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Module Overview

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• An overview of common spatial data formats
• QGIS is an open source geographical information system and a good option for working with geodata on a non-regular basis (e.g. to look at some data or to compute areas of some regions). This tutorial collection will introduce you to it.
• https://tools.retorte.ch/map/: Convert coordinates into/from the Swiss projection system.
• Municipal boundaries and districts of Swiss cities by the BFS. Jeremy Stucki (former IAD student) has processed these and other data into TopoJSON (easier to use for web applications).

Working with the CLI

The command line interface (CLI, often referred to as "shell" or "terminal") is a very powerful tool, and each operating system has one. Working with the CLI is easiest on Linux and Mac, and they are both similar since they are both based on Unix. I really recommend getting to know the 101 of working with the terminal, e.g. through this tutorial. Here are some more tips for working with data on the CLI. This Twitter account gives useful and sometimes funny tips on how to make the most of the terminal.

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Data journalism examples

Calendar

TG: Timo Grossenbacher, BW: Benjamin Wiederkehr, JG: Joël Gähwiler

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