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Posted January 29, 2022

Export GeoJSON from PostgreSQL using Beekeeper Studio

Query > Download > Copy > Paste!

Posted September 16, 2021

FOSS4G Image Processing

Creating Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFs and Raster Tiles using GDAL and QGIS

Posted September 2, 2021 | Updated March 21, 2022

Generating Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFs and Raster Tiles with GDAL

TLDR: gdalbuildvrt, gdal_translate, gdal_warp and gdaladdo

Posted September 21, 2020

From the Ashes of Shapefiles

A Presentation for the 2020 Virtual Ohio GIS Conference

Posted September 20, 2020

GIS and Remote Work

An Exploration of a GIS Remote Work Toolkit

Posted April 27, 2020

Exporting AGOL Feature Services to GeoJSON

Using NodeJS and Batches to Transform an ArcGIS Online Feature Service to GeoJSON

Posted April 1, 2020 | Updated September 12, 2020

Ohio COVID-19 Dashboard

A Simple, Client Side Tracking Dashboard for COVID-19 in Ohio

Posted November 28, 2019

RTK to WGS84

Transforming Coordinates with JavaScript using proj4.js

Posted November 17, 2019

Highlighting Features in Mapbox GL JS

A Comparison of Filter and Feature-State

Posted July 12, 2019

Network Tracing with Turf JS

A Client Side Solution for Simple Upstream and Downstream Linear Network Analysis

Posted May 10, 2019

Progressive Web Apps

Using PWA Components for Web Maps

Posted April 5, 2019

Open Parcel Viewer

A Client-Side Parcel Viewer built with Leaflet

Posted April 5, 2019

Leaflet Store Locator

A Leaflet Version of the Original Mapbox JS Store Locator Example

Posted September 9, 2018

Intro to Turf JS

Geospatial Analysis for the Browser, Desktop & Server

Posted February 12, 2018 | Updated April 11, 2019

Mapping with Vector Tiles

Query Features Outside the Viewport

Posted September 14, 2017

Data-Driven Styling, 3D Polygons & Vector Tiles with Mapbox GL JS

Posted May 16, 2017

Web Maps from Scratch

An Introduction to Leaflet, GitHub & Jekyll

Posted November 16, 2016

What is a Map?

Marshall Univerity 2016 GIS Day Keynote

Posted September 30, 2016

Beyond the Desktop

Open Source Experiments in Web Mapping

Posted August 13, 2016

Jekyll, Leaflet and TurfJS

Open Source Tools for Web Mapping

Posted January 24, 2016

Leaflet & GeoJson Tiles

A County Parcel App: No GIS Server? No Problem!

Posted December 18, 2015

CartoDB Visualizations

One Data Set Four Ways

Posted December 3, 2015

A Modern Leaflet Toolbar

Horizontal Toolbars in Leaflet

Posted October 12, 2015 | Updated April 9, 2019

Conkle's Hollow Fall Hike

Mapping GPS Tracks with Leaflet

Posted September 20, 2015

Intro to Leaflet

A Presentation for the 2015 Ohio GIS Conference

Posted July 13, 2015 | Updated October 27, 2018

Leaflet Photo Map

A Trip Out West circa 1985

Posted November 19, 2014

Google MyMaps, Leaflet and ArcGIS Online

Posted November 19, 2014

Hosting a GeoJson on GitHub

Posted June 12, 2014 | Updated September 12, 2020

Google Drive Fusion Tables

Posted June 6, 2014

Raster Catalogs

Posted January 31, 2014

Desktop to the Cloud: GIS Cloud and Rasters

Posted January 30, 2014

Animating Urban Growth via the ArcMap Time Slider

One Hundred Years of Urban Growth in Ten Seconds

Posted January 26, 2014

Use Only Selected Features in Model Builder