Since my previous post and graphic about Scottish foodstuffs, I noticed that Camp Coffee was missing - and having noticed that, realised that Irn Bru was also missing. Such important parts of the 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

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

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

After looking at obscure foodstuffs in Scottish history I created a Wikidata /SPARQL query to display Scottish Food items. The image shows such a good healthy diet! The graph is clickable for 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