Web Links Dec 2013

Scanning maps and vectorizing them   http://www.gislounge.com/automating-extracting-gis-data-scanned-maps/
Spatial inequality – Census Data   http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/area_classification/
Interesting infographics   http://flowingdata.com/
Visualisation library for Python  http://bokeh.pydata.org/
Census English indices of deprivation   https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-indices-of-deprivation-2010
Quadrocopters – DJI Phantom 2 Vision  http://www.dji.com/feature/phantom-2-vision-features/
Find a PhD -  http://www.findaphd.com/
Interface (Scottish commercial using Uni for R&D) - http://www.interface-online.org.uk/
Autotrace bitmap to vector - http://autotrace.sourceforge.net/

GIS tools
MapTiler - http://www.maptiler.org/
Mapnik -  http://mapnik.org/
TileCache - http://tilecache.org/
Leaflet  - simple CSV - http://blog.perrygeo.net/2013/09/30/leaflet-simple-csv/
Visualising OpenStreetMap Community contributions: https://www.mapbox.com/blog/osm-community-visualized/
Geoforge -geosciences software solutions includes animal tracking tools -  http://www.geoforge.org/softwares.php