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Polder and Wiser – The Netherlands

2017-03-18
By: TheMole19
On: March 18, 2017
In: gis, maps, My Maps, Uncategorized
Tagged: dtm, dutch, engineering, flood, flooding, geography, geospatial, gis, mapping, maps, nederlands, netherlands, OriginalContent, raster, water, zonalstats
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I’m a self confessed Dutchophile. There’s something about the colour ‘Oranje’, the unique sound of the language (which I’m ‘trying’ to learn), the windmills, clogs, tulips, hagelslag, stroopwafels, Edam cheese and (until recently challenged) liberal attitudes. I feel there is much to admire about the resourcefulness of the people of the Netherlands, once a economic powerhouse in the 1600s, where making the most of limited land has been vital. This was particularly embodied by the philosophy of ‘Totaal’, where the ability of space to have multiple uses influenced (particularly architectural) philosophies within the general liberal Dutch culture of the 20th Century. Famously, this was reflectedRead More →

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