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		<title>QGIS on my android phone</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned before that QGIS was being ported to Android. I couldn&#8217;t try it out at the time as my phone was still running on Android 2.2. However, I just managed to upgrade my phone to Android 2.3 and of &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/qgis_on_my_android/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1458&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Collected QGIS Resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pvanb.wordpress.com/?p=1453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Great initiative for the collection and sharing of QGIS Resources. Filed under: GIS, Open source tools Tagged: GIS, open source, QGIS, symbology<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1453&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>QGIS Android works! @ GIS and Web Tricks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seems pretty cool, now all I need is to upgrade my phone to Android 2.3 device because it won&#8217;t run on 2.2 or below: http://www.bernawebdesign.ch/byteblog/2011/08/21/qgis-android-works-2/ Filed under: GIS software, Open source tools Tagged: android, mobile GIS, QGIS<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1448&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>QGIS symbology set</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/qgis-symbology-set/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pvanb.wordpress.com/?p=1442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are planning to make (nice looking) maps, you might want to check out QGIS. It amongst others offers a lot of options and flexibility to make your own symbols (see e.g., this blog for a nice example). But &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/qgis-symbology-set/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1442&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Embed layers and groups in QGIS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Open source tools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The option to &#8220;Embed layers and groups&#8221; is a nice new feature in QGIS (upcoming version 1.8). I hadn&#8217;t spotted it, but it was mentioned on the QGIS forum (always a valuable source of information). It allows you to open &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/embed-layers-and-groups-in-qgis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1436&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Create wld file for map image</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/create-wld-file-for-map-image/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is easy to export a raster file as a georeferenced images with e.g., GRASS, QGIS or gdal. It becomes more complicated if you want to export a map, composed of different layers. In QGIS, you can create very nice &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/create-wld-file-for-map-image/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1426&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Linking a lookup table to your vector layer</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/linking-a-lookup-table-to-your-vector-layer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was looking for a way to link an attribute table of a vector layer to a look up table, with a one to many relation. As discussed here and here, this does not seem to be possible in QGIS. &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/linking-a-lookup-table-to-your-vector-layer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1418&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Annoying problem converting ODF to Word 2003 documents &#8211; solved</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/annoying-problem-converting-odf-to-word-2003-documents-solved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Office]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I almost exclusively work with Libreoffice, most people I work with still use Word 2003 or later MS Word versions. Not too much of a problem; converting ODF documents back and forth to Word 2003, 2007 or 2010 is &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/annoying-problem-converting-odf-to-word-2003-documents-solved/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1405&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Concatenate in SQLite</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/concatenate-in-sqlite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote before on using concatenate in OpenOffice / LibreOffice and how this alternatively can be done in R using the paste function. You can do the same in SQLite using a query too. For example if you have the &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/concatenate-in-sqlite/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1387&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Making maps in QGIS is getting easier.. again</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/making-maps-in-qgis-is-getting-easier-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[latest stable release]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[map making]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pvanb.wordpress.com/?p=1375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the latest versions QGIS has been making big strides in becoming one of the most serious open source tools out there for map making. The latest stable release, version 1.7 (Wroclav), came with an improved new symbology which is &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/making-maps-in-qgis-is-getting-easier-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1375&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New web interface for Zotero</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/new-web-interface-for-zotero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open source tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citation manager]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The people at Zotero have recently redesigned the website, and it looks very promising. It offers much faster access to your online library. The previous version was next to useless, only offering a list of all your references. In the &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/new-web-interface-for-zotero/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1363&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New overview of free GIS datasets</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/new-overview-of-free-gis-datasets/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/new-overview-of-free-gis-datasets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this link, it contains a long list with free data sources: http://freegisdata.rtwilson.com/ Filed under: Data sources Tagged: data<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1362&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>QGIS Android works! @ GIS and Web Tricks</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/qgis-android-works-gis-and-web-tricks/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/qgis-android-works-gis-and-web-tricks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t tried this out, but the title of this blog article looks promosing. http://www.bernawebdesign.ch/byteblog/2011/08/21/qgis-android-works-2/ Filed under: GIS software Tagged: android, feeds, mobile GIS, QGIS<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1361&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New version of QGIS out</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/new-version-of-qgis-out/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/new-version-of-qgis-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest