Author Archives: François Goulet

Newest map (with texture shading!)

Posted on February 21, 2013 by François Goulet

I just received some pictures about my latest “creation”. I created a relief map of Haiti for the Canadian Museum of Civilization exhibit “VODOU“. The map is displayed in the entrance corridor as an introduction to the exhibit. The particularity … Continue reading →

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The Trivariate Flow Map Problem.

Posted on November 1, 2012 by François Goulet

Yesterday I asked on Twitter how to solve a problem using trivariate flow maps. Of course, explaining it all with 140 characters was quite impossible. Here’s the problem (due to confidentiality, the values aren’t the true ones, but you’ll get … Continue reading →

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La boîte à outil du cartographe / Cartographer’s Toolkit

Posted on July 27, 2012 by François Goulet

J’étais excité hier comme un écolier qui apprend qu’une tempête de neige s’annonce et qui réalise que l’école va probablement être fermée le lendemain! J’ai reçu ma copie de «Cartographer’s Toolkit» par Gretchen Peterson de PetersonGIS. Dans ce livre, Gretchen … Continue reading →

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My First Python Script!

Posted on May 16, 2012 by François Goulet

Wooohoooo! Ok, it took a incredible ridiculous amount of time to create it, but I finally did it! CREATE NETWORK FLOW ARCS The script is quite simple. It takes a shapefile with an ID, and origins and destinations coordinates in … Continue reading →

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