Explorations in Free Software GIS

by Jeffrey Elkner

Last updated: 5 November 2023

Purpose of this Collection

This collection is a presentation of several small case studies using free software to explore GIS.

The Collection

Map Arlington

• Extracting OSM Data for a Localized Map Server

• Importing Shapefile Data into PostGIS

• Setting Up TileStache and Mapnik with Docker

• Adding a JavaScript Front End with Leaflet

Map Virginia

• Extracting OSM Data for a Localized Map Server Revisited

• VA Votes Project

Voting and Income in Arlington

• Setting Up the Postgis Database

• Populating the Data

• Processing the Data

• Analysing the Data

• Extending the Analysis

NOVA Plays

• Moving a PostgreSQL Database to SpatiaLite

To be continued…

• Harvesting Twitter Data with Python

Reference

• Copyright Notice

• GNU Free Document License

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