shrug-l: QGIS 3.4 released

[Rick Labs]

Randal,

Thanks for your post on QGIS to Shrug. I think you and I are about the 
only people who use it.

I've notice that Adam Carnow, "/Community Evangelist/" for ESRI bombards 
the list with marketing & advertising messages.

So, it was just fantastic to hear from the other side!

Rick



On 11/1/2018 12:06 PM, Rick Labs wrote:
>
> Randal, All,
>
> Thanks for the heads up on QGIS 3.4. I downloaded it a few days ago. 
> Installed with zero bumps, zero configuration, and it runs great. The 
> version I was using was 2.18 LTR (Las Palmas), so this is a /major 
> /upgrade. (And I thought Las Palmas was terrific!)
>
> Version 3.0 (staring 2018) brings Qt5 and *Python 3.* Then there were 
> minor releases after that bringing it to 3.4 LTR. Very impressive new 
> features and functionality, and awesome cartography!  (See 
> https://gisgeography.com/qgis-3/.) Can't beat the price: *free*.
>
> I'm a sporadic user of GIS for analytical projects vs. a 
> day-in-day-out mapper. The UI on QGIS remains quite smooth and 
> consistent through version changes. You can be away from it for a few 
> months, come back /and it still feels familiar./ The developer group 
> really focused on /usability/, and it shows.
>
> ***
>
> Generally I find grinding relational table data is best done early, 
> and with other tools, outside of a GIS. I sequence in the geo 
> components and geo processing later, well after the relational and 
> other data has been thoroughly transformed. QGIS works great for me.
>
> For people doing one-off analytics out there, involving mashups from 
> various and sundry data sources, what software do you prefer to 
> "/mechanize/" your*Extract/Transform/Load* (*ETL*) functions?
>
>     *Excel *(Data Connections, PowerQuery, PowerPivot, Data Model, DAX
>     functions, M language, "Get & Transform", "PowerBI", etc. )
>
>     *Talend Open Studio *(free/open source, 900 connections/transforms
>     supplied in a library you string together)*
>     *https://sourceforge.net/projects/talend-studio/
>     https://community.talend.com/
>
>     *Just use a SQL database* with connectors and one-off hand code
>     for the rest
>         using scripting (Python, VBA, Javascript)
>         using traditional languages (C++, Java)
>         using some functional language (OCaml, F, Haskel...)
>
> Any opinion on any of those, or any other packages you use for ETL, 
> most appreciated!
>
> Thanks.
>
> Rick
>
> -- 
> Richard J. Labs, CFA, CPA
> CL&B Capital Management, LLC
> Phone: 315-637-0915
> E-mail (preferred for efficiency):rick at clbcm.com

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Richard J. Labs, CFA, CPA
CL&B Capital Management, LLC
Phone: 315-637-0915
E-mail (preferred for efficiency): rick at clbcm.com
Mailing address: 408B Holiday Harbour, Canandaigua, NY 14424

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