What is the most suitable way to get the boundary of a state or a country or the whole world dynamically?
Hiking & ActivitiesGetting Geographical Boundaries Dynamically: A Comprehensive Guide (Now with a Human Touch!) Let’s face it, in today’s world, maps are everywhere. And not just the paper kind! From visualizing election results to powering your favorite ride-sharing app, geospatial data is absolutely critical. That’s why being able to grab the borders of countries, states – even
Convert .osm.pbf file to a raster (tif, asc or rst)
Hiking & ActivitiesTurning .osm.pbf Files into Raster Images: A Human’s Guide So, you’ve got your hands on an OpenStreetMap (.osm.pbf) file, huh? These files are like treasure chests packed with map data, all thanks to the amazing collaborative effort of the OpenStreetMap project. Think of it as the Wikipedia of maps! The .osm.pbf format itself? It’s basically
Need less significant digits returned in ArcGIS REST Services
Hiking & ActivitiesArcGIS REST Services: Taming Those Pesky Decimal Places (and Why You Should) ArcGIS REST Services are fantastic, right? They’re the backbone of so many geospatial workflows, giving us access to GIS data and functionality over the web. But let’s be honest, sometimes they can be a bit… verbose. I’m talking about the way they spit
Python-OGR: nested loop only loops once
Hiking & ActivitiesPython-OGR: Nested Loops Acting Up? Here’s Why (and How to Fix It!) Ever been wrestling with geospatial data in Python, using OGR (that part of the GDAL library), and run into a weird problem where your nested loop only seems to loop once on the inside? Trust me, you’re not alone. It’s a super common
How to calculate the number of points with differing characteristic in a polygon in ArcMap?
Hiking & ActivitiesUnlocking Insights: Counting Unique Point Types Within Polygons in ArcMap Ever found yourself needing to understand the variety of things happening within a specific area on a map? I mean, it’s one thing to know how many total somethings are inside a boundary, but it’s another to figure out how many different kinds of somethings
Adding M values to a shapefile so the distance along the line is displayed as a derived attribute in QGIS
Hiking & ActivitiesAdding Distance to Your Lines in QGIS: A Human’s Guide to M Values Okay, GIS folks, let’s talk about lines. We all love a good line on a map, right? But what if you want to know the distance along that line, and have that distance pop up as a handy attribute in QGIS? That’s