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Hiking & ActivitiesDitch the Dots: Jazz Up Your QGIS Maps with SVG Point Markers Tired of those boring default circles and squares cluttering up your QGIS maps? Me too! QGIS 2.0 threw us a lifeline with Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) symbols, and trust me, they’re a game-changer. Think custom icons that actually mean something, making your maps
GIS Development Trends
Hiking & ActivitiesGIS Development Trends: What’s Next for Mapping Our World? Geographic Information Systems (GIS)… they’ve come a long way, haven’t they? From being a somewhat obscure tool, GIS has exploded into a must-have technology. Think about it: we’re using it to understand and play with our world in ways we never imagined before. GIS is all
Opening .apr file in ArcGIS for Desktop?
Hiking & ActivitiesCracking Open Those Old .apr Files in ArcGIS Desktop: A Human’s Guide So, you’ve stumbled upon an .apr file. Chances are, if you’re in the GIS world, you know it’s something to do with Esri’s ArcGIS software. But what is it exactly, and how do you actually use it? Well, those .apr files? They’re basically
Finding duplicates of same point in feature class and only keep maximum of field using ArcPy?
Hiking & ActivitiesTaming Those Pesky Duplicate Points in ArcGIS with ArcPy Okay, so you’ve got some GIS data, right? And you suspect you might have a bit of a duplicate problem – those sneaky identical points hogging space and messing with your analysis. Trust me, we’ve all been there. Duplicate data is like that one weed that
SQL Geometry type and Geography type conversions/projections
Hiking & ActivitiesSQL Geometry and Geography Types: Making Sense of Maps in Your Database Spatial data is no longer some futuristic concept; it’s a here-and-now necessity for databases dealing with anything from delivery routes to demographic analysis. SQL Server, along with other database powerhouses like PostGIS and Snowflake, arms you with two key spatial data types: Geometry
ArcMap Random Points Minimum Distance Field not able to use units
Hiking & ActivitiesArcMap’s Random Points Tool: Cracking the Code on Minimum Distance Headaches So, you’re trying to scatter some random points in ArcMap, making sure they’re not all bunched together like sardines, right? You punch in that “Minimum Allowed Distance,” expecting a nice, even spread, but…bam! They’re closer than two peas in a pod. Frustrating, isn’t it?