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GIS command-line "gems" for Linux and macOS

· 6 min read
Alex G Rice
Geodata rambler and developer, aka guidorice

In this part two of Linux posts, we'll discover some Geographic Information Systems (GIS) command-line interface (CLI) "gems" which work on Linux, Unix, or macOS. This is by no means an exhaustive list, and the intent is just to illustrate how powerful and extensible the Linux development environment is for geodata wrangling...

Mojo Modcon (23) contest finalist

· 2 min read
Alex G Rice
Geodata rambler and developer, aka guidorice

In November 2023 I was the #6 finalist in the ModCon23 contest for the new programming language, Mojo🔥. Calculating an envelope is a fundamental part of spatial analysis. The envelope (aka: bounds, bbox, mbr) is usually defined by an xmin, ymin, xmax, and ymax representing the minimum and maximum x (longitude) and y (latitude) coordinates that encompass the bounded feature(s)...