tracking work to GitHub Issues for QGIS 3x+

Maybe time to take this down given it is 7 years ago. :-) On Tuesday, 30 January 2018 at 13:25:15 UTC

Jun 24

WillyB, Grant Boxer2

Jun 15

NSW Minview doesn't work out of the box?

Hi Willy, Not sure why you say this is not correct? It displays OK for me. Note this a WMS, perhaps a

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NSW Minview doesn't work out of the box?

Hi Willy, Not sure why you say this is not correct? It displays OK for me. Note this a WMS, perhaps a

Jun 15

Emma Hain, … Slade Beard5

Jun 10

ICCB Course this weekend - use of logo

Thanks all! Kind regards Em Emma Hain — Product Manager/Senior GIS Analyst em...@north-road.com QGIS

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ICCB Course this weekend - use of logo

Thanks all! Kind regards Em Emma Hain — Product Manager/Senior GIS Analyst em...@north-road.com QGIS

Jun 10

box...@iinet.net.au, … Slade Beard5

Jun 4

Alternate Network Install Location

Hi Grant, By stating "managed IT system" are you saying that the client computer is an

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Alternate Network Install Location

Hi Grant, By stating "managed IT system" are you saying that the client computer is an

Jun 4

Ia...@jcis.net.au, … S Kolo3

Jun 3

3D model including sub-surface data.

Iain, I find Elvis is great for elevation and it can include Bathymetry data - https://elevation.fsdf

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3D model including sub-surface data.

Iain, I find Elvis is great for elevation and it can include Bathymetry data - https://elevation.fsdf

Jun 3

Nick Skelton, … Ia...@jcis.net.au19

Jun 3

Traditional Aboriginal Lands

This is a contentious topic even within Aboriginal communities. I would start with https://aiatsis.

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Traditional Aboriginal Lands

This is a contentious topic even within Aboriginal communities. I would start with https://aiatsis.

Jun 3

Mark Dowling, … Emma Hain6

Jun 2

Hello from Mark Dowling

Hi Emma, thanks for the reply. Will investigate, and am interested to try and set up a 'Northern

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Hello from Mark Dowling

Hi Emma, thanks for the reply. Will investigate, and am interested to try and set up a 'Northern

Jun 2

Jun 2

Hi All You can get FOMO and check out what's happening via LInkedIn at the 2025 QGIS User

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Hi All You can get FOMO and check out what's happening via LInkedIn at the 2025 QGIS User

Jun 2

George Miles, … Slade Beard4

Jun 1

Aboriginal Communities (NT)

Hi George, The communities themselves are not being closed down. That would be the same as closing a

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Aboriginal Communities (NT)

Hi George, The communities themselves are not being closed down. That would be the same as closing a

Jun 1

John Maguire, … box...@iinet.net.au6

May 21

CRS - projection issue on export

Hi Slade, Yes, it very important to know what and when the coordinate information was collected and

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CRS - projection issue on export

Hi Slade, Yes, it very important to know what and when the coordinate information was collected and

May 21

Kevin Hagen, Adam Steer3

May 20

QDAL Clipping Algo

Thanks so much Adam, I'll give that a try. QGIS is brilliant - I'm having a lot of fun with

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QDAL Clipping Algo

Thanks so much Adam, I'll give that a try. QGIS is brilliant - I'm having a lot of fun with

May 20

David Sidwell, Rae Allen2

May 19

Easier to understand electoral map (Australia, ABC)

I agree, David. There's a great example in this election in "Where the election will be won

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Easier to understand electoral map (Australia, ABC)

I agree, David. There's a great example in this election in "Where the election will be won

May 19

Edwin Humphries, Colin Mazengarb2

May 15

Export Value map to PDF/XLS/DOX, whatever

Hi Edwin, Just tried it myself. I selected the content of the value map (value and description fields

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Export Value map to PDF/XLS/DOX, whatever

Hi Edwin, Just tried it myself. I selected the content of the value map (value and description fields

May 15

Grant Boxer, … Colin Mazengarb7

May 13

Plotting geological dips against a dip/strike symbol

Great thanks, will give it a go, Cheers Grant From: australian-qg...@googlegroups.com <

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Plotting geological dips against a dip/strike symbol

Great thanks, will give it a go, Cheers Grant From: australian-qg...@googlegroups.com <

May 13

Andrew james, … Emma Hain10

May 12

Best digitising tool - in built tools so clunky

Hi All This sounds like this could be a great blog for the QGIS Au website. Don't forget the

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Best digitising tool - in built tools so clunky

Hi All This sounds like this could be a great blog for the QGIS Au website. Don't forget the

May 12

Sandanuwan Dhanushka, … Andrew Jeffrey4

May 11

How to enable editor tracking on SQL Server Spatial Tables

Thank you both, and appreciate the support! I'll test these options. It's great to see we

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How to enable editor tracking on SQL Server Spatial Tables

Thank you both, and appreciate the support! I'll test these options. It's great to see we

May 11

Colin Mazengarb, Greg Lauer4

May 9

Loading a WMS xml file

Thanks Greg. I have discovered some treasures in NZ Archives recently but i will list some of the

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Loading a WMS xml file

Thanks Greg. I have discovered some treasures in NZ Archives recently but i will list some of the

May 9

juanb...@gmail.com, Andrew Jeffrey3

May 8

Scale bar in main map window

I feel I should have asked this question about 5 years ago - will keep it turned on from now on.

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Scale bar in main map window

I feel I should have asked this question about 5 years ago - will keep it turned on from now on.

May 8

Carlos, Andy Tice2

May 7

Flooding dataset

Hi Carlos. The NSW data portal is useful here. https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset?q=Hawkesbury%

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Flooding dataset

Hi Carlos. The NSW data portal is useful here. https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset?q=Hawkesbury%

May 7

Edwin Humphries, John Bryant4

May 2

Selecting feature

John, Thank you for that - it worked fine. I had visions of having to recreate every feature onto a

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Selecting feature

John, Thank you for that - it worked fine. I had visions of having to recreate every feature onto a

May 2

Andrew james, Andrew Jeffrey3

May 2

Labels repeating

Thanks, that did the trick! On Fri, 2 May 2025 at 14:36, Andrew Jeffrey <aljef...@gmail.com>

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Labels repeating

Thanks, that did the trick! On Fri, 2 May 2025 at 14:36, Andrew Jeffrey <aljef...@gmail.com>

May 2

Edwin Humphries, … Chris Kahler3

Apr 28

Clipping from a polygon

Hi Edwin, I have mapped a lot of vegetation. My tip is to construct your mapping as lines and point

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Clipping from a polygon

Hi Edwin, I have mapped a lot of vegetation. My tip is to construct your mapping as lines and point

Apr 28

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