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Robin Hawkes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019m always fascinated to see old mapping techniques replicated in modern mapping software. For an example, see Robin Hawkes\u2019s tutorial on creating hachure maps in QGIS<\/a>. Which Patrick McGranahan followed to create this map of San Marino<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m always fascinated to see old mapping techniques replicated in modern mapping software. For an example, see Robin Hawkes\u2019s tutorial on creating hachure maps in QGIS. Which Patrick McGranahan followed to create this map of… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,28],"tags":[1533,1169,1513],"class_list":["post-1791651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-cartography","category-gis","tag-hachure","tag-qgis","tag-san-marino","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785055,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/02\/dot-density-maps-of-belgium\/","url_meta":{"origin":1791651,"position":0},"title":"Dot Density Maps of Belgium","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"23 February 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Maarten Lambrechts discusses how to make a dot density population map, in technical detail. 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