GIS Tips… Further Adventures with 3D GIS 20 Nov 2015 Originally Posted in xyHt on 19th November, the original article can be read here Last year I posted about this awesome plugin called "QGIS2Threejs" [here] and how it was possible…
Cartophilia… Recreating the Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps with Open Data 9 Oct 2015 Originally posted on xyHt.com The holy grail for many map users is the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale "Explorer" map. Not only are they easy to read due to the fantastic…
Uncategorized Why your maps should get in touch with their feminine side 2 Sep 2015 Google does it, Apple does it but do your maps use landmarks to improve users familiarity? More to the point, why aren't popular landmarks a standard GIS dataset? For more…
GeoNews… The Geotest….some interesting stats 9 Aug 2015 So far over 300 of you amazing geofolk have had a go at my fun Geotest...and I collated some interesting results, don't worry, there will be no naming and shaming…
Cartography… Terminology used in the GIS Industry 4 Jun 2015 GLOSSARY OF GIS TERMINOLOGY Definitions Provided By: Maps for America - Third Edition - Text obtained from World Atlas accuracyDegree of conformity with a standard. Accuracy relates to the quality…
Uncategorized Why Spatial Indexes are REALLY Important 12 May 2015 I am not afraid to say that I failed...I compiled all of the Ordnance Survey OpenMap data into a UK vector coverage, just like I did with the Vectormap,…
Uncategorized Should we be reading maps or moving forward? 8 May 2015 This article was originally posted on xyHt There has been a lot of press recently about an announcement from the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) declaring that "Society is being…
Uncategorized Solving distance(s) to work in QGIS 5 May 2015 A couple of days ago I was asked to calculate some distances for people, from where they lived to where they worked...I scratched my head a little and then went…
Uncategorized How to put Transparent Text on the map in ArcGIS 1 May 2015 Originally posted at xyHt.com - Online blog Wow, it's been a while since I last posted, though if you've seen my Twitter feed you will understand why...yes, I am now…
Uncategorized Presentation of Coordinate systems 10 Mar 201523 Nov 2016 We [Geographers] create amazing worlds to be explored and yet when we put it on paper we feel the need to fill an eigth of the page with detail on…
Uncategorized QGIS v ArcGIS…The rematch 3 Mar 2015 Originally posted on xyHt: http://www.xyht.com/spatial-itgis/qgis-v-arcgis-rematch/ QGIS v ArcGIS….the rematch? Thank you to all of you who commented and discussed my last QGIS v ArcGIS article, many of you pointed at…
Uncategorized Using Google Earth to make 3D Models 21 Feb 2015 No, I haven't gone crazy, in fact quite the opposite, I was sent a visualisation of a wind farm from a company this week and the back of my mind…
Uncategorized QGIS v ArcGIS 2 Feb 2015 Originally posted on xyHt Monday 2nd Feb: http://www.xyht.com/uncategorized/qgis-v-arcgis/ Okay, so I'm likely to get lynched but before all the lovers/haters come out of the woodwork, I'd like to remind everyone…
Uncategorized Add a slippy map to WordPress 26 Jan 2015 Many of you have asked how I got my web map working on this site. The first thing you need is your own domain, I'm sure you can do it…
Cartography… Maptime Southampton 14 Jan 2015 I'm not afraid to admit that I am a #Maptime n00b. After 15 years in the GIS business I thought I'd seen and done it all (except code, not too…
