Unified Transform is a very useful capability in Gimp since about 2.10 that combines a number of transformation tools together, such as Scale, Rotate and Shear. I have used this tool extensively when creating aerial map mosaics for the NZ Rail Maps project. To create an aerial map mosaic, I start with downloading the current… Continue reading New “Readjust” feature in Gimp Unified Transform (NZRM Aerial Mosaics)
Month: April 2020
Raspberry Pi as Livestream Player [4]… Or Conventional HTPC?
So after recent posts talking about Raspberry Pi possibilities I am probably going to forgo using my Pi as a media player because I have pulled out an old Intel DB75EN board that used to be a desktop computer here and it plays videos very well. So that old computer can be repurposed. It needs… Continue reading Raspberry Pi as Livestream Player [4]… Or Conventional HTPC?
NZ Rail Maps Technical Review 2020-04-18
So we are now at Qgis version 3.10.4 for the NZ Rail Maps map production task. Back a way we had a lot of trouble with Qgis with WMTS layers which were unusable at that time. Since then however we haven’t been able to replicate the problem but we suspect that their code has bugs… Continue reading NZ Rail Maps Technical Review 2020-04-18