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Guides for CSV, Excel, data cleaning, conversion and everyday data tasks.
Practical guides for maps, shapefiles, GeoJSON, coordinates and spatial data.
Understand IP addresses, DNS, CIDR, ports and common networking concepts.
Learn how common technical file formats work and when to use them.
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These guides focus on common questions and tasks people regularly encounter when working with data, GIS and IT.
Learn how to prepare your data and create a choropleth map to visualize values by district, province, state or other geographic areas.
Choropleth map • GIS • Data visualization
A simple guide to converting latitude and longitude coordinates from a CSV file into GeoJSON for use in GIS and web maps.
CSV to GeoJSON • Coordinates • GIS
Learn when and why polygons are merged, and how to combine geographic areas into larger boundaries.
Merge shapefiles • Merge polygons • GIS
Understand the GeoJSON format, its main components and why it is widely used for geographic data and interactive web maps.
What is GeoJSON • GeoJSON format • GIS
Understand the difference between CSV and Excel files, when to use each format and which is better for different types of data work.
CSV vs Excel • CSV vs XLSX • Data files
A beginner-friendly explanation of IP addresses, subnet masks and CIDR notation with practical examples.
IP address • Subnet • CIDR
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