Sunday, December 1, 2024
As the #30DayMapChallenge wraps up, I’ve taken time to think about my experiences during this experiment. Although I only completed some of the maps during the challenge, the maps I worked on helped stretch my skills beyond my comfort zone. I aimed to become more comfortable using R and …Monday, November 25, 2024
Writing code and making maps with AI I need to catch up on the #30DayMapChallenge. Next year, I will plan a bit better to stay on track. In the meantime, I will fulfill a few topics with one set of maps - AI only (Day 9) and Map Projections (Day 26). I asked Claude.ai to write an R script to make a …Sunday, November 24, 2024
Now that I understand the basics of getting data into and out of a DuckDB file, I want to add spatial queries to the repertoire. You can find my blog post on creating and reading DuckDB data here: Duck DB + GIS. Spatial queries are a pretty common task in GIS. For example, you might want to find all …Tuesday, November 19, 2024
I’ve been wanting to try DuckDB for a while. The lure of a serverless database is strong. But it always seemed intimidating. I recently read two articles that made me think that there’s no time like the present to give it a try: DuckDB: The Indispensable Geospatial Tool You Didn’t …Monday, November 18, 2024
The 30 Day Map Challenge is an annual social media event to challenge your self to make more maps. I’ve never participated before because it seemed very daunting to make all of these extra maps on my off time to share with the world. Particularly because many of the categories are types of …