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NEON Postgres in QGIS

Published on 2026-02-19 23:28:00 by Barney Harris

Over this post, I'll show you how to create a PostgreSQL database using Neon, install PostGIS on it, connect to it using QGIS 3, and run some simple SQL queries...

Potree for the win!

Published on 2026-02-09 19:09:00 by Barney Harris

I'm a little (6 years+) late to the party but wow, it's great to finally get stuck into the awesome power of Potree. Potree is a WebGL powered pointcloud viewer...

My ggplot2 blending adventure

Published on 2026-01-27 19:18:00 by Barney Harris

For my sins, I've gone all in on {ggplot2} as my static mapping library within R. Some years ago, I chose a serviceable path for my mapping needs, and then clun...

Moving to Positron

Published on 2025-10-09 12:30:00 by Barney Harris

Positron hero image from https://www.appsilon.com/post/introducing-positron

Some reflections on moving from RStudio to Positron.

Blender for DEMs

Published on 2025-10-08 13:42:43 by Barney Harris

An angled view of southern Brazil, looking north, showing the SRTM elevation at 500m resolution.

After many years of fawning over other folks' jaw-dropping blender renders of elevation and other geographic data I finally got round to playing with Blender.