and greatest of QGIS is out, version 1.7. A lot of new functionality and improvements, check out the release notes here or download it directly from here. Filed under: GIS, GIS software, Open source tools, QGIS Tagged: QGIS, &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/new-version-of-qgis-out/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1341&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Start R inside GRASS but keep the terminal prompt</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/start-r-inside-grass-but-keep-the-terminal-prompt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GRASS GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R computing environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often run R from within GRASS GIS. For example using R as a scripting language to automate GIS analysis. Or to use statistical models in R on spatial data in GRASS. I used to open R in the terminal. &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/start-r-inside-grass-but-keep-the-terminal-prompt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1334&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GRASS GIS: creating cross products of multiple raster map layers</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/grass-gis-creating-cross-products-of-multiple-raster-map-layers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am looking at vegetation distribution in east Africa, using a map we have developed based on historical vegetation maps from the region, and I wanted to know the surface area per vegetation type per country. In &#8216;spreadsheet terms&#8217;, I &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/grass-gis-creating-cross-products-of-multiple-raster-map-layers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1239&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Free online textbooks on geospatial and statistical analysis</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/online-geospatial-textbook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[text book]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geospatial analysis guide I just found, through this blog, a very nice text book on geospatial analysis; Geospatial Analysis &#8211; A comprehensive guide by M. de Smith, P. Longley and M. Goodchild. The book covers a wide range of topics &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/online-geospatial-textbook/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1276&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Adapting (or creating) a citation style for Zotero</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/adapting-or-creating-a-citation-style-for-zotero/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/adapting-or-creating-a-citation-style-for-zotero/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 20:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[citation manager]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zotero comes with a default list of citation styles, and you can download many more (1555 styles last time I checked) from here. Installing is simple, just click on the install button for the desired citation style. Of course it &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/adapting-or-creating-a-citation-style-for-zotero/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1272&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting rid of the new Global Menu in Unity</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/getting-rid-of-the-new-global-menu-in-unity/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/getting-rid-of-the-new-global-menu-in-unity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 21:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Appmenu]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am getting used to the new Unity interface of Ubuntu 11.04, in fact, I mostly like it. What made me particularly happy is that the whole upgrade from 10.10 to 11.04 turned out to be fast and painless. But &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/getting-rid-of-the-new-global-menu-in-unity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1265&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Overview of R resources</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/overview-of-r-resources/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 18:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[R computing environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another nice overview of R resources: http://www.backsidesmack.com/r-resources/. The authors will keep the list updated, so worth bookmarking it. And if you have good suggestions,make sure to leave him a comment. Filed under: R computing environment Tagged: R<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1262&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reverb; new tool on the NASA site to search, find and download data</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/reverb-new-tool-on-the-nasa-site-to-search-find-and-download-data/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 12:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was looking today for the most convenient way to download the MODIS landcover data from the LP DAAC. In between the 7! different portals one would expect at least one to be easy, but it was only the 8th &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/reverb-new-tool-on-the-nasa-site-to-search-find-and-download-data/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1247&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Register yourself as GRASS GIS or QGIS user</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/register-yourself-as-grass-gis-or-qgis-user/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 20:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never realized, but it is possible to register yourself as a GRASS or QGIS user. See this post how to do this. Filed under: GRASS GIS, QGIS Tagged: GIS, GRASS GIS, promoting open source, QGIS<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1235&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Importing global rasters in GRASS gives me &#8216;illegal latitude for North&#8217; message</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/importing-global-rasters-in-grass-gives-me-illegal-latitude-for-north-message/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 10:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Importing data layers with a global coverage in GRASS GIS might in some cases result in the error message &#8220;G_set_window(): Illegal latitude for North&#8221;. For example, I got the message while trying to import the GlobCover 2009 (version 2.3). The &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/importing-global-rasters-in-grass-gives-me-illegal-latitude-for-north-message/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1216&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A (very) first impression of Ubuntu 11.04</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/a-very-first-impression-of-ubuntu-11-04/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 15:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just installed the latest Ubuntu, “Natty Narwhal” (version 11.04) on my laptop. As has been written already many times, “Natty Narwhal” is a significant departure in terms of User Interface from previous versions. There has been heated discussions between opponents &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/a-very-first-impression-of-ubuntu-11-04/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1210&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Extract values from