maps Stepping up my web mapping game - Mapbox GL and D3 Ever since I started doing web maps I used to rely on tile based web mapping libraries, the two most commonly known being OpenLayers and Leaflet. That was around 2012, and the very
uberspace Setting up a self hosted recipe management site - OpenEats How do you save your favorite recipes? Do a quick Google search? Bookmark hundreds of links to different recipe websites? Or even write them down in a book, the old-fashioned analogue way? Why
population Fast food and supermarket density in Germany During January a couple of students of mine started working on a small project with the goal of visualizing locations of McDonald's fast food restaurants in Germany. This was a beginner's course, so
R Acquiring and visualizing Berlin city air quality data In this post I will go over a couple of methods and techniques of fetching and basic visualizations of data. For this purspose, I am going to be using specific tools and specific
owncloud Upgrading ownCloud 8.2 to 9 on uberspace I'm using ownCloud as a personal, self-hosted cloud drive and platform for contacts and calendars. Recently, ownCloud released a major update, bringing it from version 8.2 to 9. As a host, I'm
QGIS ArcGIS vs. QGIS - a teacher's subjective view "I use ArcGIS, because it works for me, and I have never experienced any trouble with it. Why should I use any other GIS software" "But how can you afford
GTFS Categorize GTFS data based on transport type using QGIS Recently I discovered a tutorial on how to import GTFS data into QGIS. It describes how to convert the point-based stops.txt or shapes.txt into polylines of transport routes. Here is the
Getting Started Welcome to Ghost You're live! Nice. We've put together a little post to introduce you to the Ghost editor and get you started. You can manage your content by signing in to the admin area at
GTFS Masterprojekt Campusnavi [German] Die letzten Monate meines Studiums in der Fachrichtung Geoinformation und Visualisierung an der Universität Potsdam verbrachte ich mit meinem Masterprojekt. So geht es wahrscheinlich den meisten Studenten. Die Arbeit trägt den einprägsamen Namen
Autocomplete Deutschland ist ... - Google Autocomplete [German] Eine kleine Spielerei zwischendurch. Was hält Google, bzw. was halten die Nutzer von Deutschlands Bundesländern, wenn sie nach ihnen suchen. Die automatische Vervollständigung sagt es uns! Ist wusste gar nicht, dass Rheinland-Pfalz komplett
Basemap Terranigma 16-bit style world web map TL;DR Get me to the map There is a diverse assortment of JavaScript libraries for displaying geographic information in a browser on the web. They all have their pros and cons. Today,
