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• Make a gif from a video using ffmpeg and ImageMagick on Linux

  05 Jan 2018 ᛫ 2 min read

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  Here's how you can convert a video or parts of a video into a gif using ffmpeg and ImageMagick on Linux.

• Learn cartography and styling in QGIS through basketball visualization (Part 1): Creating shot charts using Rule-based symbology

  03 Jan 2018 ᛫ 6 min read

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  Part 1 of a series of posts focused on teaching cartography and styling in QGIS by creating visualizations for basketball. In this post, we'll look at Rule-based symbologies and it can be used for creating basketball shot charts.

• FOSS4G How-to: Get zonal statistics in QGIS and GRASS using a polygon layer as zones

  28 Jul 2017 ᛫ 3 min read

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  This is the second entry for this series. In the last entry, we learned how to sample rasters using points. This time we'll compute zonal statistics using a polygon layer using QGIS and GRASS.

• FOSS4G How-to: Sample raster or vector values at points in QGIS and GRASS

  26 Jul 2017 ᛫ 5 min read

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  This is the first of a series of posts that will show how to perform basic or standard GIS functions using FOSS4G (Free-and-Open-Source for Geospatial) applications like QGIS and GRASS. In this post, we take a look at how we can sample raster and vector values at points using QGIS and GRASS.

• QGIS Plugins

  14 Jul 2017 ᛫ 3 min read

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  Cheers to one of the most commonly underutilized and underappreciated part of QGIS.

• Thoughts on the Minnesotta Timberwolves 2017 offseason

  01 Jul 2017 ᛫ 5 min read

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  The Wolves got older (and probably better) this offseason amidst the West becoming that much crazier.

• Connecting or mounting a Windows share folder in Xubuntu 16.04

  11 May 2017 ᛫ 1 min read

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  Accessing files in a Windows share folder is fairly straightforward in Xubuntu 16.04.

• Minnesotta Timberwolves 2016-2017 autopsy - the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  20 Apr 2017 ᛫ 21 min read

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  My take on the Timberwolves 2016-2017 season.

• ImportError - No module named resources_rc (QGIS Plugin Development) [SOLVED]

  10 Apr 2017 ᛫ 1 min read

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  Here is the the simplest solution I've found for this annoying little problem when creating QGIS Plugins.

• Adding images to the GUI of your custom QGIS 2.X plugin with Qt Designer

  10 Apr 2017 ᛫ 2 min read

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  Who wouldn't want to put a logo or a cute kitten image on their QGIS plugin?