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This is a really useful dataset, especially when combined with tools like mapbox tile mill[0] and qgis[1]. Hours of fun! [0] https://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/ h
by denom 12y ago
This is a really useful dataset, especially when combined with tools like mapbox tile mill[0] and qgis[1]. Hours of fun!
[0] https://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/ https://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/
[1] http://www.qgis.org/ http://www.qgis.org/
- dmarusic16 12y agoWorks great with d3.js too. Couldn't've made this map of the early days of the Ukraine crisis[0] without Natural Earth. Also helpful to that end: the Global Administrative Areas[1] database. Finally, it would've been impossible to even start getting my head around how to go about these things if it wasn't for this amazing tutorial by Mike Bostock[2]. [0] http://www.the-american-interest.com/blog/2014/03/03/the-noose-tightens/ http://www.the-american-interest.com/blog/2014/03/03/the-noo... [1] http://www.gadm.org http://www.gadm.org [2] http://bost.ocks.org/mike/map/ http://bost.ocks.org/mike/map/
- petepete 12y agoI used it for exactly this when playing around with the data I exported from my Google location history. As a relative newcomer to GIS the process was pretty simple. http://i.imgur.com/fXMc7nc.png http://i.imgur.com/fXMc7nc.png