Author: Jakob

Since 2007 I'm focused on Geography, GIS and remote sensing issues. In 2011 I founded geo-works.de, a german language geoblog. 2012 the blog was merged with geo-affine.org and now contains bilingual content. With new ideas and impetus I try to combine GIS-stuff with originary geographic thoughts, also in business projects.

Maps Marker – WordPress Map Plugin

What if you want to build your own webmap on your WordPress blog without any knowledge about javaScript, frontend web development and geojsons? You can use a plugin!…

Do you need open data? Ask for it.

The well-known Q/A-forum StackExchange has started a new “Open Data” section. Users can ask for needed datasets and get feedback from the great StackExchange community. Especially for our…

Mapbox updated their mapstyles

Today I received the newsletter from Mapbox with interesting screenshots of their new mapstyles. The company convinced many users with nice basemap styles already in the past. Now…

The QGIS survey needs input!

The free and open source gis QGIS started an user survey on its online webpage. The project needs your input to get the best necessary community information for…