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Text from a manuscript reading Agmondesham als Amersham in the County of Bucks
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Text from a manuscript reading Agmondesham als Amersham in the County of Bucks

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Tools I’ve used or experimented with in creating maps

Detail from the 1838 Tithe Map of Amersham
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QGIS and the trouble with tithes

Byoldamersham.uk 26 May 202526 May 2025

Georeferencing the 1838 tithe map to use as a guide for creating historical maps

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Map created using Folium and Stamen terrain tiles
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Fun with Folium

Byoldamersham.uk 17 May 202525 May 2025

I’ve been looking at mapping tools and decided to have a play with Folium, a python library for mapping. The aim was to see how easy to use it was, and whether it had the flexibility to present geographical data in a…

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Map of Amersham in Felt
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Mapping tools

Byoldamersham.uk 7 December 202425 May 2025

I’ve been creating my maps so far in QGIS, which is excellent as well as being free and open source, but thought I’d give some other tools a try. I’ve been looking at Felt, an online mapping tool. It allows you to…

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