mapping Hiking Highlights from the Pacific Crest Trail on a Map April 23, 2018 / April 23, 2018 by Adam DuVander The Pacific Crest Trail or PCT is a hiking trail that passes through three states, including California, Oregon, and Washington and even has hiking highlights straight into Canada. Hiking the entirety of the trail will rack up 2,659 miles on a Fitbit, making the PCT 500 miles longer than the Appalachian Trail. Moreso than just […] Read more »
mapping Stanley Cup Champs Through the Years April 16, 2018 by Adam DuVander When the puck drops in the center ice of the Stanley Cup Finals, the two best teams in the National Hockey League (NHL) square off to crown a champion. While it was first awarded in 1893, it’s history with the NHL begins in 1927. Also called La Coupe Stanley in French, hockey’s top prize is […] Read more »
mapping Open Data and Open Source Geocoders April 9, 2018 / April 9, 2018 by Adam DuVander Converting addresses and place names to geographic coordinates—known as geocoding—is extremely useful. In order to plot points on a map, you first need to translate human-readable versions of a place to ones that computers can understand. There are many ways to make this happen, and entire industries built around supporting them. In this post, we […] Read more »