multiple rasters</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/extract-values-from-multiple-rasters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 11:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pvanb.wordpress.com/?p=1189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I got a question how to create a loop function using the “for” command to process Worldclim layers, all with similar names (e.g. bio1-19, tmin1-12, tmax1-12, prec1-12). The loop would need to repeat for each iteration: adding a column with &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/extract-values-from-multiple-rasters/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1189&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Macro to remove filters in Libre/OpenOffice</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/macro-to-remove-filters-in-libreopenoffice/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/macro-to-remove-filters-in-libreopenoffice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 14:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pvanb.wordpress.com/?p=1181</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I often use filters in my Open/LibreOffice and wanted to know how to create a macro that removes all existing filters. The OpenOffice Wiki tells you how to do this. The underlying logic is that when a filter is applied &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/macro-to-remove-filters-in-libreopenoffice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1181&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SQLiteMap</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/sqlitemap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 21:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pvanb.wordpress.com/?p=1170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Looks interesting, a R package that provides bindings to Spatialite functionalities. Through this bindings one can carry out the spatial functions available in Spatialite from within R using simple SQL statements. Filed under: GIS software, Open source tools, R computing &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/sqlitemap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1170&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Creating a map using the command line</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/creating-a-map-using-the-command-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pvanb.wordpress.com/?p=1153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although I like to carry out GIS analyses using the command line interface (CLI), creating maps is something I still tend to do using the graphical interface (GUI). And most of the time that makes perfect sense to me, creating &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/creating-a-map-using-the-command-line/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1153&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Using OGR</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/using-ogr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 08:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pvanb.wordpress.com/?p=1150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the reasons I like GRASS GIS is that everything can be done at the command line. Of course there are other ways to do this, and one which I want to explore a bit more is the OGR &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/using-ogr/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1150&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Support the GRASS GIS Community Sprint 2011!</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/support-the-grass-gis-community-sprint-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pvanb.wordpress.com/?p=1144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The GRASS GIS core development team is organizing a meeting where a group of developers and users will meet to improve the software, manuals and web site. They are seeking financial support to make this possible, see here for more &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/support-the-grass-gis-community-sprint-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1144&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Select random sample from SQLite table</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/select-random-sample-from-sqlite-table/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 20:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this post by underdark about how to select a random sample from a table in PostgreSQL. You can achieve the same (selecting 1000 random features from a table) in SQLite using something like below: Great to use &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/select-random-sample-from-sqlite-table/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1129&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On the QGIS wiki: How do I do that in QGIS</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/on-the-qgis-wiki-how-do-i-do-that-in-qgis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 20:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pvanb.wordpress.com/?p=1126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the QGIS wiki there is a great section with the self-explanatory title &#8216;How do I do that in QGIS&#8216;. To quote from the introduction of this section, &#8220;it is intended to show how to perform basic GIS operations in &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/on-the-qgis-wiki-how-do-i-do-that-in-qgis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1126&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New version of RStudio out</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/new-version-of-rstudio-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pvanb.wordpress.com/?p=1122</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a new version (0,93) of Rstudio out, with some nice source editor enhancements, a new Customizable Layout and Appearance option, interactive plotting and more. Check out the RStudio blog or the release notes release notes on the RStudio &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/new-version-of-rstudio-out/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1122&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New spatialite plugin for QGIS</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/new-spatialite-plugin-for-qgis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pvanb.wordpress.com/?p=1104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For some time now it is possible to load SpatiaLite data layers in QGIS. It is read only though, any changes will need to be saved as shapefile. There is a Spatialite manager plugin, which offers an interface to the &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/new-spatialite-plugin-for-qgis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1104&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Online data: map of global urbanization</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/online-data-map-of-global-urbanization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting data source on urban extent I hadn&#8217;t come across yet. It is based on Modis data and available at http://sage.wisc.edu/people/schneider/research/data.html and is described in more detail in an article by Scheider et al. (2009). Also check &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/online-data-map-of-global-urbanization/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1099&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>R/GRASS connection: more than the sum of its parts</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/rgrass-connection-more-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GRASS