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Babel
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  • Zürich, Switzerland
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Professional historian and occasional GIS-user in the domain of spatial humanities, mainly using QGIS and other FOSS software. My main interests are map making, data analysis and visualization.

I teach GIS as a method for (mainly) the humanities and social sciences and as a tool to promote digital skills.

From a technical point of view, I'm especially fond of the powerful QGIS Expression Engine and it's application with Geometry Generator.

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Changing shapefiles from geographic (WGS84) to projected (EPSG:2263) coordinate system using QGIS
Jan 4, 2021
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Use QGIS expressions to create geometries: difference between geometry generator and geometry by expression
Mar 31, 2021
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Unique constraint failed error when saving GeoPackage in QGIS
Jun 6, 2021
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Creating perpendicular lines on line using QGIS
Nov 27, 2020
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Re-locating points randomly at certain distance in QGIS
Nov 27, 2020
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Understanding Coordinate Reference System of QGIS Project and Layer
Mar 29, 2021
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Creating animated light cone of a lighthouse and part of coastline covered by light in QGIS
Oct 30, 2023
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Making ellipse based on ellipse-like polygon in QGIS
May 2, 2021
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Calculating interior angles of polygons or lines in QGIS
May 23, 2021
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When not to create spatial index?
Nov 9, 2020
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