Tag Archives: OpenLayers

Map of UK Scenicness… and Pubs

Posted on 2009-07-01 by Ollie

Here’s a little something I knocked up, based on the MySociety scenic score data release last week, as well as OpenStreetMap’s data for the UK – including particularly its pubs. Basically, the vote point data was converted to a surface, … Continue reading →

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Spherical Mercator Maps in OpenLayers 2.8

Posted on 2009-06-25 by Ollie

Following on from my previous post, it is indeed much easier to put Spherical Mercator “Google-style” maps into OpenLayers, following the 2.8 release this week. Spherical Mercator is a pseudo-spatial reference system (SRS) that takes some liberties with strict geographic … Continue reading →

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OpenLayers New Release

Posted on 2009-06-24 by Ollie

OpenLayers, the open source Javascript framework for delivering powerful “slippy” maps via your web browser, has just had a new version released – 2.8. It’s the first release since September last year and is brimming with new features and bug … Continue reading →

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OSGIS UK Conference

Posted on 2009-06-23 by Ollie

I was on a very early train on Monday morning, to attend the First OSGIS UK Conference at Nottingham University, hosted by the Centre for Geospatial Science there. Thanks to the the very tight schedule (speakers generally only had 15 … Continue reading →

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Testing the OpenStreetMap WordPress Plugin

Posted on 2009-04-24 by Ollie

The Pearson Building, UCL Geography. Very nice. Hopefully there will soon be an easy way to put a pin on the map using this plugin. [Update: It's been added - thanks!]

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