Time Team was a TV series which involved a team of archaeologists, surveyors, artists and other specialists spending three days to investigate an archaeological site. Episodes were mainly focused on the UK, but there were also some as far afield as Spain and America. I thought it would be interesting to see how episodes were… Read More »
I was asked recently about adding multiple custom lines and markers to a Folium map. Folium can be a bit funny about the order in which things are applied so below gives an example of how you can later lines and markers. To make it easier to see which elements are which in the final… Read More »
GeoJSON and KML are formats for storing spatial information. KML files are commonly found with Google Earth type applications, so it can be useful to convert KML to GeoJSON. The python library kml2geojson can be used to convert KML to GeoJSON. kml2geojson works as either a tool from the command line, or can be used… Read More »
Transport is one area where the wide availability of data has made a big difference in recent years. Google mapsis probably the most obvious example, but there are also some other cool projects out there. Here I’ve picked out some cool map and visualisation projects that use live transport data to visualise transport systems around… Read More »
It’s common to have the postcode of an address and need to plot this on a map. In this post I show you two options for how to convert postcode coordinates using an online tool or data available for free online. Option 1. Use an Online Conversion Tool Often the easiest way to convert postcode… Read More »