Category: technology
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Spatial SQL
SQL is a standard language for interacting with DB’s and I don’t think we discuss it enough in the Spatial community. It’s a de facto language for interacting with DB’s which is platform agnostic. There are some great courses which I’ve dipped in and out of but the best is to just use the tools…
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HackZurich 23
This year’s HackZurich challenge was to take information about a train shunting station in which locomotives and wagons come together on a network and create some kind of routing solution. Locilizing the information While we have .las, models, drone photography and .obj files, in order to solve a routing problem you have to build a…
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Drone Licenses
Regulations almost always lag behind technological innovations, and that is certainly true in the Drone space. Finally enough airports have been closed in Europe to make it necessary for the EU, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the UK to make some drone licensing rules. While the UK license is not valid in Europe the Swiss and…
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Building with GraphQL
In order to create and maintain any kind of system you need to be able to perform operations on your data. GraphQL solves some very specific problems to do with how you perform CRUD operations. However it is pretty important to understand some of the limitations with restful routing before graphQL makes any sense at…
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AWS Cloud Practitioner
I’m currently working on a cloud product which is utilizing the AWS cloud; so it was a great time to study for and take the AWS Cloud Practitioner Exam. Here are some of the details on how I prepared for the exam; but none of the details from the actual exam, just logistics. AWS Exam…
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Automated Testing for Geospatial Applications
We really don’t want to break things that work, it’s super frustrating. We test to make sure that any changes we make do not break another piece of the code in our applications. Of course manual or exploratory tests are important but the dream is to get this stuff fully automated.
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Building a Raster Mosaic from LINZ Tiles
This is a quick note on cached tile services vs building a raster mosaic.
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Developing on a NodeMCU board with Micro Python
I have a problem collecting rubbish and recycling saturation data. I’ve tried developing on existing ESRI apps to collect data and store it in the cloud. Its failed every time. These approaches failed because no one likes doing data entry on a phone or tablet, the guys who drive the truck. A clipboard is still…
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Animated vs Static Symbology
compare the two images
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The Power of Python Toolboxes
A lot of manual work can be avoided by using scripts to automate the processes. However, you inevitably end up with a lot of scripts to automate different pieces of a process.
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Responding to an Emergency with Maps
In the immediate aftermath of the Kaikoura earthquake a well practiced response went into effect. Within a few days information about the event increased exponentially as the various agencies began reporting. The tide of information was overwhelming. Organisation such as Environment Canterbury began requesting GIS support to help make the relevant information visible to people…
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Location Based To Do Lists
Location based to do lists move us towards a map centric way of getting things done. Yes, they improve efficiency but the benefits goes much deeper. They give our workers freedom They give our managers confidence They make our work more pleasant In short they are awesome.
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4 Ways to Geocode in a Hurry
a quick and concise guide to geocoding in a hurry
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Four Tips for Working with Workforce
Workforce takes operations from ad hoc paper based system or a disconnected collection of GIS features to a systematic flexible and programmable to do list. At its heart there is a focus on keeping work loads simple. That means seeing only the information you need to perform the tasks relevant to you.
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