Category: Python
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Geopython 2024 in Basel CH
I was lucky enought ot attend Geopython this year; the brain child of Martin Christen’s, a professor at fhnw. Within the Geospatial domain Python is the goto language but its an increasingly popular language too. Presentations on the geo niche were not accepted in EuroPython and so Geopython was born out of cartographic frustration. A…
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LAS srs and assignment in PDAL
One of the most popular, or even the most popular formats of 3d point cloud data is LAS. I’ve written about it before here, but in this example let’s take it further, let’s write some data. I’ve got some data with questionable srs info to start and I’m trying to work out exactly the issue.…
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Working with Shapefiles
Shapefiles are an old file format, originally developed by ESRI, which have become a common way of working with Geospatial data; much to the chagrin of ESRI who have ever since been trying to migrate to a Geodatabase format. A shapefile is driven by is .shp extension but can contain upto 17 different files adding…
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Automated Testing for Geospatial Applications
We really don’t want to break things that work, it’s super frustrating. We test to make sure that any changes we make do not break another piece of the code in our applications. Of course manual or exploratory tests are important but the dream is to get this stuff fully automated.
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The Power of Python Toolboxes
A lot of manual work can be avoided by using scripts to automate the processes. However, you inevitably end up with a lot of scripts to automate different pieces of a process.
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4 Ways to Geocode in a Hurry
a quick and concise guide to geocoding in a hurry
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How to Ethically Harvest Online Data with Python for ESRI Integration
How to make GeoJson available to a database. This article demos web scraping with python and writing to an SDE feature.
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