by admin | Mar 23, 2022 | How to, Hackathon, PowerBI
This example shows how easy it is to plot items on a map using Power BI. With a few clicks data can be gathered, a map created, and markers plotted onto the map. Simple! Background The example involves using Open Data to plot monuments in Dundee (UK) onto a map using...
by admin | Mar 20, 2022 | Discussion
Extract of talk given on 17 February 2022 via Zoom Please tell me why Please please tell me now demanded Duran Duran whilst Annie Lennox pleaded with us to tell her Why. It was the 80s and 90s, and this sound could be heard in homes across the country. In the 80s...
by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | How to, Hackathon, PowerBI
This example shows how easy it is to insert Wikipedia extracts into a Power BI report using the Wikimedia API. A slicer is created to hold the name of ships, an image of the relevant ship is pulled in from Wikimedia Commons, and an extract relating to the ship is...
by admin | Mar 13, 2022 | Open Data, Hackathon, Images, Maps, PowerBI
Over 23,000 ships have been wrecked off the coast of Scotland. I was astounded when I discovered that figure as it’s far higher than I would have guessed. I quickly went from being astonished to being quite sombre thinking about how many lives would have been lost at...
by admin | Mar 6, 2022 | Open Data, Hackathon, Images, PowerBI
#worldbookday2022 – I discovered last month that some illustrations for The Frog Prince, a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, are held by Aberdeen Archives, Museums and Galleries (AAGM). I came across the artwork whilst taking part in a wiki editathon....
