Convert land-based camera image pixel x,y to ground lat/long or x,y,z
Hiking & ActivitiesFrom Pixels to the Planet: Cracking the Code of Camera Images Ever snapped a photo of a breathtaking view and wished you knew exactly where a certain rock or tree was located on the planet? I know I have. It turns out, that picture – that grid of pixels – can actually be a treasure
Find records with highest value based on unique ID
Hiking & ActivitiesDigging Out the Top Dogs: Finding Records with the Highest Value Based on a Unique ID Ever found yourself sifting through a mountain of data, desperately trying to find the best of the best within specific categories? I know I have! Whether it’s figuring out who’s earning the most in each department, tracking the latest
Field Collection Apps for Windows 8
Hiking & ActivitiesDitching the Clipboard: Field Collection Apps for Windows 8 Remember the days of lugging around clipboards, squinting at forms in the rain, and praying your pen wouldn’t run out of ink? Yeah, field data collection used to be a real pain. But thankfully, those days are fading fast. Field collection apps have completely transformed how
Data sources are missing spatial reference data
Hiking & ActivitiesWhen Your Data Gets Lost: The Case of Missing Spatial References Location, location, location! We all know it’s the golden rule in real estate, but it’s just as true in the world of maps and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Imagine trying to navigate with a map where all the landmarks are… well, nowhere. That’s essentially
Why when I do an intersect analysis on a point feature class to a line feature class I only get ‘one’ point result?
Hiking & ActivitiesThe Case of the Disappearing Points: Why Your GIS Intersect Isn’t Playing Nice Ever run an Intersect in your GIS software, expecting a bunch of points where your point layer meets your line layer, only to get…one? Yeah, it’s happened to the best of us. It’s like, where did all my points go? It can
How would I draw and visualize custom maps based on OSM data?
Hiking & ActivitiesDitch the Generic Map: How to Craft Killer Custom Visualizations with OpenStreetMap Data OpenStreetMap (OSM). It’s not just a map; it’s a revolution. Think of it as the Wikipedia of maps – a massive, collaborative project brimming with geographic data just waiting to be unleashed. But let’s be honest, staring at raw data is about