Posts tagged map - SPARQLing Scottish history

Capital punishment

Adjusting the Wikidata records for those executed after the 1820 Radical War led me to a broader query on the grim topic of people in Scotland who were subjected to judicial killing. Here is a map Read more

Sundials

There is a Wikipedia page here which indicates that sundials in Scotland had features distinct from those elsewhere. Here is a query which maps sundials across the country. Read more

Industrial past

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

Tolbooths

Last July I looked at Tolbooths in Scottish towns, including some Wikidata adjustments to distinguish them, as the data had become fankled with Tollbooths, which are not the same thing. I posted this Read more

Observatories

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

Road and railway bridges

A SPARQL query to map category A & B listed road and rail bridges in Scotland: SELECT DISTINCT (?showLabel as ?layer) ?loc ?pic ?picLabel ?picURI ?herlistLabel ?cooncilLabel WHERE { SERVICE Read more

Mapping Scotland's hospitals

Seeking to create a view of hospitals across Scotland I found Wikidata a wee bit under-developed, with some but not all NHS Boards having hospitals associated, some but not all summarising their area Read more

Camping coaches at Scottish railway stations

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

Monumental street furniture

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

Fires and other disasters in Glasgow

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