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Export GeoJSON from PostgreSQL using Beekeeper Studio

Query > Download > Copy > Paste!

Beekeeper Studio is an open source SQL editor written in NodeJS and Vue JS. The UI is clean and simple, and it has just the right amount of tools to ge

FOSS4G Image Processing

Creating Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFs and Raster Tiles using GDAL and QGIS

This is a talk I gave at the 2021 Ohio GIS Conference. It outlines an open source pipeline for creating Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFs and raster tiles from a collection of TIFF files.

Generating Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFs and Raster Tiles with GDAL

TLDR: gdalbuildvrt, gdal_translate, gdal_warp and gdaladdo

The following outlines the basic steps for generating Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFs and raster tiles from one or more raw TIFF files.

From the Ashes of Shapefiles

A Presentation for the 2020 Virtual Ohio GIS Conference

This talk describes the slow and painful migration from a legacy GIS data structure of hundreds of shapefiles to a modern setup using a mix of Postgres, QGIS and ArcPro. Many small organizations an

Open Source

agol-cache

A NodeJS script to download all layers within a public or protected ArcGIS Online Feature or Map Service as GeoJSON.

Demo

awesome-custom-print-maps

A curated listing of sites selling exclusively custom map-related products such as posters, mugs, 3D maps, etc.

leaflet-store-locator

A responsive open source store locator built with Leaflet and Bootstrap and based on the original Mapbox JS example.

Demo

mapbox-layer-control

A layer control for Mapbox GL JS with groups and a filter function.

Demo

parcel-viewer

Open Parcel Viewer - A mobile ready web app for displaying 50k parcels or polygons without needing a GIS server.

Demo

pwa-maps

A presentation on using OpenMapTiles and service workers to turn an interactive map into an offline-capable Progressive Web App.

Demo

vtile

A tool to create vector tiles from the command line. It is essentially automation of geojson2mvt using TurfJS.

GitHub

Projects

Serverless Web Maps
Using SQLite in the Browser and Service Workers to Power Web Maps from Object Storage

City of Lancaster Public Transit
A NodeJS GTFS Feed & Interactive Map Generator

Peaks 3D Visualization
An Exporation of the Highest Mountain Peaks in the US

Wedding Website
A Single-Page Wedding Wedsite with an Interactive Map

Pandemix Data Visualization
What if all US COVID Deaths occurred in one geographic area?

GPX Visualize
A Visualization for GPS Tracks

Shagbark Product Locator Map
A Locator Map with Search and Nearest Store Finder

About & Contact

getBounds | Spatial solutions for the web. Owned and operated by Malcolm Meyer, getBounds provides custom geospatial consulting services for web applications. What started out as a simple GIS blog a decade ago has now turned into a fullt-time geospatial and web consulting and freelance business. With ten years of experience in GIS and a passion for ecology, maps, open source software, urban planning, and web design, I am ready to tackle your next GIS project. I specialize in backend data analysis using PostgreSQL/PostGIS and Mapbox GL JS web map development. Interested in collaborating? Fill out the contact form and be sure to provide any specifics that will help get the conversation started.