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veen  ·  4043 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 25 Amazing Food Infographics, Drawn From 49,733 Recipes

Well, I just followed a course on geographical information systems, where I've learned how to make spatial analyses and derive maps from them. IDW was one of the used spatial analytic methods, I wasn't really expecting people to know it. The map is pretty but I just get irrationally angry when people make shitty maps. Just like incorrect kerning. So irritating, I have to correct it.





BlackBird  ·  4043 days ago  ·  link  ·  

GIS is something I've wanted to look into, and could probably wrap my head around a lot more easily. Completely understand when you see something done poorly and want to correct it, it shows you're passionate about something!

Hopefully this video will give you a good laugh, even if the maps are purposefully bad!

veen  ·  4043 days ago  ·  link  ·  

GIS is relatively easy to learn if you're good with software. If you ever find yourself a license for ArcGIS and quite some time, this book is quite good.

And laughing at people not knowing where the world is is always funny. :)

BlackBird  ·  4043 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Awesome, thanks for the reference book! Another side-project, just what I need haha ;D