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How to make a firefly map with QGIS

Follow this quick and easy guide to create stunning firefly maps with QGIS! 🌟

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#30daymapchallenge 2023: a diary!

A diary of the my attempt to complete the 2023 #30daymapchallenge ft. guides to data sources and how to recreate maps.

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A guide to free GIS data sources

A guide to major free GIS open data sources, including boundaries, topographic & environmental data.

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How to SQL: a Guide for GIS Users

How to get started with SQL for GIS users! A tutorial on how to use Standard Query Language for common geospatial workflows.

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How-to: Make your first interactive map in R

Tutorial on how to make your first interactive map in R

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2021's #30daymapchallenge: my top picks

I'm writing this in the second week of December. It's been two weeks since 2021's 30 day map challenge ended, and I feel in equal parts...

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How-to: Blending modes

People often ask me why I use QGIS so much more than another common GIS platform (cough), and for a long time there was one simple...

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Are people more likely to experience deprivation if they live on a district boundary?

I've lived in London for nearly six years. Two of those years were spent living in Finsbury Park - a not-so-leafy inner city area in...

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How-to: Joy plot

Since I created my first joy plot in autumn 2020 I have been obsessed. I will joy plot everything and anything. They are so much fun to...

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The 30 day map challenge 2020: reflections and advice

If you love maps and you haven't heard of the 30 day map challenge, I am about to rock your world. A couple of years ago, Topi Tjukanov...

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