Category: maps

Capital cities in the centre of the country

What makes a city a capital is more complicated than it seems. In most cases, the capital is the prime economic, cultural or intellectual centre that becomes the focal point of…
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Molenbeek, Maalbeek, Schaarbeek. How many beek?

beek here, beek there ... Since terrorist attacks in Paris and in Brussels, the world learned the existence of some of the "beek" places in Brussels: Molenbeek, Maalbeek, Schaarbeek. The question that…
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Australian States and Territories

Australia is such a large country which sub-territories, the Australian States and Territories, can be compared to all the other UN-recognized countries in terms of size, population and GDB. Information…
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Shortest distances

Have you ever wondered about the strange route followed by the plane when looking on the screens during the journey? This is especially the case for long flights like flying between Europe and…
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Analyse your Runtastic, Runkeeper, Garmin, Endomondo performance on a map (ArcGIS for Desktop)

In the previous post, we saw how to import GPX data coming from a Mobile Sports Application, such as Runtastic, and how to create a map. In this post, we…
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Import GPX using Python (ArcGIS for Desktop)

In the previous article I presented how to import Sports GPX data into ArcGIS for Desktop (example taken with Runtastic). I did the exercise for a single GPX file but what do…
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From Mobile Sports App to Map (ArcGIS for Desktop)

You are a runner and you use a tool such as beautiful as Runtastic, Runkeeper, Garmin, or Endomondo, to track your performance (I personally use Runtastic). After having run thousands of kilometers,…
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