@samwise_v

This is my personal account where I may occasionally share maps and other items of interest.

 London, UK
carto81maps.wordpress.com
Joined June 2011
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#30DayMapChallenge Day 29: Raster and Day 30: Makeover An old map (1882) of the Isle of Elba given an exaggerated elevation makeover using DEM. Made in #qgis and #b3d (Source of data: Regione Toscana – Modello Digitale del Terreno Orografico,License: CC BY 4.0)
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The final rendered image
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and a couple of close ups
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Medieval London Bridge: my Digital Reconstruction (c. 1400 CE) placing the lost structure back into the modern Thames & removing the modern one next to it. First edition for #30DayMapChallenge . Model by David Aggett 1987, scan by @artfletch . Completed in 1209, it remained the City of London’s sole river crossing until 1729. #b3d
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I also meant to post the global version of my #hex shark map for yesterday's (day 25) #30DayMapChallenge. Made with #mapbox
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#30DayMapChallenge Day 25: Hexagons A little 3d hexmap of the bluntnose sixgill shark - aka Hexanchus griseus - and the largest hexanchoid shark. Made in #qgis and #b3d with data from gbif
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#30DayMapChallenge Day 20: Water Been meaning to attempt a relative elevation model for a while now, so had a first stab using the tutorial by Dan Coe. Wishkah River, Washington. Strongly associated with one of my favourite bands of course. Made in #qgis
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Yellow probably wasn't the best colour choice, but well it was part of my theme. Anyway link to the tutorial that i used: dancoecarto.com/creating-rem…

Dan Coe Carto - Creating REMs in QGIS with the IDW Method

Daniel Coe's cartographic portfolio. This site encompasses mapping and geo-centric design projects both big and small, personal and professional. My cartographic interests include geologic and...

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#30DayMapChallenge Day 18: Out of this World Not quite what I originally set out to achieve, but nonetheless some sort of map celebrating the #Predator movie (1987)
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the video conversion on X wasn't great, so some still images too
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Inspired by this movie poster which i had initially wanted to recreate but couldnt find the time.
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#30DayMapChallenge Day 16: Cell | Day 17: New tool Playing around with some of the #mapbox gl js light settings on the BT Tower in Birmingham
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(I have used mapbox gl js before, but this month I have been using v3 for the first time - with its new features eg 3d models and dynamic lighting)
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#30DayMapChallenge Day 15 – Fire. I am still catching up so another simple one here. Place names in GB that begin with or end with 'burn'. Based on @OrdnanceSurvey #zoomstack data, made in #qgis.
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#30DayMapChallenge Day 12 — Map from 2125 Recovered transmission from the USCSS Nostromo - lost in space three years ago - reveals the vessel’s final destination before loss of contact Made in #QGIS and #Blender, digitised from graphics seen in the #Alien movie (1979)
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the original graphic I attempted to digitise in order to create a DEM. taken from alientimeline.wordpress.com/…
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A clearer clip of the original render before the 80s VHS style effects were added.
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#30DayMapChallenge Day 13: A ten minute map and Day 14: OpenStreetMap A quick map of Budapest. Actually took a lot less than 10 minutes using @anvaka's city generator available at anvaka.github.io/city-roads/ which is based on OpenStreetMap data
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#30DayMapChallenge Day 10: Air and Day 11: Minimal I fell behind so playing catchup, with a #joyplot map of air particulate matter based on data downloaded from NASA Earthdata. Made in #qgis.
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#30DayMapChallenge Day 9: Analogue An early example of choropleth disease mapping: Joseph-François Malgaigne’s map of hernia incidence in France, 1840
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