https://spatialthoughts.com/category/mapshaper/Recent content in Mapshaper on Spatial ThoughtsHugoen-usFri, 08 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://spatialthoughts.com/2019/11/08/optimizing-office-commute/Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://spatialthoughts.com/2019/11/08/optimizing-office-commute/In a previous post, I showed how to use the Uber Movement Travel Times data to create isochrones. In this post, we will explore another use case of this dataset. Say you are concerned about loss of...https://spatialthoughts.com/2019/08/15/gis-in-the-browser/Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://spatialthoughts.com/2019/08/15/gis-in-the-browser/Mapshaper is a free and open-source software for spatial data processing. It is written in javascript and runs in your browser without any extra plugins and can perform a range of analysis. It...https://spatialthoughts.com/2015/10/24/mapshaper-command-line/Sat, 24 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://spatialthoughts.com/2015/10/24/mapshaper-command-line/Mapshaper is a free and open-source tool that is best known for fast and easy simplification. Other tools for simplification - like QGIS or ogr2ogr - do not preserve topology while simplifying. This...