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		<title>Rounding of floating numbers in GRASS GIS r.mapcalc</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/rounding-of-floating-numbers-in-grass-gis-r-mapcalc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 18:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The GRASS GIS development team keeps on introducing new features and enhancements to GRASS 7.0. One of the latest examples is the enhancement of the round() function in r.mapcalc. Previously this function would always returns an integer, regardless of its &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/rounding-of-floating-numbers-in-grass-gis-r-mapcalc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2843&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Building QGIS on Ubuntu 13.04</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Always one of those dreaded moments after updating Ubuntu, to 13.04 this time. Will QGIS compile properly. Not as it turned out, but the solutions were easy and quick, thanks to posts on nyalldawson.net and boringnerdystuff. Ubuntu 13.04 defaults to &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/building-qgis-on-ubuntu-13-04/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2837&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zotero 4.0 is out</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My reference manager of choice, Zotero, just released an update, Zotero 4.0, with loads of new functionality. For the highlights, see here. Filed under: Software release, tools Tagged: reference manager, Zotero<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2835&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What if Google decides to discontinue Google Scholar?</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/what-if-google-decides-to-discontinue-google-scholar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Google discontinued Google reader I have always been wondering; what if they decide to stop with Google Scholar? If you are lucky enough to have access to an university library, you should be fine. But there are also a &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/what-if-google-decides-to-discontinue-google-scholar/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2818&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GRASS gis scripts to import data from Worldclim, CSFR and PISM</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GRASS GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSFR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data import]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ERAI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NARR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PISM]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just came across these GRASS GIS scripts by Julien Seguinot to import multiple files from the WorldClim current climate dataset, the  Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CSFR) data and some other reanalysis data sets. Furthermore, there is a script (r.in.pism) &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/grass-gis-scripts-to-import-data-from-worldclim-csfr-and-pism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2814&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some cool new features in the upcoming QGIS 2.0</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/some-cool-new-features-in-the-upcoming-qgis-2-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The upcoming QGIS 2.0 will have some really cool and useful new features. Check for example out the latest blog posts by Anita Graser aka Underdark, where she takes you on a tour of all the new features of the &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/some-cool-new-features-in-the-upcoming-qgis-2-0/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2811&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A plugin to export layers in GIMP file to single pdf file</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back I wrote about two possible ways to export multiple layers in GIMP to one pdf file using third-party tools. But it turns out there is an much easier solution as Nevar pointed out in the comments on &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/a-plugin-to-export-layers-in-gimp-file-to-single-pdf-file/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2801&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update of the r.forestfrag addon for GRASS GIS</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/02/16/update-of-the-r-forestfrag-addon-for-grass-gis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[forest fragmentation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some time ago I came across this post from Sylla Consult about a script to calculate forest fragmentation index suggested by Riitters et al. (2000). Obviously, it can be used for any land cover type, so perhaps landscape fragmentation index &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/02/16/update-of-the-r-forestfrag-addon-for-grass-gis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2711&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Presentation of map query result improved in GRASS 7.0</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/presentation-of-map-query-result-improved-in-grass-7-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GRASS GIS (version 6.4, and up to recently 7.0 too) would present map query results in the command console. I have never really got used to it though. Often when I needed to query some points on the map, I &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/presentation-of-map-query-result-improved-in-grass-7-0/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2777&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sharing or exporting sub-sections of a ZIM notebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I use ZIM desktop wiki to keep all kind of notes. Sometimes I want to share my notes. This is easy enough when I want to share the whole notebook. I simply send the whole folder containing the ZIM notebook &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/sharing-or-exporting-sub-sections-of-a-zim-notebook/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2764&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">A ZIM notebook is a set of text files organized in folders and sub-folders. This hierarchy of folder and sub-folders reflects who the notes are organized in the ZIM notebook. Here in red the note &#039;ZIM&#039;</media:title>
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		<title>Import GRASS function console output as data.frame in R</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/import-grass-function-console-output-as-data-frame-in-r/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GRASS GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R computing environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data I/O]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[function output]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In R you can use system calls or the spgrass6 package to run GRASS GIS functions. To do this, you need to run R from within GRASS GIS. This is as simple as starting GRASS GIS and subsequently starting R &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/import-grass-function-console-output-as-data-frame-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&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2739&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Point coordinates to polygon &#8211; part II</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/point-to-polygon-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/point-to-polygon-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GRASS GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kml]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[object type]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[point coordinates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[point vector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polygon vector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vector layer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous article, I showed how you can convert point coordinates into a polygon vector layer in QGIS. So how about GRASS GIS? Like in my previous post, let&#8217;s assume you have a text file with two columns with &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/point-to-polygon-part-ii/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2689&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Figure 1. The v.in.ascii dialogue. Check the text for a further discussion of the marked items.