Data Viz, Maps & GIS. Tech Writer for MapTiler. FOSS4G UK 2019 Co-Chair. Honorary Fellow of the University of Edinburgh GeoSciences. Views are all mine.
Crieff, Scotland
Joined September 2011
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I did a comparison of the different hill shading tools in #QGIS and got some amazing results. Each one was blended with a DTM to give a bit of depth. Have a look at this thread for details on the 7 ways I tried, these are the most interesting. 1/n
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I ramble about design. Like and subscribe.
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Give your project a sleek, modern look. With our v4 map styles, every map includes a beautifully designed dark variant for design consistency, including Ocean v4 Dark.
#MapTiler #maps #darkmode #gis
ALT Map showing the central Bahamas archipelago and nearby seafloor, highlighting Eleuthera, Cat Island, Great Exuma Island, the Tongue of the Ocean trench, Great Bahama Bank, the Tropic of Cancer line, and depth shading of surrounding waters.
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Join our annual online conference for major product updates and expert talks on the future of mapping technology
Reserve your spot today: Link in the first reply.
#MapTilerConnect #GIS #Maps
ALT MapTiler promotional banner announcing the CONNECT Conference — 19th of November at 18:00 CET with an invitation to join.
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No more #StringlyTyped style URLs in your mobile map apps.
Our native Swift & #Kotlin SDKs offer type-safe styles with dark/light variants, #SwiftUI & Jetpack Compose support, and one-line 3D terrain.
Build mobile maps faster: maptiler.link/4s8Hd7m
#iOSDev #AndroidDev
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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander, visualized on the world map.
#readingmaps #books #maps
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Join Jaroslav Polacek & Radek Duba on #Discord for a live session on photorealistic 3D Gaussian Splats (#GeoSplats) via WebGPU.
Practical drone tips, WebGPU demos & open Q&A.
Thu, Oct 15 | 4 PM CEST / 10 AM EDT
RSVP link in thread.
ALT Maptiler, GeoSplats Fireside Chat on Discord.
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, visualized on the world map.
#readingmaps #books #maps
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Day 284 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 11th is Casimir Pulaski Day. Don't know who he was? Well, Ian made a story map so you can find out.
Casimir Pulaski (284/365)
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Day 281 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 8th is World Octopus Day. In celebration of the intelligence of octopuses, or their use as characters on satirical maps.
Plague of Octopuses (281/365)
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After a short delay, the conda-forge maintainers are back on track with the #QGIS packages. QGIS 4.2.2 and QGIS 3.44.15 LTR are now available as conda-forge packages for Windows, Linux (x86_64 & aarch64 builds) and macOS (x86_64 & arm64 builds).
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We’ll be at #FOSS4GUK next week! If you are attending make sure you see @MapNavTom's talk about the MapTiler #QGIS plugin; he’s on at 15:00 in Create 1.
Not at FOSS4G UK? Find out about the plugin here: maptiler.link/47KhJUo
#QGIS #GIS #FOSS4G #OSGeo #OpenSource #Geospatial
