Feb 8th, 2011
Guest post by Christy! Inspired by Gretchen Peterson’s Valentine’s Day stickers, I started on an adventure to create pink heat-shaped maps using FOSS programs. Using Quantum GIS and Inkskape, I created SVG images that are easy to manipulate and export to raster images. 1. Need some data Natural Earth has small scale data available for [...]
Oct 7th, 2010
A few weeks ago, I got convinced, pretty easily I must admit, to be the Co-Chair of the OSGeo Ottawa Chapter. Apparently this doesn’t require me to do a lot of work, but it still scares the hell out of me. I can talk, a lot, but I generally don’t tend to lead a group [...]
May 19th, 2010
So the City of Ottawa has agreed that they would release some of their data to the public, allowing the public to have a better idea of what is in their city and how it operates. Right off the bat, as soon as it was agreed upon, the flip was switched at their site and [...]
Apr 27th, 2010
I was originally going to write about QGIS and show you some of the maps that I have created. I then decided to make fresh maps, so to speak, so I went over to NRCan’s website, found the ftp server addresses and downloaded gFTP on my Ubuntu install. Theoretically, it should be as simple as [...]
Apr 21st, 2010
So I’m currently looking to create a webpage. Or rather, I am looking to work on my web mapping skills and actually have a web presence that’s more than Twitter and Facebook. This blog is partially to help with that web presence, partially to let family know what and how I am doing and partially [...]