The siunitx Latex Package When you’re writing your thesis or dissertation it can be important to be consistent with how you typeset them. The siunitx Latex package helps you typeset units consistently by automatically setting things like spacing, unit symbols and prefixes. Download the documentation for siunitx Visit the CTAN site Here are some examples… Read More »
Python Pandas for Physics The Pandas package brings advanced data structures and data analysis tools to python. It was initially concieved for use in the world of finance, but can it be of any use to us interested in physics? For some time I’ve been trying to get to the stage that I can use… Read More »
Europe World War 2 Shapefiles After spending some time searching World War 2 shapefiles for Europe, I’ve finally found some. This collection of shapefiles from the Stanford Spatial History Project covers the changes in borders, governments and allegiences throughout the conflict. Shapefiles are provided for a month-by-month representation of the changes. Other details include: Country… Read More »
List of UK Open Data Websites The UK national government as well as local governments have made available much data and GIS information. This is a list of UK Open Data Websites and repositories for your own research and projects. This list is not comprehensive – I’ve tried to focus on those that seem to… Read More »
Export L-Edit Config Settings L-Edit is a piece of powerful layout design software. As you use it you will probably make changes to the configuration, such as keyboard shortcuts and other settings. This post shows you how you can export these customisations as a config file which you can save as a backup, or to… Read More »