Brian Johnston

Technical Relationship Consultant at @OrdnanceSurvey.

Interested in crowd sourcing, geostats, heritage and health care. All expressed opinions are my own.

[Ordnance Survey @OrdnanceSurvey]

#30DayMapChallenge Day 24 - Fantasy 🌲🔮 | OS Technical Relationship Consultant Brian Johnston has created a fantasy island using OS data within the extent of the #Cairngorms National Park and applying @John_M_Nelson's 'My Precious' Style.

@cairngormsnews

[Andrew Tyrrell @SouthArrowMaps]

Why create an online interactive guide to viewshed analysis for your non-GIS colleagues, when you can create cartoon diagrams instead?

[Ordnance Survey @OrdnanceSurvey]

#30DayMapChallenge Day 14 - Hexagons🌇| OS Technical Relationship Consultant Brian Johnston has mapped the tallest buildings in #Scotland.

Using OS MasterMap Topography layer, the tallest building heights can be found and used to represent our built environment.

[Simon Gascoin @sgascoin]

A leak in #NordStream2 is visible in #Sentinel1 SAR image captured today 29 Sep. @CopernicusEU

[Brian Johnston @Geo_BrianJ]

@GeoConor @QUBGeography @QUBstaff @QUBelfast Hey, I recognise that spot!

[Colin Angus @VictimOfMaths]

Omicron was seeded in central Scotland at around the same time as London (seemingly). So why are cases in London *so* much higher than, say, Glasgow?

[Brian Johnston @Geo_BrianJ]

@GeoConor Geospatial Industry: "We need more qualified GIS professionals and spatial data scientists!"

[INFOMAR @followtheboats]

#OnThisDay 1915 The #RMSLusitania sank 21km South of #Kinsale. 'RMS Lusitania: The Story of a Wreck' is a fresh depiction of the story achieved by cross departmental collaboration

Get your copy at https://t.co/kxhDW8bWPJ

@Dept_ECC @NationalMons @GeolSurvIE @MarineInst @DeptAHG

[Nanna Rögnvaldardottir @nannaro]

A typical Sunday outing in Iceland: let's go and watch the lava flow creep toward us ... (Photo: Brian Emfinger.) #eruption

[Ordnance Survey @OrdnanceSurvey]

Don't forget to say "Isle of Ewe" today #mappyvalentines #valentinesday

[Mark Tingay @CriticalStress_]

The marine seismic company Polarcus has gone bankrupt and laid off all its employees. All it’s vessels have been ordered to return to a safe port.

The Polarcus Naila’s track left a sad message on its way back to port. #bye

[Calvin and Hobbes Fan Account @Calvinn_Hobbes]

CHRISTMAS MORNING!! #MerryChristmas #CalvinandHobbes #Christmas

[Brian Johnston @Geo_BrianJ]

@kaylai Hometown of Frank Pantridge, inventor of the portable defibrillator

[Brian Johnston @Geo_BrianJ]

@Est1818 @Rainmaker1973 It was salvaged for scrap metal during the second world war.

[XKCD Comic @xkcdComic]

Contiguous 41 States https://t.co/ofINFVzPMl https://t.co/Kc2ueNYMp6

[Queen's University Belfast 🎓 @QUBelfast]

On this day in 1849 we admitted our first students.

The college was inspected in August 1849 by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert who were in Belfast on a state visit. The President, Vice-President and professors met formally for the first time in the new building on 27 October.

[Conor Graham #GeoSTEM Geography Jedi 🛰️⛰️🌋🌎🌏🌍 @GeoConor]

Great to be out in field with @QUBGeography @EmmaHayes1998 @Geo_BrianJ Productive day installing automatic rain gauges & getting our #Ebee mapping drone out in perfect flying conditions! For info on Emma's research checkout her blog https://t.co/Xj391tR3zg @QUADRATdtp @KORECGroup

[Brian Johnston @Geo_BrianJ]

@QUBelfast @GeoConor @QUBGeography @QUBSC @QUBEngagement @qubgradschool @QUBAlumni @ulsterahs @QUB_History @QUBLibrary @QUBstaff Yep