Stellarium and ShowMySky visual model
Stellarium is the astrosoftware developed for many years. There were quite a lot of versions of 0. x meaning, that the work is still in progress. Since 2021, when Stellarium reached the version of...
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UK Address sanitizer in Excel 365
This article will shortly describe the tool I needed to develop recently. It is aimed at addressing cleansing. The general lists of addresses are often messy. It means, that the components of the address...
Earth history in 1 year – happy new year 2024 to everyone!
The tail end of the year is the time for some kind of a resume when we are going back in our memories and analyzing what was good and what was bad over the...
PDF drawing – the fastest georeference with AutoCAD LT
PDF documents are very popular. They can include various content from text through simple drawings to detailed maps of some areas. Storing drawings, plans, or maps in PDF files is very convenient because this...
Downloading OpenStreetMap vector datasets effectively
OpenStreetMap platform is a worldwide free geographic database, updated and maintained by free volunteers. The primary advantage of this platform is the availability of the data, which can be downloaded anytime by the user...
Transfer AutoCAD drawing to ArcGIS Online part III
The last bit of this whole text covers the full guidance for the creation of the individual feature hosted layer, which can be used next for all available ArcGIS Online tools. In the last...
Transfer AutoCAD drawing to ArcGIS Online part II
The previous post explained to you the simplest way of migrating the AutoCAD drawing to ArcGIS Online. It included the important bits like the AutoCAD layer extraction as well as its further import to...
Brief guidebook for loading PDF drawings in MS Visio
This short article is dedicated to people, who use Microsoft Visio on a daily basis. The PDF format isn’t supported directly by MS Visio software, although we can get this drawing in place easily...
How to Use Apple Music to Take Back Your Music While Travelling
Have you ever planned a trip but realized you’re lacking in the music aspect? Maybe you lost your playlists or aren’t sure how to compose the perfect playlist. So you’re sitting on that plane...
1841 William Henry Harrison Dollar Coin Value Checker: How Much is it Worth?
The William Henry Harrison dollar coin is a 2009 commemorative coin meant to honor the 9th President of the United States. Harrison only served for one month in 1841 before he died, but he’s...
The correct way of using QGIS Viewshed plugin
Visibility analysis constitutes great importance in many fields such as sensor deployment, decisions for placement of mobile towers for maximum coverage, military operation planning, gaming, fire monitoring towers in the forest, urban design, landscape...
Transfer AutoCAD drawing to ArcGIS Online – part I
This is the two-piece article, which aims to show you how to successfully add the AutoCAD LT drawing to the ArcGIS Online platform. In part 1 the superficial layer will be chosen, whereas the...
Choropleth map in QGIS based on the MS Excel data
This time I would like to present an excellent way of making the simple choropleth map in QGIS, based on MS Excel data. Occasionally you will be acquainted with some tricks, which help you...
Using special characters in QGIS expressions
This brief text explains how to use some custom symbols in QGIS expression. Obviously, it applies only to the quoted part, which represents the bits with string. There are 2 ways of doing it....
12P/Pons Brooks comet during 2024 total solar eclipse
This text shows some guidelines for the brief moment of the total solar eclipse 2024 occurrence at twilight, which presumably will allow for a fantastic view of the 12P/Pons-Brooks comet being close to its...
Effective geocoding in Python free of charge
In this short text, I would like to share my approach regarding the simple Python geocoding tool. This tool is completely free and I’ve implemented some elements for its usability, which should make it...
What exactly is a hybrid solar eclipse?
This text is aimed at explaining to you what roughly is the hybrid solar eclipse phenomenon. In my opinion, most sources define the hybrid solar eclipse incorrectly, defining it as the eclipse, in which...
Folium Draw plugin – extended functionality
The Draw is a very nice plugin dedicated to anyone who wishes to draw editable vectors on the Folium map. It’s a comprehensive plugin, that can add lines, polylines, polygons, rectangles, circles, circlemarkers, and...
Styling on-click marker on Python Folium map
Recently I’ve explained to you how to launch Google Street View from any place on the Folium map. Today it’s the time for continuation – styling the on-click marker, which can be applied to...
The Google Earth FOV feature usage in long-distance observations
This article presents a nice feature in Google Earth, which lets on getting a telephoto view rendered from any location around the globe. Because the option is to be considered in the aspect of...
Quick access to Street View from various applications (based on Leaflet map example)
Everyone knows how Google Street View is needed for the desktop investigation of various issues. It’s very beneficial since we have access to this Google product from another platform, certainly dedicated to some topic....