Given the power of Openlayers + JSTS I'm a bit surprised nobody has built a general purpose WebGIS app. QGIS is often too heavy or inaccessible. And I believe that GIS is something everyone can do. You don't need a fancy degree and training to explore spatial data and build maps. I tried once but quickly realised it was beyond the scope of a part time project.
Watertight vector maps from raster images
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I built an extensive open-source Rust-based spatial analysis platform called WhiteboxTools with the intention of serving as a plugable spatial analysis back-end for various GIS front-ends. So far people have created front ends for it in QGIS, ArcGIS, Python, and R, but I have long wanted to see people use it more in web-GIS. Perhaps one day...
Re: Watertight vector maps from raster images
#22For anyone curious, the example map given is of West Papua.
Specifically, the languages of West Papua, coloured by family. (It’s a really well-done map, actually; it very clearly outlines language families such as Lakes Plains, Trans–New Guinea, Tor–Kwerba, Austronesian, East Bird’s Head etc. The only thing missing is a legend.)
Re: Watertight vector maps from raster images
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
The lead of kepler.gl and several contributors to deck.gl left Uber last year to start Unfolded [0], a web-based geospatial platform. [0]: https://www.unfolded.ai/studio (Disclaimer: I work at Unfolded)
Thats AWESOME. This Map is DOPE https://studio.unfolded.ai/public/0c825631-2000-4ea7-a43f-a5... https://i.imgur.com/5E6ancZ.png --- However - it would be a lot better when you add another layer, that for, say an ARC layer, you should be able to click on the Source HEX, and then the Dest HEX - or Paste the HEX ID into the field, currently it demands LAT-LON for source and destination.... IT looks like it tries - But I…
Thanks for the feedback! I'll look into this.