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Figure 2. Second tab of the v.in.ascii dialogue</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Figure 3. Spreadsheet to create GRASS code to create kml file with bounary of a polygon based on list of coordinates of boundary points.</media:title>
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		<title>Point coordinates to polygon &#8211; part I</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/point-to-polygon-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/point-to-polygon-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QGIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[delaunay triangulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[file csv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kml]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[object type]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[point vector]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Articles about field studies sometimes (but not always unfortunately) contain coordinates delimiting the boundaries of the field study. What if you want to view those boundaries in e.g., Google Earth? In other words, how to create a polygon layer based &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/point-to-polygon-part-i/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2674&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Figure 1. Add delimited text layer&#039; plug-in</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Figure 2. XY tool</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Figure 5. Opening the Points2One addon</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Figure 6. A polygon created with the Points2One plugin, which was used to convert the 5 boundary points to a polygon</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Figure 7. A polygon created with the Points2One addon, based on 6 boundary points. It shows what may happen when the boundary points are not ordered.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Figure 8. The Convert points to line function menu in the Saga module of the Sextante toolbox</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Figure 9. Convert lines to Polygon function in the SAGA module of the Sextante toolbox.</media:title>
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		<title>A quick look at the new GRASS Map Swipe Tool</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/a-quick-look-at-the-new-grass-map-swipe-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/a-quick-look-at-the-new-grass-map-swipe-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GRASS GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GRASS GIS 7.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have just been trying out the new GRASS Map Swipe tool For now it is available in GRASS 7.0 but I understand it will be backported to GRASS 6 after some testing. The tool allows GRASS users to interactively &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/a-quick-look-at-the-new-grass-map-swipe-tool/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2666&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sum up values of neighbouring polygons &#8211; a GRASS GIS approach</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/sum-up-values-of-neighbouring-polygons-a-grass-gis-approach/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/sum-up-values-of-neighbouring-polygons-a-grass-gis-approach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GRASS GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QGIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQLite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vector]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How to sum up values of neighbouring polygons in QGIS? This question was asked on gis.stackexchange, with two interesting answers. One answer explains how to use Spatialite and SQL to achieve this. The other answer, explained in more detail here, presents &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/sum-up-values-of-neighbouring-polygons-a-grass-gis-approach/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2632&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">The attribute table is linked to the boundary lines (cat). In the column &#039;left&#039; the ID of the polygon at the left of the boundary is given, in the column &#039;right&#039; the ID of the polygon at the right.</media:title>
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		<title>Find Latitude and Longitude Values in Google Maps</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/find-latitude-and-longitude-values-in-google-maps/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/find-latitude-and-longitude-values-in-google-maps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coordinates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google map labs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Getting the coordinates of a location on Google maps isn&#8217;t as straight forwards as one may expect. But, as usual, if you know how, it is easy enough. And, there are actually several ways. What&#8217;s here? Click the desired location &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/find-latitude-and-longitude-values-in-google-maps/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2606&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for a pdf reader with good annotations options</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/2542/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adobe reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[annotation support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[default pdf viewer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evince reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foxit reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Okular]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pdf]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I read my articles on my (Android) tablet or on my computer (Ubuntu 12.10). On both, I want to be able to add notes and underline and highlight text.  For Android there are various apps that allow you to to &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/2542/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2542&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Error message when trying to install acroreader downloaded from the website of Adobe</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Pdf file opened in Okular, with some annotations (comment and underlined text)</media:title>
