Data formats

Geohash

  1. Using https://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/geohash.html, find the geohash that encompasses all of Eau Claire.
  2. Using https://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/geohash.html, find the geohash that encompasses all of your home town.

QGIS

  1. Open a shapefile (or another vector spatial data format) in QGIS
  2. Export it as a KML
  3. Take a look at it in a text editor
  4. Open it in Google Earth