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QGIS and “map units”

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Are there any more specific tutorial about the -t_srs parameter in gdalwarp?

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Is there a common standard for how GIS information is displayed?

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Count number of points per line in QGIS

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Cleaning a large Shapefile in order to dissolve features

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GDAL version in QGIS

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