From the 1750s until around 40 years ago, Scotland was marked by clusters of iron, steel and manufacturing heavy industries. Little remains. Attempting to map these using Wikidata and SPARQL shows Read more

Attempting to visualise how Co-operative Societies spread then consolidated through the 19th and 20th centuries was only partially successful. The data available were rather lacking. For example, Read more

Another visualisation using Wikidata to show aspects of Scottish Culture. This map highlights the various Observatory buildings around Scotland. Query Read more

As an experiment on whether affinity networks and inspirations can be explored using Wikidata, I created a small query capturing people and publications around the coming together of mechanics' Read more

From the 1930s until the 1960s, old railway coaches were used to provide camping accommodation at various stations around the country. Unfortunately, this is not queryable as a Wikidata Read more

A work-in-progress is to develop the data on fountains and monuments in Scottish towns. Often, one finds that photos exist in Commons but have not been linked to the Wikidata item which is based on Read more

After reading about the Cheapside Street fire and thinking about other serious fires in Glasgow's history , I put together a Wikidata SPARQL / Openstreetmap query on fires, explosions and other Read more

A diagram produced earlier this year, summarising the current state of using Wikidata and Sparql to summarise the history of banking in Scotland. It provides a view of who merged with who, and the 3 Read more