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Heatmaps and hotspot maps in QGIS

Heatmaps and hotspot maps in QGIS: understanding the differences In spatial analysis, heatmaps and hotspot maps are two powerful techniques for revealing concentrations or areas of interest from geographic data. While their appearance may be similar…

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Easily add base maps to QGIS: three practical methods compared

Introduction Adding map backgrounds is a key step in visualizing spatial data with QGIS. Whether it’s to contextualize your layers, create a beautiful printable map, or simply to better interpret your data, quickly having a background…

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QGIS: A New “SQL Query” Option in the Layer Context Menu

Starting with QGIS version 3.42, a subtle but powerful feature has been added to the context menu of vector layers: the “SQL Query…” option. This improvement provides a direct and user-friendly interface for running SQL queries,…

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QGis and geoparquet

History of Parquet and GeoParquet 1. Apache Parquet – The original format History: Objective: GeoParquet – Geospatial extension of Parquet History : Year Event 2021 (April) First exchanges on GitHub and in open source communities to…

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ENC maps in QGis with Postgis(1)

This subject comprises two articles. The first deals with importing ENC S57 files into a Postgresql/postgis database. The second deals with setting up an automatic symbology equivalent to nautical charts. You can download all the scripts…

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Postgis:table with multiple geometries

List partitioning in PostgreSQL/PostGIS is a declarative partitioning method that divides a large table into several sub-tables, according to the discrete values of a column (e.g. by region, type, year, etc.). This is particularly useful in…

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  1. Atilio Francois on How to develop an application with pgrouting in Windows (1)25 August 2025

    You're right — since 2019 Geofabrik no longer provides plain `.osm` files, only the compressed `.osm.pbf` format. The tool **osm2pgrouting**…

  2. Simon on How to develop an application with pgrouting in Windows (1)25 August 2025

    The osm downloads don't appear to be available, just osm.pfb And osm2pgrouting on Windows doesn't like pbf "not well formed…

  3. Arno on Portable version of QGis 3.32.021 August 2025

    I just want to thank you. It works.

  4. Atilio Francois on Portable version of QGis 3.32.015 May 2025

    What is the link between the qgis update and the portable version? A portable version cannot be updated; it must…

  5. Hugo on Portable version of QGis 3.32.014 May 2025

    For me, the error message complaining that qgis_app.dll is missing started appearing following the most recent QGIS update.

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