TerraView FAQ

1. Where are the configuration files for TerraView on Mac OS X?

Answer:

The TerraView INI file, such as TerraView-5.1.0.ini, can be found under the user folder in the directory .config/INPE.

By default, the file containing the list of data sources available for a given user (datasources.xml) can be found under the user folder in the Library/Application Support/TerraView directory.

The record of logs generated by TerraView can be found in the folder Library/Application Support/TerraView/log.

2. Where are the configuration files for TerraView on Linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS?

Answer:

The TerraView INI file, such as TerraView-5.1.0.ini, can be found under the user folder in the directory .config/INPE.

By default, the file containing the list of data sources available for a given user (datasources.xml) can be found under the user folder in the .local/terraview directory.

The record of logs generated by TerraView can be found in the folder .local/share/terraview/log.

3. Where are the configuration files for TerraView on Microsoft Windows 7 or 10?

Answer:

The TerraView INI file, such as TerraView-5.1.0.ini, can be found under the user folder in the directory C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\INPE.

By default, the file containing the list of data sources available for a given user (datasources.xml) can be found under the user folder in the C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\terraview directory.

The record of logs generated by TerraView can be found in the folder C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\terraview\log.

4. Why some Plugins listed at C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\INPE\TerraView-5.x.x.ini are not been loaded when running as release or debug?

Answer:

Check if there is an installed version (usually at C:/Program Files/Terralib5.x.x) of TerraView-5.x.x and uninstall it.
Also it is advisable to remove the *.ini file.
If C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\terraview\datasources.xml is removed, some problems might occur if try to open old projects. See next item.

5. Why some layers appear with red “X”? here

6. Problemas com abertura de layers no DELL

Segundo reportado no fórum da Dell, há um conflito do software de backup da Dell (Dell Backup & Recovery) com diversos componentes do Qt5, dentre eles, a janela de seleção de arquivos (QFileDialog). Dessa forma, efetuando-se a desinstalação deste software (Dell Backup & Recovery), o componente volta a funcionar normalmente.
Pelo que foi reportado no fórum, é um problema crônico, que há vários desenvolvedores reportando, e ainda não possui uma solução. Segue o link do fórum onde o problema foi reportado: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/software-os/f/3526/t/19634253

7. In Ubuntu, the main menu of the application is not displayed, a message appears on the terminal log where the application runs: “appmenu-qt: handleReparent 133 The given QMenuBar is already registered by appmenu-qt5, skipping”

Source:

Answer:

In your terminal type:

$ QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME="" ./terraview

or:

$ export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=""
$ ./terraview

If the code above doesn't work, you can uninstall the appmenu-qt5:

Use the command sudo apt-get remove appmenu-qt5.
If terraView 5 is open, close and open again.