My intenôÙtions for this blog are to spur intelôÙliôÙgent and thought proôÙvokôÙing disôÙcusôÙsions and toô proôÙvide some insight and/or help to those who may want toô delveô into varôÙiôÙous spaôÙtial analyôÙses and carôÙtoôÙgraphic trends/methodologies. CarôÙtograms areô defôÙiôÙnitelyô one of the most trendôÙing topôÙics in disôÙcusôÙsions on how to alterôÙnaôÙtively geoôÙviôÙsuôÙalôÙize spaôÙtial pheôÙnomôÙena. The idea roots back more than half a decade and has evolved from a ãpenôÙcil and graph paperã skill to a geoôÙgraphôÙiôÙcal inforôÙmaôÙtion sysôÙtem (GIS) tool{box}. We can addãÎ ConôÙtinue reading ô£
Aug 282011
Aug 232011
An earthôÙquake meaôÙsurôÙing in at 5.9 magôÙniôÙtude, hit VirôÙginia (epiôÙcenôÙtre)ô atô approxôÙiôÙmatelyô 17:51:03 GMT. I am writôÙing this post from my office at RyerôÙson UniôÙverôÙsity, Toronto, Ontario, where we also felt the ground move beneath us.ãÎ Okay, to be frank, I didnãt feel anyôÙthing. But my classôÙmates and colôÙleagues have reported that they felt the earthôÙquake.ô Now, the reaôÙson why I am postôÙing about this, is not exactly because I think the earthôÙquake was that sigôÙnifôÙiôÙcant and worth menôÙtionôÙing. I would like to share with youô a litôÙtle map that I creôÙated a few ConôÙtinue reading ô£
Aug 222011
An interôÙestôÙing form of carôÙtogôÙraôÙphyô to say the least!ô TypoôÙgraphic maps have been around for some time, and only recentlyô was I exposed to the conôÙcept. PerôÙhaps my favourite (and quoted by many) are the maps proôÙduced by Axis Maps. They proôÙduce some of the most jaw-dropping typoôÙgraphic repôÙreôÙsenôÙtaôÙtions of cities that I have ever seen. I parôÙticôÙuôÙlarly like their use of white space (and by use, I mean there isnãt much white space left untouched!). Which leads me to the point of this post.ô I have been toyôÙing with the idea of proôÙducôÙing some ConôÙtinue reading ô£
Aug 222011
Lets talk about QGIS for a litôÙtle bit before we go ahead and install it on our sysôÙtems. QGIS is an open source GIS packôÙage that is under the GNU pubôÙlic license. It offers enough funcôÙtionôÙalôÙity for someôÙone with a ArcInfo StuôÙdent License (myself) to want to explore. The usage of QGIS in day to day tasks has me spendôÙing less time ConôÙtinue reading ô£
Aug 212011
I can think back and rememôÙber strugôÙgling with being able to utiôÙlize OpenôÙStreetMap (OSM) data in a project of mine. I wanted a free source of inforôÙmaôÙtion and geospaôÙtial data, where I was not bound to strict and limôÙitôÙing copyôÙrights. OpenôÙStreetMap offered a one-stop-shop for free and open geospaôÙtial data. At the time, I was most interôÙested in utiôÙlizôÙing their very detailed road netôÙwork. HowôÙever, I ran into many hicôÙcups along the way, which ultiôÙmately deterred me from comôÙpletôÙing the project. Some time has passed and I have returned to said ConôÙtinue reading ô£