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Notes from geospatial practice

Short, practical write-ups on the decisions that actually determine whether a geospatial analysis holds up — data preparation, method selection, validation and automation.

Why your delineated stream network doesn't match the real river

Sinks, flat areas and road embankments quietly derail hydrological delineation. A practical sequence for conditioning a DEM before flow direction is ever computed — and how to tell whether the conditioning worked.

When to automate a GIS workflow — and when not to

Automation pays back on repetition, reproducibility and risk of manual error. A short framework for deciding whether a task deserves a script, a model, or just an afternoon of careful clicking.

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