tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221900824469142147.post3524266499025915590..comments2023-06-22T20:39:13.097+10:00Comments on #All-things-spatial: Maps for ExcelAll Things Spatialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10413714814303264541noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221900824469142147.post-83262550516917837522013-05-08T19:13:28.399+10:002013-05-08T19:13:28.399+10:00It's a good point Luke, I have not considered ...It's a good point Luke, I have not considered this perspective... Simple formats have certainly wide usage. <br /><br />All Things Spatialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413714814303264541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221900824469142147.post-75978639208224117262013-05-06T22:54:57.859+10:002013-05-06T22:54:57.859+10:00That's interesting and it brings us to the iss...That's interesting and it brings us to the issue of standards (which you've been posting about recently) - which is an area where csv's seem to fall down.<br /><br />Maybe its an advantage for csv and txt file formats in the sense that it allows for flexibility and low overhead, but pushes the requirement for integrity/ quality/data management back on the originator/users... or more sophisticated tools + some way to capture metadata? google refine + web indexing would seem to tick both boxes?editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09247503557439517637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221900824469142147.post-37967039626567959342013-05-01T07:58:59.390+10:002013-05-01T07:58:59.390+10:00Yes, binary format helps but not if you have to de...Yes, binary format helps but not if you have to deal with 17B points :-( . As a side note, from my own experiments, it looks that browsers are quite capable of dealing efficiently with "big-er" data – provided it is delivered in an efficient for processing format. Forget XML or even JSON – simple csv is better. Even old IE7 was able to process and display (!) 2 million rows of numbers...All Things Spatialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413714814303264541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221900824469142147.post-82232586290525238482013-04-30T23:21:55.942+10:002013-04-30T23:21:55.942+10:00Given the binary nature of data stored in excel, t...Given the binary nature of data stored in excel, this is only marginally scarier than 1 cell = 1 pixel maps in excel...!editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09247503557439517637noreply@blogger.com