QGIS Project Update → March 6, 2024

QGIS Project Origins The novaTop QGIS Project is an ongoing project (since July 2024) of creating polygons for advocacy for OpenStreetMap and other contributions. This map may also be used to associate with new individuals through both novaTopFlex and geoTopFlex personalities. Current Status Currently, novaTopFlex is interested in Springfield, Illinois, quickly approaching the inner city […]

Ruined by an Ethical Trap

As novaTopFlex, we do not believe in ethical traps that may occur within our society. Whether the trap is discrimination or capitalism, we do not believe in the unethical consequences of the situations. We do not believe in any platform of exploitation, including of both individuals and entire societies. We believe in systems that drive […]

Understanding Geospatial Divisions in the novaTop Project → February 17, 2025

The novaTop QGIS Project continues to create incentives for new OpenStreetMap contributors while also providing recommendations for geospatially-based areal divisions between different locations, based on guessing of divisions between the greatest and least levels of interest in the novaTop identity. For novaTopFlex, the novaTop QGIS Project will be utilized for analytics and for polls on […]

Setup Recommendations for Future Videos

Behind the Scenes: novaTopFlex Edition

When recording videos to YouTube, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth features are disabled prior to the beginning of the recording time. The intensification of the setup may vary with the specific video topic(s), but the most intense setups will be set up as follows: For less intense video topics and video setups, such as videos that follow […]

QGIS Project Update → February 15, 2025

novaTopFlex continues to advocate for the extended utility of OpenStreetMap, an open-mapping service that pairs well with various setups based on Linux. So far, all portions of Indiana have been covered, except for locales along the northern and the western borders of the state.

QGIS Project Update → January 25, 2025

WARNING: Beginning with this update post, novaTopFlex will begin utilizing Unicode characters that may not display properly on rare and legacy systems. As of January 25, the novaTop QGIS Project has continued the journey of the creation of polygons through the majority of Indiana and is currently on track to approach the western border of […]

QGIS Project Update — January 18, 2025

The novaTop QGIS project to advocate for OpenStreetMap contribution and incentivize newfound interests is currently focusing on the media markets of Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, quickly transitioning toward more westerly regions of Indiana and, subsequently, Illinois, as well. So far, most of Indiana east of Interstate 69 and south of US 224 has been covered […]

QGIS Project Update

novaTopFlex has just completed coverage of most of Indiana south of Interstate 70, except within Indianapolis and Marion County. The project is attempting to create polygons trending northward throughout Indiana and Illinois, with upcoming focuses in the Northeastern United States, particularly in Pennsylvania and Maryland. In Illinois, the areas above the Kaskaskia River, including the […]

novaTop Geography

novaTopFlex is actively seeking furthered interests in open technology, open science, and open mapping. For the geographical context specifically, open mapping is actively being worked on as an OpenStreetMap contributor. Using the GIS software can be a daunting task, and the polygons that are being created for contribution and other geographic interests and purposes can […]

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