What is the difference between a Domain and Workgroup?

Windows has two modes of operation – Domain and Workgroup. Depending on the environment that your computer is in, you will be running in one of these two modes. Most home and small business environments will be Workgroup, and most mid- to large businesses will run in domain mode. There are different features and capabilities depending … Read more

What are FSMO Roles in Active Directory

Active Directory is a directory service used to store information about the network resources across a domain. An Active Directory (AD) structure is a hierarchical framework of objects. The objects fall into three broad categories – resources (e.g. printers , services (e.g. e-mail ), and users (accounts, or users and groups). The AD provides information … Read more

What is Active Directory and Where it is Stored?

What is Active Directory? Active Directory is a directory service used to store information about the network resources across a domain. An Active Directory (AD) structure is a hierarchical framework of objects. The objects fall into three broad categories – resources (e.g. printers , services (e.g. e-mail ), and users (accounts, or users and groups). … Read more

Georeferencing in QGIS

Learn to Georeference a raster map in QGIS. Follow the steps given below: Open QGIS To start with, Georeference GDAL Plugin is required for georeferencing.  To install the plugin Go to menu Plugins->Manage Plugins. It opens Manage Plugins diaologue box. Check the Georeference GDAL plugin check box in the dialogue box and click OK. The … Read more

Guide To QGIS Data Visualization and Importing/Exporting Raster and Vector Data

QGIS Data Visualization Raster Data Launch QGIS by clicking on the QGIS option in your start menu programme Go to the Layer menu and select Add Raster Layer Browse to the folder where you have kept the sample data and go to Raster folder (Example: D:\sw\QGIS\Quantum GIS Lisboa\GIS DataBase\qgis_sample_data\raster and select landcover.img) If the file … Read more

How To Install QGIS Software: The Best Open Source GIS Application For Geoinformatics

QGIS (Quantum GIS) is a user-friendly GIS desktop application, licensed under the GNU public license. It is an official project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). It is compatible with Linux, Windows, and Mac OS with many common GIS features and functions like direct viewing of vector and raster data in different formats and … Read more