Cu prilejul ultimei ture pe la Diham (ai zice că ne găseşti tot timpul acolo), am ieşit în soare-afară, în faţa cabanei, cu mare poftă de a cânta. Ce a ieşit - în linkurile de mai jos:
Cauta ceva!
sâmbătă, 23 martie 2013
vineri, 25 ianuarie 2013
Political map of the world and of Europe (actual and at high resolution)
Hello,
Looking for something nice and free? And also actual and accurate? And also worldwide GIS data? Well, you've been good?
I'd like to share with you the following maps and links to good GIS data, and also the story behind it.
First of all - the final products, made by me:
1. POLITICAL MAP OF THE WORLD (January 2013 Edition)
DOWNLOAD from 4shared.com (with free account) as:
HIGH RESOLUTION JPEG (10075 on 5042 px)
HIGH QUALITY PDF
2. POLITICAL MAP OF EUROPE (January 2013 edition)
DOWNLOAD from 4shared.com (with free account) as:
HIGH RESOLUTION JPEG (4984 on 4472 px)
HIGH QUALITY PDF
One day, a work colleague asked me: "Have you got a high resolution actual map with the world countries and capitals? I want to print it for my son - he needs to learn them for the geography class". Hm, I remembered all those geography questions: where on the map is Congo and what's the capital? A nice wall map would have helped me then. And also now (I still don't know where everything is or what changed)!
My answer was: "Nope, I don't have a map like this, but... I'll make sure I will have!". So the quest began.
First of all, I defined what the map should be like:
- have actual information
- be at a high resolution, in order to look nice even on A0 format
- have easy to read labels
- be in Romanian (as my colleague's son needed)
I make maps everyday. And this is why I know how much work you must put in order to make a world political map from scratch. It's the volume of data, the look, the manual placing of the labels, the required correctness etc. Nowadays, you can find maps all around the internet, for free. Still, this is not a warranty that everything you find is good. But before I jump into a new project, I started looking for a already available map, according to my requirements. In English, I've found quite a lot of good maps - both free, high resolution and good looking (although many of them are not up-to-date - check for South Sudan as a test). Unfortunately, all I could find in Romanian language was poor quality. The other option, of course, was to buy one, but how could I say such a thing to my colleague?
So, no problem! If I were to do a new world political map, I was going to benefit out of it:
- make it available free on the internet: the internet gave me lot of things, I'm going to give it back something; at the beginning, I though just for Romania, but I realized that it's easy to turn it in English, for worldwide use - so here you are!.
- always have this project in GIS, being able to use it together with other data
- have all the geospatial data behind
- have a new map for my wall, to brag when people come into my office
So I started once again to Google, this time for GIS data of the world. There is quite a lot, but you must be careful - not everything is proper. Here's what I've found and used (with some adjustments):
- World country borders (shapefile)
Looking for something nice and free? And also actual and accurate? And also worldwide GIS data? Well, you've been good?
I'd like to share with you the following maps and links to good GIS data, and also the story behind it.
First of all - the final products, made by me:
DOWNLOAD from 4shared.com (with free account) as:
HIGH RESOLUTION JPEG (10075 on 5042 px)
HIGH QUALITY PDF
2. POLITICAL MAP OF EUROPE (January 2013 edition)
DOWNLOAD from 4shared.com (with free account) as:
HIGH RESOLUTION JPEG (4984 on 4472 px)
HIGH QUALITY PDF
Please consider that these maps are for free, coming as a personal initiative. I will try to update and upgrade them as time passes, still I hope that they are as accurate as can be. Feel free to tell me if you find any errors, or you have suggestions on how to improve them. Also, tell me if they look great printed for your office wall, or if you've found the secret message hidden in the southern part of ...
THE STORY BEHIND
One day, a work colleague asked me: "Have you got a high resolution actual map with the world countries and capitals? I want to print it for my son - he needs to learn them for the geography class". Hm, I remembered all those geography questions: where on the map is Congo and what's the capital? A nice wall map would have helped me then. And also now (I still don't know where everything is or what changed)!
My answer was: "Nope, I don't have a map like this, but... I'll make sure I will have!". So the quest began.
