Hex grids, now in GeoPandas 1.2
GeoPandas 1.2 adds make_grid: we covered the Philippines in 1,531 hexagons, 20 km across. Plus greedy coloring, basemaps, and GeoParquet 2.0 support.
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QGIS: Layers and Expressions
A 16-hour introductory QGIS course on attribute joins, georeferencing, digitizing, geocoding, selections, the field calculator, and QGIS expressions.
QGIS: Advanced Styling and Symbology
A 16-hour intermediate QGIS course on blending modes, geometry generators, data-defined overrides, rules, labels, and 3D, temporal, and web maps.
QGIS: Maps and Layouts
An 8-hour intermediate QGIS course on layout elements, templates, map themes, the QGIS Atlas, and QGIS Reports for creating and automating maps.
QGIS for Architects, Planners, and Urban Practitioners
A 16-24 hour intermediate QGIS course for architects, planners, and urban practitioners: urban data, attributes, styling, map layouts, and the QGIS Atlas.
QGIS for SFLMA and Forestry Tenure Mapping
A 16-24 hour intermediate QGIS course on the maps, shapefiles, technical descriptions, and corner coordinates for SFLMA and forestry tenure applications.
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On the Mercator projection Greenland looks bigger than South America, even though it is only one-eighth the size.
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