IRC logs for #farmOS, 2019-04-18 (GMT)

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[11:36:39]<ludwa6>hello room: n00b here, just got installed on farmos.net today, and starting configuration now, Areas first. I see i can import .KML, which is great, because i have areas defined in Google Earth Pro. Question; if i modify in FarmOS and want to EXPORT a .KML, is that also possible?
[11:38:57]<mstenta[m]>ludwa6: yes! in the Areas page, you can click checkboxes next to the areas you want (or select all) and click the KML button at the bottom
[11:39:04]<mstenta[m]>this will create a single KML file with all the selected areas
[11:39:16]<mstenta[m]>you can also do the same thing with logs (which can have their own geometry)
[11:39:46]<mstenta[m]>Also also: there is a "beta" module for bulk-importing multiple areas from a single KML file
[11:39:56]<mstenta[m]>Which makes it easier to import from something like Google Earth
[11:40:08]<mstenta[m]>I can turn that on if you'd like to try it
[11:40:17]<mstenta[m]>(Would recommend experimenting with just a few areas to start to get a feel for it)
[11:40:54]<ludwa6>excellent news, [m]; please do activate, and i will go slow as you say. Thanks!
[11:45:27]<mstenta[m]>ludwa6: Oh i forgot, it's enabled by default now :-)
[11:45:50]<ludwa6>cool!
[11:45:58]<mstenta[m]>Go to Areas (in the top), then click the "Area importer" tab
[12:04:59]<ludwa6>hmm: i exported a .KML file that has 9 properties in it (grouped into subfolders), opened it in my text editor, copy/pasted the code into the farmos window, and then clicked parse. No joy: output says “Total geometries: 0”
[12:05:15]<ludwa6>guess i’ll try a simpler .KML
[12:06:01]<mstenta[m]>ludwa6: the KML processing in the importer is relatively simple... (hence the "beta")... maybe it can't handle the subfolders?
[12:06:26]<ludwa6>reasonable theory of cause. trying one simple polygon now.
[12:14:07]<ludwa6>that seems to have worked pretty well. Only thing: it asked me to define a parent area, and instead of giving me the one area that existed (which is whole farm), i put what i thought was name of that area, and it created a dupe.
[12:16:46]<mstenta[m]>Ah yea, that is optional - it just gives you that option so that all imported areas are grouped under a new one, so you can easily see what was create
[12:23:14]<ludwa6>ok, i can work with this. Only: now i have two top-level areas defined… the first, what came by default, is name of my farm plus full address, what i entered in initial account config panel...
[12:23:57]<mstenta[m]>you can rearrange the hierarchy
[12:24:03]<ludwa6>… and then another that is simply the farm name, without the address… Which is what i called the parent of first two properties i have entered. One should be eliminated -but does it matter which?
[12:24:03]<mstenta[m]>there's a link at the top of the areas page
[12:24:11]<mstenta[m]>and you can delete the dupe one
[12:24:21]<mstenta[m]>no doesn't matter
[12:24:23]<mstenta[m]>up to you
[12:24:39]<ludwa6>ok -then i will delete the long one from default config with full address.
[12:24:45]<mstenta[m]>but you'll need to move the child areas in the hierarchy before you can delete
[12:25:06]<mstenta[m]>it will prevent you from deleting an area that has any children, or if it has any logs associated with it already
[12:25:14]<ludwa6>they are where they belong, in the simpler name i defined as their parent. that’s fine.
[12:40:16]<ludwa6>finished importing the 10 properties that make up my farm. Not too difficult… But if i have to do every object in my GIS like this, that will be quite a pain in the drain!
[12:41:36]<ludwa6>So i must think about how to get fields/ plantations/ beds in there.
[12:44:15]<ludwa6>ACTION making tea
[12:49:43]<mstenta[m]>gotta run, but here's the user guide - take a look at the mapping section and the assets >plantings for some good info
[12:49:47]<mstenta[m]>https://farmos.org/guide
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[17:16:49]<mstenta[m]>farmOS 1.0 has been released!
[17:16:59]<mstenta[m]>Oops I mean 1.1!
[17:17:01]<mstenta[m]>:-)
[17:17:04]<mstenta[m]>https://www.drupal.org/project/farm/releases/7.x-1.1
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