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		<title>From Underdark: New QGIS Symbol Packages</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/22/from-underdark-new-qgis-symbol-packages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[QGIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[style]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[symbol]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this post by Underdark about two sets of new QGIS symbol packages with series of simple fill symbols based on ColorBrewer. Create work! Filed under: QGIS Tagged: color, QGIS, style, symbol<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2532&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New release candidate for GRASS 6.4.3 is out</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/new-release-candidate-for-grass-6-4-3-is-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GRASS GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software release]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software release]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The second release candidate of stable release 6.4.3 is available now. It contains a good number of improvements and especially stability fixes, see here for more details. Filed under: GRASS GIS, Software release Tagged: GRASS GIS, software release<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2529&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Calculating the raster cell area of an unprojected raster layer</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/calculating-the-raster-cell-area-of-an-unprojected-raster-layer/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/calculating-the-raster-cell-area-of-an-unprojected-raster-layer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GIS software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GRASS GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surface area]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What if you get a raster layer with number of people per raster cell, like for example the population layer from Afripop,  and you want to convert it to a population density layer? Well, obviously, you need to divide the &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/calculating-the-raster-cell-area-of-an-unprojected-raster-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&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2515&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Improved r.mask in GRASS GIS 7.0</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/improved-r-mask-in-grass-gis-7-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GRASS GIS 7.0]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am mostly using GRASS GIS 7.0, which is the development version. Main reason I started to use this version was the better (faster) vector handling. But there are many other new features and improvements. And the developers keep on &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/improved-r-mask-in-grass-gis-7-0/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2506&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Check out the new Landcover Polygon overlay function in the LecoS QGIS plugin</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/15/check-out-the-new-landcover-polygon-overlay-function-in-the-lecos-qgis-plugin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[QGIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software release]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LecoS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overlay analyses]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The author of the QGIS plugin LecoS came up with  a new feature which might come in handy for some of you: a polygon overlay tool. This tool can extract raster values and save them directly to the vector layers &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/15/check-out-the-new-landcover-polygon-overlay-function-in-the-lecos-qgis-plugin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2502&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Import MODIS data in GRASS using r.in.gdal</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/2475/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Data handling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GRASS GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDAL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HDF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MODIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MRT]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NASA offers access to its MODIS and ASTER data sets through Reverb&#124;Echo. The data comes in HDF format and uses the Sinusoidal grid tiling system. If your gdal is compiled with HDF4 support (use ./configure &#8211;with-hdf4), you can use gdal, &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/2475/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2475&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stratified random sampling in QGIS</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/stratified-random-sampling-in-qgis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QGIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ftools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[random points]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[random sampling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[random stratified sampling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sampling design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post I described how you can create a random stratified sampling using GRASS GIS. Unlike in GRASS GIS however, QGIS has a dedicated tool to do this. You can find it under &#8216;research tools&#8217; in &#8216;Vector&#8217; menu. &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/stratified-random-sampling-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&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2452&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stratified random sampling in GRASS GIS</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/stratified-random-sampling-in-grass-gis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GRASS GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[random stratified sampling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are various options to create a vector or raster layers with random sample points, including v.random, r.random and r.random.cells. The first two generate random points within the defined region. However, only r.random will respect the mask if set. The &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/stratified-random-sampling-in-grass-gis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=1897&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spatialite 4.0 is out</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/spatialite-4-0-is-out/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/spatialite-4-0-is-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software release]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spatialite]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[software release]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The release of Spatialite 4.0 was just announced on the Spatialite user group. You can download it from the Spatialite website. And while you are on the website, check out the page about switching to 4.0. Version 4.0 introduces several &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/spatialite-4-0-is-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&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2434&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Extracting lines ending with specific character using sed or