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Following Tweeters
The opensource world never stops amazing me, and this time (again) its the QGis community with a new Timeline tool to map geo-coded information over time – very cool but what to do with it? With a very basic understanding of the Titter API and scripts openly available (remember, I’m no programmer) I captured a
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Visualising NGA broadband
I was recently drawn to the Ordinance Survey’s blog where they had tweeted on image they had received which visualised the postcodes of Great Britain is a rather artistic way. Wondering if this approach was easy to replicate and if other data could be used I had a little play with the DCLG NGA broadband model
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Mapping broadband
The debate about broadband evolution and availability seems to become emotive often for want of hard facts in a digestible from. As I couldn’t find anyone who could provide me with the maps I needed I started my own mini practice alongside my usual strategy work, mapping broadband and related information to support business and
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Wow!!
I’ve been dabbling in mapping systems for a while now, looking at how broadband and social data can be combined to better understand the nature of the digital divide, and to just simply understand what the broadband landscape really looks like. For broadband information there is only one source of reliable primary data – Samknows.
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