Category: GIS

UK Address sanitizer tool 0

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...

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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...

OpenStreetMap data download to QGIS 2

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 layer from AutoCAD to AGOL via QGIS 0

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...

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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...

AutoCAD to AGOL via QGIS 6

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...

QGIS special characters 1

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....

Geocoded addresses Python 1

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...

Folium draw plugin 2

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 popup Python folium marker 0

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...

Street View with Python folium map 0

Opening Street View with Python Folium map

Folium is a powerful Python library dedicated to geospatial data visualization. Its major engine is based on Leaflet – an open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps. There are a lot of sources on...

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Breaking down the Street View permalink

Google Street View is a technology, which provides interactive and multiperspective panoramas of many places and streets worldwide. It’s commonly used on a daily basis, but hardly anyone pays attention to the permalink displayed...

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AutoCAD LT – Zoom (search) by coordinates

I would like to show you a nice feature in this short article.  You can use it in your AutoCAD software and the LT version. It applies to searching (or zooming) the object by...