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Other Mapping things / Kepler
« on: 12 June 2019, 10:12:38 »
Kepler.gl (originally from Uber) is "a powerful open source geospatial analysis tool for large-scale data sets."
Explore various maps for several OPS on M4OPS.(No longer actively maintained.)
For our prototype mapping system try the Demo at mapping4ops.org/M4OPS.
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Other Mapping things / Kepler« on: 12 June 2019, 10:12:38 »
Kepler.gl (originally from Uber) is "a powerful open source geospatial analysis tool for large-scale data sets."
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Other Aspects of Mapping of One-Place Studies / Andrew Zolnai's blog« on: 12 June 2019, 09:42:39 »
Andrew Zolnai has been involved in mapping and blogging for many years, and he happens to live fairly close to me in Cambridgeshire. The latest version of his blog is at https://blog.zolnai.ca/.
One recent project is a Cottenham Story map. 3
Recommended Mapping Solutions / Georeferencing a map for free« on: 23 March 2019, 06:59:06 »
I know of two ways to georeference a map for free:
1. On your computer using QGIS Open source software. There is a lot of information about QGIS, including:
2. Online using the free Map Warper Georeferencing application from Tim Waters There is a brief Map Warper Guide, but it is a fairly simple process. I have not tried this fully yet. Bear in mind that once a map has been georeferenced it still needs to be tiled before uploading to the web for use. I have MapTiler software that can do this. 4
M4OPS - for Users / M4OPS on Youtube« on: 10 January 2019, 10:08:36 »
There is a M4OPS: Mapping for One-Place Studies Youtube channel. It has started with an introduction and a few instructional videos.
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M4OPS - for Users / To create a Modifiable Feature Layer (MFL)« on: 27 June 2018, 10:57:42 »
To create a Modifiable Feature Layer (MFL) go to your OPS in M4OPS and then:
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Other Mapping things / Google Arts and Culture - maps« on: 17 May 2018, 10:28:05 »
Google Arts and Culture curates many map collections, as well as many other artifacts in museums etc across the world.
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Mapping Technologies we can probably ignore / OpenAddresses« on: 17 May 2018, 06:36:07 »
OpenAddresses.io is "The free and open global address collection." Anyone can Parse & import into a database, put on a map, or use for geocoding.
Some countries (eg France) are much better covered than others (eg UK). 8
Current Examples / Mapping a cemetery« on: 17 May 2018, 06:27:30 »
New GIS mapping project is chronicling genealogical history through Waxahachie (Texas) Cemetery.
“This is just for the benefit of our citizens so they can better search our cemetery. Genealogy is becoming a very popular hobby and a very popular thing for families to do,” Smith explained. “It will help in that hobby and help our citizens better learn our cemetery because our cemetery is large and kind of confusing if you are not familiar with how it is laid out.” 9
Other Mapping things / Morphology« on: 17 May 2018, 06:22:03 »
Morphology is "an exploratory cartographic tool based on the Mapzen platform that eschews common communicative elements like color and symbols. Instead, it seeks to show the world, and all its constituent parts, as a series of carefully chosen lines."
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Recommended Mapping Solutions / The Secret of Mapping Platforms« on: 17 May 2018, 06:17:04 »
This post from Rory Biggadike of webmapsolutions says "We are today seeing an explosion in the number and type of mapping platforms. In this post we will discuss the differences between these mapping platforms, and why you might choose one over the other."
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Other Mapping things / True Size Maps« on: 17 May 2018, 06:11:40 »
The “True Size” Maps Shows You the Real Size of Every Country (and Will Change Your Mental Picture of the World).
The True Size is "a website that lets you compare the size of any nation or US state to other land masses, by allowing you to move them around to anywhere else on the map." 12
Commercial Mapping Companies / Foursquare« on: 17 May 2018, 06:04:57 »
Foursquare "is a technology company that uses location intelligence to build meaningful consumer experiences and business solutions.
For consumers, we believe the world is full of amazing experiences. We make two apps to help guide you to them:
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Other Mapping things / All the Buildings in Manhattan« on: 16 May 2018, 06:56:38 »
(From curbed New York) "There are more than 1 million buildings in New York City, and many of those are clustered on the island of Manhattan, spanning architectural styles, hundreds of years, and all manner of types. And now, a nifty new tool, called All the Buildings in Manhattan, takes information about those myriad structures and puts it in one colorful data visualization."
The tool was created by Taylor Baldwin, a software engineer at BuzzFeed (“One thing I learned is that there is an unbelievable amount of data the city makes available.”) (Note that I had difficulty getting it to work.) 14
Other Mapping things / Map Books of 2018« on: 16 May 2018, 06:46:14 »
The Map Room (Jonathan Crowe blogging about maps since 2003) has many interesting things about maps - for example this list of Map Books which have been published or are scheduled to be published in 2018.
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Other Mapping things / Viz Palette« on: 16 May 2018, 06:37:10 »
Viz Palette is a colour picker tool to help with selecting a palette for data visualizations, including maps.
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