First of all, I defined what the map should be like:
- have actual information
- be at a high resolution, in order to look nice even on A0 format
- have easy to read labels
- be in Romanian (as my colleague's son needed)
I make maps everyday. And this is why I know how much work you must put in order to make a world political map from scratch. It's the volume of data, the look, the manual placing of the labels, the required correctness etc. Nowadays, you can find maps all around the internet, for free. Still, this is not a warranty that everything you find is good. But before I jump into a new project, I started looking for a already available map, according to my requirements. In English, I've found quite a lot of good maps - both free, high resolution and good looking (although many of them are not up-to-date - check for South Sudan as a test). Unfortunately, all I could find in Romanian language was poor quality. The other option, of course, was to buy one, but how could I say such a thing to my colleague?
So, no problem! If I were to do a new world political map, I was going to benefit out of it:
- make it available free on the internet: the internet gave me lot of things, I'm going to give it back something; at the beginning, I though just for Romania, but I realized that it's easy to turn it in English, for worldwide use - so here you are!.
- always have this project in GIS, being able to use it together with other data
- have all the geospatial data behind
- have a new map for my wall, to brag when people come into my office
So I started once again to Google, this time for GIS data of the world. There is quite a lot, but you must be careful - not everything is proper. Here's what I've found and used (with some adjustments):
- World country borders (shapefile)
- World capitals (list with lat/long)
- Digital Elevation Model (DEM) at global scale, for land and oceans
- Digital Elevation Model (DEM) at global scale, for land and oceans
The modified shapefiles for world country borders and world capitals can be downloaded HERE.
The final phase was to actually make the maps. I used ArcMap 9.3. I worked with manual labeling - so I also learned even more about countries and their capitals, as I was arranging their names in place. The DEM's symbology is black and white and separated for land and oceans. The colors come from semitransparent masks.
Enjoy using the maps, I hope they are useful. And Share this link!
The final phase was to actually make the maps. I used ArcMap 9.3. I worked with manual labeling - so I also learned even more about countries and their capitals, as I was arranging their names in place. The DEM's symbology is black and white and separated for land and oceans. The colors come from semitransparent masks.
Enjoy using the maps, I hope they are useful. And Share this link!
luni, 24 decembrie 2012
Harta politica a lumii si a Europei (actuala, la rezolutie mare)
UPDATE: Datorită modificărilor pe care le aduc constant hărţilor, apar mereu noi versiuni care le înlocuiesc pe cele vechi. Aşa că periodic puteţi reveni şi verifica dacă a apărut o nouă versiune. Deja am făcut modificări - un alt aspect, denumiri în plus, corecturi (în primele variante în loc de Pakistan era Palestina..).
Un coleg de muncă mi-a pus următoarea întrebare:
" Copilul meu învaţă pentru olimpiada la geografie. Ai cumva o hartă pe care să o printez şi să o pun pe perete, ca să înveţe ţările şi capitalele lumii?"
URMARE:
Am realizat următoarele hărţi politice, disponibile la o rezoluţie mare, în format .jpeg şi .pdf:
1. HARTA POLITICĂ A LUMII (Ediţia ian. 2013) - versiunea 4.2 (Birmania în loc de Burma)
DOWNLOAD de pe 4shared.com (cont gratuit) ca:
JPEG la rezolutie mare: 10075 pe 5042
PDF de calitate (text ca font)
2. HARTA POLITICĂ A EUROPEI (Ediţia ian. 2013) - versiunea 4
DOWNLOAD de pe 4shared.com (cont gratuit) ca:
JPEG la rezolutie mare: 3489 pe 3123
PDF de calitate (text ca font)
Datorită faptului că eu le-am creat şi am varianta editabilă GIS, voi încerca să actualizez hărţile periodic, pe măsura zbuciumului omenirii. Hărţile nu sunt comerciale, ci sunt gratuite. Asta nu înseamnă că sunt "de mântuială", ba din contră. Dacă observaţi erori, nu vă sfiiţi să mi le comunicaţi.
