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+title: "February '18 Meetup Minutes"
+date: 2018-03-03
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+The February meeting was held at [Interim CDA](http://interimicda.org/whatwedo/). Thanks again for their generous use of their conference room.
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+* Paul showed how the Census Bureau is using QGIS for census data update in prep for 2020 census
+	* https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/bas/technical-documentation/gups-instructions.html
+	* http://www.sandag.org/resources/demographics_and_other_data/demographics/census/LUCATrainingWorkshop2017/GUPS_Demo.mp4
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+* Peter/Evan explored Templates for map composer
+	* Peter's computer has version 2.18.14 installed
+	* From inside the composer window can save as template
+	* Positioning of the composer objects gets saved in a template file.
+	* There is a composer folder that is used by default
+		* .qgis2/composer_templates
+	* Within a given project you can't use a template to save a given position.
+	* Bookmarks in the main QGIS window are saved global to your computer not with specific qgis documents
+* Evan discussed that Version 3.0 will be released in 10 day
+	* Still a lot of plugins that are missing. Like most of them.
+	* Selective Masking. No one has figured out how to get to it yet.
+* Stu:
+	* https://nyalldawson.net/2017/04/about-label-halos/
+	* QGIS Live Layer Effects: http://nyalldawson.net/2015/04/introducing-qgis-live-layer-effects/
+		* Does not work in composer
+		* Draw Effects
+	* Time manager of commercial marine vessel traffic in the Salish Sea
+		* Data: https://marinecadastre.gov/ais/
+			* 2009 - 2014 are available
+		* Created tails for his points
+			* Got this from Anita Grazer
+			* Large Magenta dot
+			* Small Green dot
+			* First fades out
+			* Second fades in
+			* Set a data defined overide on the fill & size attributes for the symbol
+					* Copy and paste a bit of code from Anita Grazer's blog
+					* Look at scale_exp in the expression builder
+		* Layer has to have a text field in it that conforms to the Time format string: http://strftime.org/
+		* Uses Sony Movie Studio Platinum to assemble the output PNG into a video
+* Joel: Get QGIS to work right with Hi Res. Screens on Windows 10
+	* He found Stu's Answer in Stack Exchange
+		* Stu says this works not just with QGIS but with any software
+	* Joel sent me a link in my e-mail
+* Evan: AutoSaver extension
+	* Will save on a periodic basis
+* Stu: fast way to add tiled basemaps
+	* In Browser Panel: TileServer (XYZ) - add Connections
+	* Evan: Turn on the "Use Native Render" checkbox in Quick Map Services extention may accomplish the same thing.
+* Joel: Configuring default field values when adding features
+	* Using GeoPackage
+	* Lines, Points, Polygons, attribute only tables/layers
+	* Basically building a "domain"
+		* Attribute table has a type field and a attribute_schema
+			* Attribute_schema is a text field with JSON schema code in it
+		* Type field is also in the geometry layers
+		* Fields have default values, etc defined in the layer properties, Fields tab, Edit Widget
+		* Fields Tab: Python Init Function and Function name
+			* This uses the JSON schema to populate the fields
+	* To share this you need the GeoPackage, QGIS file, and the scripts in the correct directories
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+If anyone has corrections or additions they would like to make to these notes please let Paul McCombs know, or submit a pull request on [github](https://github.com/psqgis/psqgis.github.io)