grep</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/extracting-lines-ending-with-specific-character-using-sed-or-grep/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/extracting-lines-ending-with-specific-character-using-sed-or-grep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Data handling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[command line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modis data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regular expression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remove duplicate lines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reverb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sort]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A quick note (to myself mostly) about how to extract lines from a text file that end with a specific set of characters. In Linux, you can very easily do this using &#8216;grep&#8217; or &#8216;sed&#8217;. But, first a little bit &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/extracting-lines-ending-with-specific-character-using-sed-or-grep/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2414&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Multivariate Environmental Similarity Surfaces (MESS) index in GRASS GIS</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/multivariate-environmental-similarity-surfaces-mess-index-in-grass-gis/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/multivariate-environmental-similarity-surfaces-mess-index-in-grass-gis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[add on]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MESS similarity index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scripting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Multivariate Environmental Similarity Surfaces (MESS) is an index that represents how similar a point in space is to a reference set of points, with respect to a set of predictor variables (Elith et al 2010). The function was first &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/multivariate-environmental-similarity-surfaces-mess-index-in-grass-gis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2399&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New GRASS GIS Web Site</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/new-grass-gis-web-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[website]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The GRASS GIS web team has created a whole new website. The goal was to create a simplified structure, general update and nicer experience. And they certainly succeeded, it looks great! And navigating the site also got easier. Check it &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/new-grass-gis-web-site/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2356&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Converting an ArcMap layer file into an SLD document</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/converting-an-arcmap-project-file-into-an-sld-document/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[QGIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ArcGIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lyr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[map legend]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most open source GIS programs can open all most common, and quite a few obscure data format (thanks to the gdal library). What they can&#8217;t open is the ArcMap layer files (.lyr).  A layer file defines the symbology used to &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/converting-an-arcmap-project-file-into-an-sld-document/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2346&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reading GRASS GIS vector attribute tables into R</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/reading-grass-gis-vector-attribute-tables-into-r/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/reading-grass-gis-vector-attribute-tables-into-r/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[R computing environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attribute table]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data import]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Linking GRASS GIS and R will give you a very powerful set of geo-spatial analytical tools. The spgrass6 offers a very convenient interface between GRASS GIS and R. You can read more about this package in Bivand, R. 2007. Using &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/reading-grass-gis-vector-attribute-tables-into-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&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2334&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Opening MODIS tiles in QGIS</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/opening-modis-tiles-in-qgis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[projection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASA offers a very convenient web-based tool to select and download the tiles you need; Reverb / ECHO.  The tiles are in HDF format and use the Sinusoidal grid tiling system (proj4 definition: +proj=sinu +lon_0=0 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +a=6371007.181 +b=6371007.181 +units=m &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/opening-modis-tiles-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&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2324&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LibreOffice global menubar still not working properly in Ubuntu 12.10</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/libreoffice-global-menubar-still-not-working-properly-in-ubuntu-12-10/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/libreoffice-global-menubar-still-not-working-properly-in-ubuntu-12-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LibreOffice / OpenOffice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ubuntu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global menu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LibreOffice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pvanb.wordpress.com/?p=2313</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal about two weeks ago. As usual, there are a number of new or improved features and changes, the arguably most controversial being the Dash&#8217;s Amazon integration. What has not changed, unfortunately, is the &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/libreoffice-global-menubar-still-not-working-properly-in-ubuntu-12-10/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2313&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A faster way to calculate MESS in R &#8211; or &#8211; a tribute to Stack overflow</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/a-faster-way-to-calculate-mess-in-r-or-a-tribute-to-stack-overflow/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/a-faster-way-to-calculate-mess-in-r-or-a-tribute-to-stack-overflow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Modelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R computing environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MESS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SDM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jean-Pierre Rossi introduced a function to calculate the &#8220;Multivariate Environmental Similarity Surfaces&#8221; in R. Since then, the function has become part of the dismo package, which is a package maintained by Robert J. Hijmans and which offers a whole lot of &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/a-faster-way-to-calculate-mess-in-r-or-a-tribute-to-stack-overflow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2292&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Disabling Ubuntu&#8217;s overlay-scrollbars for GRASS (or other