New book: The Formation of Mountains
This book about orogenesis provides both, a gentle introduction to geology and a detailed explanation of individual mountain ranges and travel destinations.
Year: 2022
QGIS: Classify and style major and minor summits
In OpenStreetMap, all peaks look the same. How to classify them in QGIS as major and minor peaks?
Assign the correct UTM zone to a project in QGIS with one click
Anyone who regularly opens a GPS track in QGIS or works on a local map often wants to have the map displayed in the UTM system. To do this, you first had to find out the correct UTM zone and search for it in the corresponding dialogue box. The first plugin I wrote for QGIS … Continue reading “Assign the correct UTM zone to a project in QGIS with one click”
The Pyrenean Haute Route (HRP)
Trekking from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean across the Pyrenees on the Haute randonnée pyrénéenne (HPR)
HRP part 5: The last mountains before the Mediterranean Sea
Between L’Hospitalet-pres-I’Andorre and Banyuls-sur-Mer, the HRP leads over Pic Carlit and Canigou and then over numerous hills to the Mediterranean Sea
HRP part 4: On lonely trails to Andorra
From Salardú to L’Hospitalet-pres-I’Andorre, the HRP runs through the farthest corner of Catalonia and through Andorra
HRP part 3: Crossing high passes
Between Parzán and Salardú are the highest mountains of the Pyrenees and the highest passes of the HRP
HRP part 2: Crossing the Pyrénées National Park
On the HRP from Lescun to Parzán with Vignemale, Gavarnie and Pic du Midi d’Osseau.
HRP part 1: From the beach to the mountains
Between Hendaye and Lescun, the HRP leads over green hills and finally through a whimsical karst landscape
Explore runkeeper GPS tracks with python (part 2)
How to import all runkeeper GPS tracks (GPX files) into a single GeoDataFrame, and analyse and map them using python
Explore runkeeper GPS tracks with python (part 1)
How to explore a single GPS track (GPX file) with python
Assign elevation to GPS track with python
How to assign elevation to a GPX file? With Python this is easy thanks to elevation, geopandas, rasterio and SRTM data.
Folium and Geopandas: FeatureGroup for categorial data
How to assign categorical data to individual layers (FeatureGroup) on a map created with Folium.
The Age of Oceanic Lithosphere
The movements of plate tectonics become particularly clear on maps showing the age of the oceanic crust.
PyGMT: Different colormaps for land and water
A correct coastline in the map thanks to grdlandmask so that Holland is not under water.
Trekking map with PyGMT and Python
How to plot a simple map with a GPS track in Python and PyGMT using the Tour du Mont Blanc as an example.
Import GoogleEarth placemarks KML into Geopandas
Get the placemarks of all folders of a KML file into a GeoDataFrame using minidom (Python)
Open GPS tracks (GPX files) with Geopandas
It is easy to open a complete folder of GPS Tracks (GPX files) in Geopandas, e.g. for plotting maps or to export them as shapefile.