How to get 2010 city demographic data by census block group
Hiking & ActivitiesUnlocking City Secrets: How to Snag 2010 Demographic Data, Block by Block Ever wonder what makes your city tick, neighborhood by neighborhood? I mean, really tick? It all boils down to demographics – the nitty-gritty details about who lives where. And if you’re anything like me, you love digging into that kind of stuff. The
Loading QGIS Coverage?
Hiking & ActivitiesGetting Cozy with Coverage in QGIS: A Human’s Guide QGIS, that awesome open-source Geographic Information System, is like a Swiss Army knife for geospatial data. One of its core strengths? Handling all sorts of data formats, including what we call “coverage.” But “coverage” can be a bit of a confusing term, so let’s break it
Enabling/Installing/Downloading Portal for ArcGIS?
Hiking & ActivitiesUnleash the Power of Maps: Your Guide to Getting Started with Portal for ArcGIS Ever wished you could share your awesome maps and geospatial data with everyone in your organization, without the hassle of emailing files back and forth? That’s where Portal for ArcGIS comes in – think of it as your own private, in-house
Where can I find a global geocoding dataset based on postal code?
Hiking & ActivitiesCracking the Code: Finding Global Geocoding Datasets That Actually Work Okay, so you’re trying to wrangle the world into neat little geographic boxes, huh? You need a global geocoding dataset based on postal codes. I get it. Whether you’re plotting delivery routes, figuring out where your customers are hiding, or just geeking out on spatial
Calculating global horizontal irradiance (GHI) from surface solar radiation downwards from the ERA5 data
Hiking & ActivitiesUnlocking the Sun: A Simple Guide to Calculating Solar Irradiance with ERA5 Data So, you’re diving into the world of solar energy? Awesome! One of the first things you’ll need to get your head around is solar irradiance. Specifically, Global Horizontal Irradiance, or GHI. Think of GHI as the total amount of sunshine hitting a
Conversion problem with ‘Feature to Raster’: resulting Raster not visible in ArcMap
Hiking & ActivitiesSo, You Converted a Feature to Raster, and Now It’s Invisible? Let’s Fix That. The “Feature to Raster” tool in ArcMap is a workhorse. It’s what you use to turn your vector data into a raster format, which is key for all sorts of spatial analysis. But sometimes, things go sideways. You run the tool,