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Bjørn Sandvik

@thematicmapping

Inactive account, please follow me on: - LinkedIn: https://teapaw.org/t.co/rhWh1HXWzu - Bluesky: https://teapaw.org/t.co/iHUgLixFWB

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Joined May 2008
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Newsweek
@Newsweek3 Sep 2018
Scientists have finally developed a new world map that accurately shows Earth’s continents bit.ly/2wDeKfh
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Bernie Jenny@mappingbernie8 Aug 2018
#EqualEarthProjection – an equal-area version of the Robinson map projection. researchgate.net/publication… doi.org/10.1080/13658816.201…
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The 11th #mountain #cartography workshop is currently unfolding at #hvar #croatia - very high density of great mapmakers on the island - I'm always wondering why I'm the only Norwegian attending #geomatikk science.geof.unizg.hr/cmc201…
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Norkart bryter med Det Norske Kartselskap. På tide. bit.ly/2HlBkk7 #geomatikk Oppfordrer andre kartleverandører til ikke å ta kontrakten.
Hovedleverandør bryter med kartselskapet etter VG-avsløringer

Hovedleverandør bryter med kartselskapet etter VG-avsløringer

I ti år har Norkart levert kartløsningen som Det Norske Kartselskapet har basert sin virksomhet på. Nå har de fått nok.

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The Hidden Powers of #QGIS 3: 33 Truly Underappreciated Features and Plugins gisgeography.com/qgis-3/
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Cesium@CesiumJS5 Jul 2017
Cesium 1.35 is now out with support for 3D Tiles!!! cesiumjs.org/2017/07/05/Cesi…
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The rise of importance of digital cartography and AI/ML applied to geographic data (also for self-driving cars) economist.com/news/business/…
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New animated #3D model from norviz.com showing the changing landscape of #oslofjorden - see it live at @UniOslo_KHM #geomatikk
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Wrote a lengthy illustrated article about spatial search algorithms, RBush and related libraries medium.com/@agafonkin/a-dive… Enjoy and share!
A dive into spatial search algorithms

A dive into spatial search algorithms

Searching through millions of points in an instant

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Exploring open data from Oslo City Bike @oslobysykkel #dataviz #maps #OpenData #Oslo #bysykkel medium.com/@jonolave/explori…
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Stor takk til @kartverket for Geopodden: soundcloud.com/geopodden - håper dere fortsetter etter #gd17! #geomatikk
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Mike Foster@mjfoster8321 Mar 2017
Redefining Cartography for the 21st Century: Cartography is communication, and distilling messages otherwise hidden. mjfoster83.github.io/modern-…
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Travel route of our upcoming trip to #iran
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Friday is a good day to release yet another ultra-high-performance geo library (fast kNN for points on Earth) github.com/mourner/geokdbush… Enjoy!
GitHub - mourner/geokdbush: The fastest spatial index for geographic locations in JavaScript

GitHub - mourner/geokdbush: The fastest spatial index for geographic locations in JavaScript

The fastest spatial index for geographic locations in JavaScript - mourner/geokdbush

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Replying to @thematicmapping @lukmartinelli @Mapbox
this project was inspired by your jotunheimen demo. Cheers!
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@Mapbox7 Feb 2017
🌎 Explore Earth in full 3D with Mapbox terrain tiles and Three.js mapbox.com/blog/3d-terrain-t…
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Learn about #vectortiles at @MaptimeOSL on February 1st: meetup.com/MaptimeOSL/events… … #geomatikk #maptime
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Mike Bostock@mbostock18 Jan 2017
Fun with quaternions. bl.ocks.org/mbostock/1e10b76…
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