In the age of digital cartography, where convenience and precision steer the helm, SmartCarto.com has introduced an innovative project that is revolutionizing the way we interact with maps and geographic information systems (GIS). ProximityMapp, the latest project of SmartCarto.com, stands out as an interactive map website designed to enhance the user experience by showcasing the nearest 20 points of interest (POIs) with just a few clicks. In this article, we will delve into the capabilities of ProximityMapp and explore how it can serve as an indispensable tool for various needs. ProximityMapp ..read more

Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized many industries, including the field of geographic information systems (GIS). However, despite its many benefits, AI still has some technical limitations in GIS development. In this article, we’ll explore some of these limitations and provide examples to illustrate them. GIS limitations of AI Interpreting Complex Data One of the primary limitations of AI in GIS development is its inability to interpret complex data. This includes geophysical data, remote sensing data, and terrain data, which require human expertise to interpret accurately. For ..read more

As a GIS developer, you’re always on the lookout for new tools to make your job easier. GitHub is a great resource for discovering libraries that can save you time and effort in developing GIS applications. In this article, we’ll introduce you to ten must-use GitHub libraries for GIS developers. 10. PySAL PySAL is a Python library for spatial analysis. It provides a wide range of functions for calculating spatial statistics, clustering, and modelling. PySAL is easy to use and can be integrated with other Python libraries, such as Shapely and Fiona. import pysal.lib.weights as weights import ..read more

Recently I have provided two Twitter Accounts Poland Sentinel and Gdansk Bay Sentinel which are posting satellite images from the ESA Sentinel 2A satellite. FME Server once again helped me in the automation of these interesting projects. Brief of the Process Park Krajobrazowy Promno – 2022-09-02 – Satellite Image by ESA Sentinel 2A pic.twitter.com/mlBYI6uVWY — Poland Sentinel (@PolandSentinel) September 13, 2022 Workspaces are of course built in FME Desktop 2022. Firstly I have created Gdansk Bay Sentinel because it’s easier to develop downloading only one region – the process is checking t ..read more

During my work in FME, I often had a need to combine my dataset with a specific country. That necessity led me to create a custom transformer that can be a help for FME users. Below you will read about it in detail. The short description tells us that CountrySpatialRelator relates your geometries with a specific country on Earth. Output is served as an additional attribute with a country name to your data. CountrySpatialRelator FME Desktop Workflow Key Facts about FME Custom Transformer: It works for all geometries (tested on points, lines, polygons) It uses the NaturalEarthData dataset with ..read more

I have decided to evolve a tennis map application created by me a couple of months ago. This is still a Mapbox map with ATP tournament location and basic event information. Additionally, I have attached the full 2022 calendar on the right side of the app. Hovering over a calendar record will trigger a fly animation to tournament place on a map revealing a popup with a description. Methods and Technologies FME Desktop helped in gathering information, converting to GeoJSON and creating the calendar table. Mapbox GL JS library is responsible for map visualization and its functions like a fly to ..read more

There are many geocoding services and it’s easy to get lost around it. With that text I would like to give you a chance to compare the tools and decide what could be the best for your case. Scroll down and check it out! Most services have a free option with a specified limit, prices often are changing but here are some options for 2021: No Service and link Free limit Regular price 1 Batch geocoder for journalists free batch geocoder for small data samples – 2 OSM Nominatim free 1 request per second (one of the really free services) – 3 HERE Geocoding free 250k records limit ..read more

Protected planet vision and work is probably the most developed taking under the consideration the protected areas data sets. It allows to visualize the most created nature reserves and parks on our planet. I tried to filter the data to present a useful map of one country protected areas, guess what country is in scope – Poland. On the map, there are placed four types of nature preservation areas (data stats are taken from mighty Wikipedia): 23 National Parks 122 Landscape Parks 419 Protected Landscape Areas 1469 Nature Reserves I have decided to use Mapbox Studio application as it have comp ..read more

In chasing known portal issues, I have thought of an application that could place real estate records on the map. Interesting is that known portal in some of the European countries (Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria): OLX doesn’t have a map representation of their advertisements. Let’s resolve this problem using known technologies to create OLX Mapper! You are on a mobile device! For a better experience please open the OLX Mapper in the new tab under: https://smartcarto.com/olxmapper/olxmapper.html Methods FME Server – left side of app window which is responsible for choosing parameters and t ..read more

In chasing known portal issues, I have thought of an application that could place real estate records on the map. Interesting is that known portal in some of the European countries (Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria): OLX doesn’t have map representation of their advertisements. Let’s resolve this problem using known technologies to create OLX Mapper! Methods FME Server – left side of app window which is responsible for choosing parameters and triggering a run. This is basically an FME Server App triggering a workspace fetching OLX Records. The same workspace is also geocoding records, and co ..read more