GIS is a very powerfull GIS offering an extensive set of tools for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, and spatial modeling. The possibility to directly interact with R further improves the geospatial analysis capabilities of GRASS (see &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/rgrass-connection-more-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1086&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Visualizing confidence in data on map: example of SoilWeb Mobile</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/visualizing-confidence-in-data-on-map-example-of-soilweb-mobile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[See this post for a nice example how one can display the level of confidence in the data presented for a mapping unit on a map. The SoilWeb provides the distance from the nearest map unit polygon boundary. It gives &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/visualizing-confidence-in-data-on-map-example-of-soilweb-mobile/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1068&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>R plot in ZIM desktop wiki</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/r-plot-in-zim-desktop-wiki/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am using Zim desktop wiki extensively as my note taking tool. To quote their website, &#8220;Zim is a graphical text editor used to maintain a collection of wiki pages. Each page can contain links to other pages, simple formatting &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/r-plot-in-zim-desktop-wiki/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1045&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Combining text from data frame in one text string in R</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/combining-text-from-data-frame-in-one-text-string-in-r/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier I wrote about the custom STRJOIN function in OpenOffice. A very handy function when you need to combine all values in a row or column (or combination of the two), separated by a delimiter. In R this is (also) &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/combining-text-from-data-frame-in-one-text-string-in-r/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1036&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding and renaming long file names with R</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/finding-and-renaming-long-file-names-with-r/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have never given it a though, but there is apparently a limit to the length of file names that can be handled by Windows Explorer of Windows XP. I found out when trying to copy my Zotero folder to &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/finding-and-renaming-long-file-names-with-r/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1027&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Using the GRASS command g.mlist in R</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/using-the-grass-command-g-mlist-in-r/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this post I was trying to find a way to get a list of GRASS data layers in R. The problem is running the GRASS function &#8216;g.list&#8217; from R (using system or execGRASS from the spgrass6 package) gives a &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/using-the-grass-command-g-mlist-in-r/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1017&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Using the GRASS command g.list in R</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Running grass commands within R is easy using either the system function or the spgrass6 package. But sometimes the GRASS outputs are not easy to read into a data frame or vector. For example, what if you want a vector &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/using-the-grass-command-g-list-in-r/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=1004&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A concatenate function on steroids for OpenOffice calc</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In OpenOffice / LibreOffice Calc, you would normally use CONCATENATE to combine strings from different cells, like in the example below: A B C 1 Combine This Combine this You can get C1 by combining A1 and B1 using one &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/a-more-advanced-concatenate-function-for-openoffice-calc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=968&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding the code for a &#8216;hidden&#8217; function in R</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/finding-the-code-for-hidden-function-in-r/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to understand what a certain function is doing, or you want to adapt it, you can type in the function without bracket on the command line. However, sometimes functions are &#8216;hidden&#8217;. You can use methods(function), which will &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/finding-the-code-for-hidden-function-in-r/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=946&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nice list of R programming books</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of information and resources on R. Much can be found online, through the R help mailing list, online tutorials (see e.g. Quick-R) and of course the R website. There are also numerous blogs. For a start &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/nice-list-of-r-programming-books/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=897&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a table with sample points from which I need to take subsets based on occurrence of these sample points in certain vegetation types. I have to repeat this many times for different combinations of vegetation types, so I &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/r-using-string-as-input-in-a-function/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=882&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should you georeference your scientific data?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Jeff Thurston writes in his blog, a strong case can be made for spatially enabling scientific research. This is especially true for biological / ecological research as biological processes occur across different scales. It certainly would make it that &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/should-you-georeference-your-scientific-data/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=867&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conservation Biology for All, a book edited by Navjot S. Sodhi of the National University of Singapore and Paul R. Ehrlich of Stanford University, has been posted on mongabay.com, an environmental science and conservation news site. Go here to download &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/major-conservation-biology-textbook-now-free-online/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=848&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Try out range of geospatial tools the easy way</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main reason I started to use Linux was because at the time it was, and still is I think, much easier and more reliable to run GRASS GIS and other FOSS geospatial tools on Linux. An exception to that &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/try-out-range-of-geospatial-tools-the-easy-way/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4588159&amp;post=845&amp;subd=pvanb&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mapping Forest resource assessment 2010 data – part II</title>
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