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DataShine and GeoJSON

Posted on Monday 16 February 2015 by James Cheshire

A recent addition to DataShine’s functionality is the ability to drag and drop geoJSON (and KML) files onto the web map. This video tutorial shows how you can use the excellent geoJSON.io website to create a file for use on DataShine. I created the tutorial for a first year undergraduate field class (so I refer … Continue reading DataShine and GeoJSON →

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Labels!

Posted on Monday 21 July 2014 by Oliver O'Brien

The labels that appear on the map add some context, and help you find out where you are, but we realise that sometimes these labels can be less than helpful, and can obscure the data. With this in mind, we have now added a “Labels” button, beside the “Buildings” button, at the bottom. Clicking this […]

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Pro-Tip: Specifying your own Colour Ramp

Posted on Tuesday 17 June 2014 by Oliver O'Brien

DataShine: Census uses ColorBrewer for its colours ramps. There are six ramps provided by default, which can be selected at the bottom of the website – five sequential ones and one diverging one, which is used for many maps where the standard deviation on the percentage population is a lot lower than the population percentage […]

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