POVESTEA "DIN SPATE"
Răspunsul meu de geograf GIS-ist la întrebarea pusă de către colegul meu a fost: nu am, dar e un pretext bun să fac cumva să am. Aşadar, mi-am definit rapid ce vreau de la această hartă:
- să cuprindă toate ţările lumii şi capitalele lor, aşa cum sunt în prezent (ian. 2013)
- denumirile să poată fi uşor de citit
- să fie la o rezoluţie mare, pentru a putea fi printată optim chiar şi pe A0
- să fie în limba română
Cu aceste obiective în minte (şi întelegând cât e de muncă la ea), am început lucrul la hartă. Prima etapă - documentarea: ce hărţi politice ale lumii mai sunt pe net? (are rost să fac harta de la zero?). Căutări îndelungi - rezultate nesatisfăcătoare. Majoritatea hărţilor la rezoluţie mare sunt în engleză şi conţin destule denumiri care nu mai sunt valabile - cu toate acestea sunt câteva variante ok. În română, aproximativ nimic. Dacă vrei - cumperi!
Dar cum era să îi zic eu colegului meu să dea bani pe o hartă? E în joc prestigiul meu. Şi mai important decât aceasta, chiar nu sunt în stare să fac un bine tuturor, să dau internetului înapoi din cunoştinţele pe care şi el mi le-a dat? Aşadar, m-am decis: voi face o hartă politică a lumii, actuală şi gratuită.
Hartă gata făcută nu am găsit, dar date GIS despre lume (contururile statelor, capitalele cu tot cu coordonatele lor) trebuie să găsesc! Aşa mi-am zis, dar nu a fost prea uşor, datorită faptului că în toate sunt erori. Până la urmă m-am bazat pe următoarele surse:
Desigur, a trebuit să modific câte ceva la ele. Shapefile-urile rezultate le puteţi găsi pe ACEST LINK (Pentru utilizatorii de GIS fără de date).
Ultima etapă: prelucrarea în ArcMap a produsului finit. Am preferat ca labelurile să le pun manual - astfel am aflat că Insulele Tuvalu au capitala la Funafuti... Am aflat şi de Sudanul de Sud şi multe alte denumiri.
Aşadar, vă invit să descărcaţi hărţile şi să le utilizaţi. Eu am de gând să o printez ca lumea pe cea cu lumea şi să o pun pe perete ;)
marți, 18 octombrie 2011
Ne-am intors, m-am intors (pe blog)
Cateodata nu ai marea inspiratie care sa creeze inspiratie altora, dar pur si simplu simti nevoia sa spui lucruri simple pe care le simti franc. Asta e cazul titlului. Iar invitatia care urmeaza bate si ea spre experimentarea libertatii existentiale. Asadar:
BANG!
„Concert Casa cu Prieteni in Orasul de Fier
Joi, 20 octombrie 2011, incepand cu ora 20h30 trupa Casa cu Prieteni concerteaza in club Iron City din Strada Blanari, numarul 21.
Orasul de Fier isi deschide portile. Intinde podul mobil cu scara de metal peste stradute inguste si deschide drumul muzical cu pavele facute dintr-un amestec de jazz, pop, rock si funk. La intrarea in Casa cu Prieteni aseaza covorasul tesut din folk, pe care va imprima special cu ocazia sustinerii concertului, urmatoarele: „Ce bine e sa spui ce bine e.../ Sa te salvezi prin atitudine”.
Casa cu Prieteni e o constructie de comandat la barul din Orasul de Fier. Are un hol interesant unde va primeste cu bongos si trambite, Paul Surlariu. Are o bucatarie in care Dragos Toma coace mereu ceva bun pentru musafiri. Casa mai are un dormitor colorat acustic, zugravit in mod creativ de Sanziana Toma si un living cu o oglinda mare si un microfon la care canta Mihaela Calciu, in timp ce trezeste vecinii de fier, cu tamburina.
Baga bine la cap !
Joi seara, drumul te va duce spre Iron City, in Casa cu Prieteni. Covorasul de la intrare se lumineaza daca pasesti pe el, incepand cu ora 20h30.
Pret vizita: 10 Ron.
Parteneri media: e-Folk Events, iConcert.ro, 4arte.ro, Metalhead, Radio3Net, Metropotam, Lets Rock, Bucuresti Evenimente, YouMago.ro, Magic Fm, undeies.eu, Calendar Evenimente, IRON CITY.”
Casa cu Prieteni insista sa nu fie o trupa de coveruri (avand si mult talent creativ), asadar mai mult de jumatate din cantece vor fi personale - incluzand 3 noi aparitii sonore splendide. Va astept cu drag
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