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RShiny – add catchment areas to a map using geoJSON

by | June 8, 2022 | How to, Maps, R | 0 Comments

This example shows how easy it is to insert Wikipedia extracts into a Power BI report using the Wikimedia API.

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Automatic Identification System (AIS) data – let’s track vessels!

by | March 23, 2022 | Maps, Open Data, R | 0 Comments

Ahoy there! Did you know that you can track the location of vessels? All you need is the AIS data transmitted by the vessel. AIS data provides a wealth of information including current location, course, and speed all of which can all be used to make waves in the field of data analytics.

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Hackathon – Plotting Shipwrecks Off The Coast of Scotland

by | March 13, 2022 | Open Data, Hackathon, Images, Maps, PowerBI | 0 Comments

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 sea. Why am I telling you this? Well …..

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Waste Wizards team at Code the City hackathon

by | December 14, 2021 | Open Data, Hackathon, Maps | 0 Comments

At CTC Hackathon in November 2021 the Waste Wizards team gathered to help plot Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC) and their facilities on Open Waste Map through updating Open Street Map. 

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Easy – to insert a Google Map into a web page just copy and paste

by | July 25, 2020 | Maps, How to | 0 Comments

It’s easy to insert a Google map into a website. These short instructions show you how to copy and paste one line of html code to create your Google map.

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Mapping Wikidata Shipwreck data in Power BI

Bring Wikidata into Power BI using a simple R script – example

Mapping Wikidata Shipwreck data in an R Shiny App

Map Wikidata in an R Shiny App – example

Map direction of ship travel using AIS data in R Shiny app

Map direction of ship travel using AIS data in R Shiny app on a Leaflet map – follow along example

map of school catchment areas

RShiny project - Plot polygons from GeoJSON file to leaflet map and plot circles from excel file

RShiny project – Plot polygons from GeoJSON file to leaflet map and plot circles from excel file

Dundee cultural and creative places

Easy report to create in Power BI using Open Data, an API and a map.
Example of final product can be found here.

Mapping Shipwreck data in Wikidata

Create a Wikidata Query – example using Shipwrecks data

R shiny leaflet map layers

In R Shiny create a layer on a map which can be toggled off and on

In R Shiny create leaflet map, add layer of rectangle shapes, toggle layer on and off – example

Using OpenStreetMap osmosis extract street names from polygon on map for display in RShiny table

Using OpenStreetMap osmosis extract street names from polygon on map for display in RShiny table

Using OpenStreetMap osmosis extract street names from polygon on map for display in RShiny table

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