This is another post about making maps from OpenData. I am trying to learn more geeky stuff rather than my usual blathering about the map and data business, things open and stuff, so I am playing with PostGIS, QGIS, taking some tentative steps into CSS and JavaScript and generally having lots of fun. But hey, you can burn a lot of time wrangling data and making maps. A week ago I saw this tweet Mapping […]
Monthly Archives: July 2016
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This making maps business is certainly not as easy as it seems! I have just burnt an inordinate amount of time trying to make a half decent map and publish it to the web, but I am learning stuff on the way even if I did disappear up some blind alleys. 2 years ago, I wrote a piece “Could you make a better map than this?” which questioned the way in which the Local Government […]
Warning: This post contains swear words. Younger readers, those of a sensitive disposition, the elderly and many others should NOT read on. If you are still reading, I assume you are not a cartoprude and can decode the asterisks in the post title, I am old enough to still be ill at ease with using swear words in print/online and will do my best to minimise the f***s. If you follow my ramblings here and […]