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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?

Posted on 26. September 202226. September 2022

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”

Posted on 9. September 20229. September 2022

Explore runkeeper GPS tracks with python (part 1)

How to explore a single GPS track (GPX file) with python

Posted on 5. July 20225. July 2022

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.

Posted on 15. June 20225. July 2022

Folium and Geopandas: FeatureGroup for categorial data

How to assign categorical data to individual layers (FeatureGroup) on a map created with Folium.

Posted on 7. June 202215. June 2022

The Age of Oceanic Lithosphere

The movements of plate tectonics become particularly clear on maps showing the age of the oceanic crust.

Posted on 19. May 202224. June 2022

PyGMT: Different colormaps for land and water

A correct coastline in the map thanks to grdlandmask so that Holland is not under water.

Posted on 25. April 202225. April 2022

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.

Posted on 11. April 202215. June 2022

Import GoogleEarth placemarks KML into Geopandas

Get the placemarks of all folders of a KML file into a GeoDataFrame using minidom (Python)

Posted on 15. February 202215. June 2022

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.

Posted on 7. February 20225. July 2022

Volcanoes per Country

Which countries have the most volcanoes? I am currently learning the programming language Python, mainly to visualise data and draw maps. Since the examples in the tutorials were too boring for me, I have taken on more interesting questions. An interesting dataset is the list of active volcanoes (i.e. at least 1 eruption in the … Continue reading “Volcanoes per Country”

Posted on 21. January 202215. June 2022

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Formation of Mountains
Florian Neukirchen
The Formation of Mountains
Release: autumn 2022
Die Welt der Rohstoffe
Florian Neukirchen
Gunnar Ries

The World of Mineral Deposits
A Beginner’s Guide to Economic Geology
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  • New book: The Formation of Mountains
  • QGIS: Classify and style major and minor summits
  • Assign the correct UTM zone to a project in QGIS with one click
  • The Pyrenean Haute Route (HRP)
  • HRP part 5: The last mountains before the Mediterranean Sea

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