#858: roads, contours, servers, choropleth
, last check: Thu, 07 May 2026. Post history
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roads
RoadTracer, a computer vision system to draw roads from aerial images that are 45% more precise and cheaper than current systems
https://news.mit.edu/2018/new-way-to-automatically-build-road-maps-with-aerial-images-0417 -
contours
A tool to draw contour lines from everywhere, with basic styling and allowing to download them with usual formats for web and GIS
https://www.axismaps.com/blog/2018/04/contours-in-browser | archive.org -
servers
GeoPoppy is a portable Raspberry Pi GIS that connected to a table allows data capture and advanced features
https://cartong.pages.gitlab.cartong.org/resources-center/en/ -
choropleth
A guide with some good advice on how to make simple but understandable choropleth maps
https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/choroplethmaps/
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