Interesting Tech Projects
Poster Map of East Yorkshire
Using data from the OpenStreetMap project (taken a couple of days ago) along with some utilities such as Maperitive and custom software, I have generated a 39 inch x 31 inch poster of the East Riding of Yorkshire. This map includes hillshading and contour lines and individual streets can be seen.
Some assembly is required. Print it out on A4 paper, cut out the sheets and then glue them together. Download it here.
Here is a sample:
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50,000 Point GPS Track in Silverlight
about 13 years ago - Comments Off on 50,000 Point GPS Track in Silverlight
About six months ago I posted a video showing a GPS track with 7,000 points in a slippy map control called DeepEarth. If you watch the video you can see that the track lags behind the map a little and I think I was at the limit of what was usable. Yesterday I wrote about…
50,000 Map Markers in Silverlight
about 13 years ago - 2 comments
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So You Want to be a Cartographer?
about 13 years ago - 1 comment
Love maps? Want to make your own? Now it’s easy thanks to a set of free software. Previously I wrote about the OpenStreetMap project, which allows anyone to edit a map of the world. People can add points, lines and areas and “tag” them to show what they are. Once the data is uploaded a…
Optimizing DeepEarth For GIS Mapping
about 14 years ago - Comments Off on Optimizing DeepEarth For GIS Mapping
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Getting US Government Shapefiles Into OpenStreetMap
about 15 years ago - 2 comments
I recently embarked on the process of adding the shapefiles for Region 3 of the US Forest Service into OpenStreetMap (OSM). This post describes the method I used. First a bit of background. OSM is a free street level map of the world. Just like Wikipedia is a encylopaedia that anyone can edit, OSM is…
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about 12 years ago
Hi, could tou explain how you did the poster as you explain in the previous post “how to be a cartographer” the use of Maperitive?
Thanks.
Romain
about 12 years ago
I used Maperitive to generate a very large bitmap which was then sliced up using a free poster program.
about 12 years ago
And coud you give the name of the free poster program?
Thanks.