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This is our space for writing tutorials and collecting things we find interesting. It is mostly about data visualizations, interactive maps and web development in general.
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Open Source
Maps
webkid
– 07 February, 2018
Plugin: Leaflet Truesize
A Leaflet plugin for creating projection aware draggable polygons and polylines.
Maps
Open Source
webkid
– 09 October, 2017
Plugin: Swoopy Arrows For Leaflet Maps
We created a plugin that helps you to create customizable swoopy arrow annotations on top of Leaflet maps.
Maps
Journalism
– 26 September, 2017
German Election Dataviz Recap
A collection of various dataviz projects for the German federal election 2017.
Maps
Open Source
– 25 April, 2017
Making Maps With React
In this article you can find an overview about different React mapping libraries. A lot of our projects are about data visualizations and maps.
Data Visualization
Maps
– 23 May, 2016
Analysing Satellite Images With Google Earth Engine
In our recent project we visualized how green German cities really are. It was the first time the interactive team of the Berliner Morgenpost used satellite imagery for a data visualization.
Maps
Data Visualization
– 21 March, 2016
How we created an interactive map with MapboxGL
In our latest project, we have visualized the bicycle roads in Berlin. The interactive map is implemented using MapboxGL and a raster tile fallback for older browsers which do not support WebGL.
Maps
Data Analysis
– 13 February, 2016
How to process geospatial data with Node.js and TURF
In the last two years we created several map projects. When you do projects like this it's a common task that you have to process geospatial data before you can use it.
Maps
– 09 November, 2015
Interactive 3D Maps With OSMBuildings
In this article I will show you how to create a 3D map based on OSMBuildings with custom geojson data and fly-to animations. Last week we published the project "Berlins neue Skyline".
Maps
– 05 October, 2015
We let 10k+ people draw the former inner-german border. This is what happened.
On October 3rd Germany celebrated the 25th anniversary of the reunification. Therefore we published the interactive feature Einheitsreise. As a story intro we asked our readers to draw the former East-West German border.
Maps
Open Source
– 19 July, 2015
You Might Not Need QGIS
QGIS is a great tool when you have to work with geospatial data, but when you only want to do one or two little tasks, like renaming or filtering some attributes then you might not need a heavy GUI based program.
Maps
– 07 July, 2015
How we created an interactive map of Europe with 100k+ areas
Recently we published an interactive map that visualizes where the population in Europe grows and where it declines. It is a very detailed map with 119.406 colored polygons.
Maps
– 25 June, 2015
3D Map Library Roundup
This is a quick roundup about WebGL map libraries. Since IOS is supporting WebGL and the browser support is getting better in general, it becomes a relevant technology for map applications too.
Maps
– 23 April, 2015
How to create simple effects for map applications with CSS
In this post I will show you how to create some effects that let your maps appeal more interesting/fancy/weird. These effects are just proof of concepts, but they could help you to attract more attention.
Maps
Open Source
– 12 February, 2015
Leaflet: Seven rarely used features
In this post I will share some Leaflet features with you I wish I knew earlier. It should help you to use the full power of Leaflet and not only stick to the map related functions.
Maps
– 21 October, 2014
Small multiple maps using d3
Some datasets consist of geo-referenced values and a time component. We can visualize this type of data using "small multiples". This means that we are creating multiple small representations of the visualization.
Maps
– 14 October, 2014
Maps with Leaflet, TopoJSON & Chroma.js
In this post I will show you how to create a world map with random colored countries following 4 steps.
Recommended
Maps
– 05 October, 2015
We let 10k+ people draw the former inner-german border. This is what happened.
Maps
– 14 October, 2014
Maps with Leaflet, TopoJSON & Chroma.js