WMS Request with Authentication in Leaflet from Geoserver
Hiking & ActivitiesLocking Down Your GeoServer WMS Layers in Leaflet: A No-Nonsense Guide So, you’re serving up geospatial data via GeoServer’s Web Map Service (WMS) and displaying it in a Leaflet web app? Awesome! But here’s the thing: are you securing those WMS layers? If not, you might be leaving the back door wide open. Let’s walk
ExtractByMask with one mask and multiple layers ArcMap?
Hiking & ActivitiesTaming Raster Data: How to Snip Out Exactly What You Need with Extract by Mask in ArcMap Ever feel like you’re drowning in data? I get it. Sometimes, you’ve got these massive raster datasets in ArcMap, but you only need a tiny piece of the puzzle. That’s where the Extract by Mask tool comes in
Export XML Data to a MySQL DB
Hiking & ActivitiesFrom XML Silos to MySQL Powerhouse: A Human’s Guide to Data Liberation So, you’ve got XML data. Lots of it, probably. And you want to get it into a MySQL database. Smart move! XML is great for storing data, but let’s be honest, it’s not always the easiest to work with. MySQL, on the other
Sentinel-2 images color cast
Hiking & ActivitiesSentinel-2 Images: Why Are My Colors So Weird? Sentinel-2. We love it, right? All that lovely high-resolution imagery from the European Space Agency, free for anyone to use. It’s a game-changer for everything from tracking deforestation to monitoring crop health. But let’s be honest, sometimes those images come out looking… well, a bit off. Ever
Google Earth Engine really slow in loading maps
Hiking & ActivitiesGoogle Earth Engine Got You Down? Why Your Maps Are Taking Forever Google Earth Engine (GEE). It’s a beast of a platform, right? All that satellite imagery at your fingertips, ready to be crunched and analyzed. But let’s be honest, we’ve all been there: staring at a blank screen, waiting… and waiting… for a map
Reproject masked array with rasterio
Hiking & ActivitiesReprojecting Masked Arrays with Rasterio: A Human’s Guide Geospatial data can be a real beast, especially when coordinate systems clash or you’re dealing with areas riddled with missing data. That’s where Rasterio, a seriously handy Python library, comes to the rescue. It’s your go-to tool for reading and writing geospatial raster data, and it’s got