applications)</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/disabling-ubuntus-overlay-scrollbars-for-grass-or-other-applications/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/disabling-ubuntus-overlay-scrollbars-for-grass-or-other-applications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GRASS GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ubuntu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interface]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[srollbar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pvanb.wordpress.com/?p=2289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ubuntu has this new overlay-scrollbars for some time now. They look good I think, but unfortunately, they do not play nicely with GRASS GIS. So what if you want to keep them for most programs, but disable them from specific applications &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/disabling-ubuntus-overlay-scrollbars-for-grass-or-other-applications/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2289&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Integrating Maxent, R and GRASS GIS</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/integrating-maxent-r-and-grass-gis/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/integrating-maxent-r-and-grass-gis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GIS software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GRASS GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R computing environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dismo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distribution maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maxent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maximum entropy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[niche modling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[species distribution modeling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suitability mapping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The maximum-entropy (Maxent) methods is one of the most widely used approaches for species habitat modelling. It has its own dedicated software, the Maxent software (written in java and therefore cross-platform). The software is easy to use and includes fairly &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/integrating-maxent-r-and-grass-gis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2282&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ZIM desktop wiki 0.57 is out</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/zim-desktop-wiki-0-57-is-out/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/zim-desktop-wiki-0-57-is-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software release]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[notebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software release]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wiki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ZIM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just got the latest update from ZIM desktop wiki, with some noticeable changes / improvements. From the release notes: Highlights of this release are a rework of the side panes, allowing plugins to be positioned on any side, simpler &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/zim-desktop-wiki-0-57-is-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&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2274&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Freezing LibreOffice icons on the Ubuntu Unity launcher</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/freezing-libreoffice-icons-on-the-ubuntu-unity-launcher/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/freezing-libreoffice-icons-on-the-ubuntu-unity-launcher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 08:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LibreOffice / OpenOffice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ubuntu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global menu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ubuntu global menu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pvanb.wordpress.com/?p=2264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[LibreOffice is still not playing nicely with the Unity interface of Ubuntu. For a start, it does not support the global menu. You can enable this by installing the lo-menu package (available in Ubuntu software centre). This doesn&#8217;t work for &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/freezing-libreoffice-icons-on-the-ubuntu-unity-launcher/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2264&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You can now vote for your favorite QGIS plugin</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/you-can-now-vote-for-your-favorite-qgis-plugin/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/you-can-now-vote-for-your-favorite-qgis-plugin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QGIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plugin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pvanb.wordpress.com/?p=2260</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The list of plugins for QGIS is becoming rather long, which is a testimony to how active the QGIS community is. It does make it more difficult to find and select the plug-ins for your work. And if you find &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/you-can-now-vote-for-your-favorite-qgis-plugin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2260&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A wealth of knowledge on biological diversity at your fingertips</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/a-wealth-of-knowledge-on-biological-diversity-at-your-fingertips/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/a-wealth-of-knowledge-on-biological-diversity-at-your-fingertips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[botany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Data sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vegetation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[botanical libraries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[library]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I love this website of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Through this website, a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries have made available the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections. So why is this so special? Well, to &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/a-wealth-of-knowledge-on-biological-diversity-at-your-fingertips/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2247&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Create new tables with subsets of your data using the Pivot table in LibreOffice</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/create-new-tables-with-subsets-of-your-data-using-the-pivot-table-in-libreoffice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LibreOffice / OpenOffice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cross table]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OpenOffice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pivot table]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just accidentally discovered this nifty feature in Calc of Libreoffice allowing to quickly create sub-sets of your data by double clicking on the row or column totals in a Pivot table. Suppose you have a table with variables var1 and &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/create-new-tables-with-subsets-of-your-data-using-the-pivot-table-in-libreoffice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2235&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Changing file permission on host in Wubi</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/changing-file-permission-on-host-in-wubi/</link>
