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Who exactly am I and why am I sticking my fingers into every geopie? 15yrs ago I was relatively unknown to GIS, in fact GIS barely knew itself with many different software companies fighting for a piece of the geopie. Since then I have had the opportunity to work with…Continue reading “Who am I?”

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Virtualisation, the greatest tool you don’t [currently] use

20 Dec 201719 Dec 2017
Originally posted on xyHt: http://www.xyht.com/spatial-itgis/virtualisation-the-greatest-tool-you-dont-currently-use/ This post is dedicated to a good friend, Chris Johnson who, when we worked together a few years back, introduced me to this cool new word....VIRTUALISATION.…
GIS Tips…

Making Heightmaps

21 Oct 201723 Oct 2017
Published in xyHt October 17 2017: http://www.xyht.com/spatial-itgis/making-heightmaps/ So there is no hiding it, I've been building a lot of 3d data recently, partly to sell, partly to fuel my adventures into…
3D GIS…

Intergeo 2017

9 Oct 201723 Oct 2017
As you may already know, a week or so ago I went to the Intergeo event with the amazing guys over at xyHt magazine, after all, I am their European…
3D GIS…

Creating a Cesium virtual globe with v1.36

5 Sep 201723 Oct 2017
As blogs come, this has to be (for me) one of the longest. You see, I've been playing with Cesiumjs since its beginning and following the exciting beginnings of the…
GIS News

Dealing with Vertical Datum….the Mariners Way

22 Jun 201723 Oct 2017
Before 3D GIS we were able to measure miles below the sea and miles beyond our own atmosphere to a great level of accuracy, so how did we do it?…
3D GIS…

The Problem with 3D GIS

1 Jun 2017
3D GIS is game changing, it can change the way you view your analysis, it can provide insights which you may have overlooked….but there is a little problem which I…
GeoNews…

Ocean Business 2017

20 Apr 201720 Apr 2017
Originally posted on xyHt 17/4/2017 Last week, April 4th - 6th, one of the largest gatherings for the offshore industry took place, Ocean Business, in Southampton, UK. The bi-annual event…
ESRI…

Explain Georeferencing To Me as If I Were a Five-Year-Old

31 Mar 2017
Blog post copied from Adrian Welsh on GeoNet 30/11/2016 - Too good not to share!! Explain Georeferencing To Me as If I Were a Five-Year-Old   I really liked how…
3D GIS…

Vertical transformations in GIS

29 Nov 201624 Nov 2016
You know those moments where you are sat in a pub, the office or at a friends house and you say something, then suddenly wonder why you haven't thought of…
GIS Tips…

QGIS – What do you do when you move your .qgs file?

3 Nov 2016
So, the situation occurred yesterday where I was giving a workshop and sent out a load of QGIS styles, layer definition files and also a project file (.qgs)....Smugly, I told…
Cartography…

Mapmaking – "Can I have a map?"

11 Oct 2016
Originally posted on xyHt.com "Can I have a map?" How often do you get someone ask "can I have a map"?....I have nothing against making maps, in fact I like…
GeoNews…

Add OSTN15 to QGIS 2.16

26 Sep 2016
As you may be aware, the United Kingdom has a new transformation model that is OSTN15.....But why? What does it mean to the geospatial community? Without being too nerdy, tectonic…
GIS Tips…

QGIS CSV & Delimited text Issues

15 Aug 2016
Originally posted on xyHt Magazine 10th August 2016 Last month I was at the Maptime in Southampton (UK), helping QGIS new users how to join tables and map EU referendum…
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Spatial Blog App now available

8 Aug 2016
Like the blog?....always want to be kept up to date and be notified of new posts? There is now an Android app available and you can download here As well…
3D GIS…

Using 3D Web Mapping to Model Offshore Archaeology

27 Jul 2016
Ever since I started working in the renewables industry on offshore wind farms over 8yrs ago and had to analyse shipwrecks, I thought about how much more interactive and informative…

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