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Tutorial: Auto-updating GeoServer layer configurations - Cover Image
GeoServer
Tutorial: Auto-updating GeoServer layer configurations

GeoServer REST API enables remote interactions with GeoServer, thereby enhancing automation

Kartoza at PyConZA Durban 2023 - Cover Image
Python
Kartoza at PyConZA Durban 2023

Kartoza is actively involved in developing cutting edge geospatial solutions. Python programming language is at the heart of the major products we build.

GIS in the classroom - Exploring the SAGTA Map Downloader - Cover Image
Conference
GIS in the classroom - Exploring the SAGTA Map Downloader

GIS is part of the school Geography curriculum in South Africa. Teachers need to grasp GIS concepts and teach them in the classroom. Geography teachers and students often need access to topographical

PostgreSQL SSL Setup in Docker-postgis - Cover Image
PostGIS
PostgreSQL SSL Setup in Docker-postgis

There are many ways to get a running PostgreSQL database on your host machine. Our preferred method of setting up the the database is using Docker and Kartoza provides a PostGIS Docker image

Finding and Fixing Topology and Geometry Errors in QGIS - Cover Image
QGIS
Finding and Fixing Topology and Geometry Errors in QGIS

Google Maps, Google Earth, Uber are examples leading software/apps that are driven by GIS. They have allowed the ordinary person inadvertently to use GIS and appreciate its power without needing an un

Publishing Digital Elevation in Cesium - Cover Image
GeoServer
Publishing Digital Elevation in Cesium

Digital elevation data is now readily available from multiple sources. There are several tools that can help to visualise elevation data, Cesium being one.

Calculating Area of Rasters in QGIS - Cover Image
Uncategorised
Calculating Area of Rasters in QGIS

QGIS raster functionality has come a long way and continues to improve.

Consuming Cloud Optimised GeoTIFFs in QGIS Server - Cover Image
QGIS
Consuming Cloud Optimised GeoTIFFs in QGIS Server

QGIS has been able to consume cloud optimised GeoTIFFs (COGs) since v3.2, through the data source manager.

Create a Custom Reference Grid in QGIS Composer (Part 2) - Cover Image
QGIS
Create a Custom Reference Grid in QGIS Composer (Part 2)

This is a follow-up post on https://kartoza.com/en/blog/create-a-custom-reference-grid-in-qgis-composer/.

Data Defined Settings for Grid Placements in QGIS 3.12 - Cover Image
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Data Defined Settings for Grid Placements in QGIS 3.12

For a while now I have been trying to simulate the 1in50k topographic maps of South Africa.

Calculating Intersects for Map Layers and Map Extent Dynamically in QGIS - Cover Image
Python
Calculating Intersects for Map Layers and Map Extent Dynamically in QGIS

Recently we have been working on a project that involves simulating the 1 in 50k topographic maps in South Africa.

Batch Count Vector Features Intersecting Series of Blocks in PostgreSQL - Cover Image
Database
Batch Count Vector Features Intersecting Series of Blocks in PostgreSQL

The national mapping agency in South Africa (NGI ) caters for national mapping, digital topographic and other Geo-Spatial Information services.

Show Only Features Within Current Atlas Feature - QGIS 3 - Cover Image
QGIS
Show Only Features Within Current Atlas Feature - QGIS 3

In our endless endeavour to spread QGIS, I was invited to conduct QGIS training at the Surveyor General Department in Swaziland.

Mounting a Storage Drive in Hetzner Cloud for Rancher Deployments - Cover Image
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Mounting a Storage Drive in Hetzner Cloud for Rancher Deployments

This article builds upon an earlier blog post by Tim Sutton on using-a-sambacifs-mount-as-a-docker-volume.

Setting up Geogig in a Production Environment
Docker
Setting up Geogig in a Production Environment

GIS practitioners and developers have long been interested in versioning spatial data.

Some QGIS 3 Browser Improvements - Small Things Matter - Cover Image
QGIS
Some QGIS 3 Browser Improvements - Small Things Matter

Well, QGIS 3 has been out for a couple of weeks now with lots of new functionality.

An Intern's Perspective on Her Working Experience at Kartoza During the Summer Vacation - Cover Image
Education
An Intern's Perspective on Her Working Experience at Kartoza During the Summer Vacation

As a leading Open Source GIS company, Kartoza aims to introduce people and organisations to the world of Open Source GIS in South Africa.

A New Plugin to Manage Land (survey) Parcels in QGIS - Cover Image
QGIS
A New Plugin to Manage Land (survey) Parcels in QGIS

Kartoza releases the CoGo Plugin for QGIS

Changing the Line Direction of Line Features Using the Geometry Generator in QGIS - Cover Image
QGIS
Changing the Line Direction of Line Features Using the Geometry Generator in QGIS

I have been playing around with roads layers and wanted to change the line directions for some of my features.