		<comments>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/changing-file-permission-on-host-in-wubi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Operating system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ubuntu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dual boot system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[file access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[file permission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NTFS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wubi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pvanb.wordpress.com/?p=2231</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have Ubuntu installed on my laptop using Wubi. Wubi is an easy way of installing Ubuntu next to your Windows. After installing you will have a dual boot system, where you have to choose at start-up between Windows and &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/changing-file-permission-on-host-in-wubi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2231&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nice example of the use of geo-spatial tools in conservation and restoration planning</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/09/21/nice-example-of-the-use-of-geo-spatial-tools-in-conservation-and-restoration-planning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[decision support tool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vegetation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation areas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are interested in the use of GIS / spatial tools in the development and implementation of a management plan of conservation areas, have a look at Robert (GeoBob) Ford&#8217;s blog. It gives background information and ideas concerning the &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/09/21/nice-example-of-the-use-of-geo-spatial-tools-in-conservation-and-restoration-planning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2229&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>pack up your GRASS raster layer</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/09/14/pack-up-your-grass-raster-layer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GRASS GIS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[add on]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backup maps]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if you  want to get a number of raster maps from a mapset to bring with you? Or you want to back up a number of layers, but not the whole mapset? Of course you can export it as &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/09/14/pack-up-your-grass-raster-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&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2223&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five new awesome QGIS features</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/five-new-awesome-qgis-features/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this post on Nathans QGIS and GIS blog: Five new awesomely awesome QGIS features. See also this blog post by Anita Graser, who describes improvements to the Symbol manager in more detail. Filed under: QGIS Tagged: new feature, &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/five-new-awesome-qgis-features/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2221&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Better winGRASS 7 with R-integration</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/better-wingrass-7-with-r-integration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 06:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GRASS GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software release]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a Window user and are using or want to use R and GRASS in combination, you will be happy to by this announcement on the GFOSS blog that there is now a better integration of WinGRASS 7 &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/better-wingrass-7-with-r-integration/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2217&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Selecting multiple layers in the GRASS GIS layer manager</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/selecting-multiple-layers-in-the-grass-gis-layer-manager/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 13:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Selecting multiple layers in the GRASS GIS wypython layer manager has always been possible. But there wasn&#8217;t much point to it. You couldn&#8217;t do anything with the multiple selections, no zooming, removing nor setting the region for multiple layers. Trying &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/selecting-multiple-layers-in-the-grass-gis-layer-manager/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2201&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New command dialogue styles for GRASS GIS</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/new-command-dialogue-styles-for-grass-gis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the latest development version of GRASS GIS (version 7.0) there is now the option to switch between different command dialogue styles. There are 4 styles, 3 of them are new and they are providing platform native look. The two &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/new-command-dialogue-styles-for-grass-gis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2194&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>OpenGeoDa &#8211; cross-platform and open source</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/opengeoda-cross-platform-and-open-source/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research tools]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[GeoDa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[point pattern analysis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[GeoDa has been around for a while. It is a great and user-friendly tools for spatial analysis. It was however only available for Windows. That was last time I looked (quite some time ago). I just checked out their website, &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/opengeoda-cross-platform-and-open-source/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2191&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A short note on the use of predict with the dismo or raster package</title>
		<link>http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/a-short-note-on-the-use-of-predict-with-the-dismo-or-raster-package/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pvanb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Modelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R computing environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bioclim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dismo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[R has some great packages for species distribution modelling. One of these packages is the dismo package. Models objects created with one of the various distribution models available in dismo can be used to make prediction for any combination of &#8230; <a href="http://pvanb.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/a-short-note-on-the-use-of-predict-with-the-dismo-or-raster-package/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pvanb.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4588159&#038;post=2176&#038;subd=pvanb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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