This past few weeks I’ve been trying to do some clever augmented reality stuff with Unity involving putting objects on the floor and ensuring it doesn’t wobble when you walk around it (Yay for SLAM in mobile devices). Although in software like Unreal and Unity, you can download or buy models, what do you do […]
Give #LiDAR files a coordinate system with no GIS
I am not perfect, my wife will tell you that in abundance and yesterday I realised just how rubbish I am….I was sent a LiDAR capture of some woods and no matter what I did, it wouldn’t render in the right place. I knew the cloud was captured in EPSG 27700 (British National Grid) using […]
Using OpenStreetMap basemaps with QGIS 3.0
QGIS 3 is a new wave of open source GIS, not only is it extremely quick and efficient, allowing you to use almost every type of geospatial data you can throw at it but it also includes a 3D renderer and ways to export your creations straight to the web…and let’s not forget the HUGE […]
Using Live Shipping Data in GIS
Originally posted in xyHt 21st Feb 2018: http://www.xyht.com/spatial-itgis/using-shipping-data-gis/ We’ve all been dazzled by these awesome maps which animate ships or aircraft as they move in near real time, but how do they work? What magic sits beneath the hood? As luck would have it, whilst working with the offshore wind farm industry I had to do […]
GIS Tips – Never be youre own QA but if you do…..
Yes, I deliberately put that typo in, shame on you if you didn’t spot it….There is not much more that winds me up more than seeing a typo on a map, there is no excuse, no matter how busy you are it can be avoided. I have a new game though, thanks to the wonders […]
Back to the future – an interview with Kevin Sheehan who makes hand drawn maps
There isn’t much you can’t do with digital media nowadays, from effective maps using shadows and drop effects through to using graphic design packages to make the map “pop”….except for one thing…..capturing that hand drawn style, the way that the pen line moves in and out from the pressure of the pen or the slightly […]
How to use the new QGIS 3D tool
When QGIS revealed that they were going to add a 3D viewer I was sceptical. Rumours were going around about it being a bolt on functionality and not really being fully adopted, to be perfectly honest, I was put off before there was anything to look at. As screenshots started to appear from Lutra Consulting, […]
