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Ordering websites by distance from Charing Cross

February 19, 2022

Calculating the distance from a latitude and londitude cordinate to a point in PHP.

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Londinium.com set location javascript

February 18, 2022

How I added the ability for the user to set their location using 2 cookies for the features and brands maps.

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SEO Google sitemap.xml for a Laravel website

February 18, 2022

Making sitemaps for Google with a Laravel console command and an AWK one line command line script to process the routes file.

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Overpass API Queries

February 17, 2022

Having been work with Overpass API and developing londinium.com I have spent a great deal of time learning Overpass_QL I wanted to put together a blog post with all the Overpass Queries I have been...

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Ansible Debian Desktop Update Part 2

February 16, 2022

Updating the Ansible repo to install more apps, downgrade NodeJS, add a firewall to the config and get the machine working as a webserver using Apache, PHP and VS Code.

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Laravel Mix / Node JS versions and webpack fun

February 15, 2022

A morning of trying to get npm run working with package version uncompatability and downgrading nodejs.

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Laravel Dusk Testing

February 14, 2022

I do like testing websites, both as I code them, after they are running, but also to extract the odd snippet of data. Laravel has a Browser testing environment called Dusk It uses the chrome...

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Using Ansible To Setup My New Debian Desktop Machine

February 6, 2022

I recently bought a new computer and wanted to use Ansible to install all the software. I have installed the base debian system and now wanted to install everything I regularly use with Ansible....

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Adding Pages For Each Node Way Relation To Londinium

January 29, 2022

how I added a details page for each node, way or relation on Londinium.com

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Adding Brand Maps To Londinium

January 27, 2022

Adding maps of Brands to Londinium.com

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