Map Projections Part 1: Where on Earth are we?
We begin a discussion of the pluses and minuses, highs and lows of map projections in this post. We’ll always have problems flattening out our spheroidal earth onto flat maps. Not that I’m a huge basketball fan but I’d like to give Shaquille O’Neal the benefit of the doubt about claiming the earth is flat […]
A Shady Topic – Hillshade layers
This post looks at hillshade layers – how they are used and created and how our brain interprets them. I had an interesting mapping experience last winter. While taking a break in the lodge at Mt Cheeseman, I was confronted, yes, confronted, by a strange phenomenon. Now I take a fair bit of pride in […]
Can I use my own symbols on maps?
This post covers how to use your own custom symbols in ArcMap I had a good question in one of my classes recently (thanks Jacque!): can I use my own symbols on maps in ArcMap? Short answer – yes! It may not be as easy as we might like, but it’s certainly doable. We’ll look […]
What Do Cave Orcs and Riverbeds Have in Common?
In this post we look at how a hand-held laser scanner is being used in the water lab to capture high-resolution elevation data of a scale model of the Waiho River. Lincoln has a long history of using physical models of to study gravel bed river systems, and the West Coast’s Waiho River in particular. […]
