Korean Drumming at FOSS4G Seoul
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Pictures from my last few weeks.
Mini-series on Korean words, part 4: Apologies
In order to function at a most basic level in a given society (which I do not yet in the South Korean context), it is good to know the basic words of courtesy — the equivalents of “Excuse me”, “Pardon me”, “Nice to meet you”, “Hello”, “Goodbye”, etc.. Today we’ll talk about how to say “I’m sorry.” Between talking across cultural / language / expectation … Continue reading Mini-series on Korean words, part 4: Apologies
Time lapse
I posted this on Twitter and Facebook, but I really like how this time lapse turned out. This is shot in a single take with a single video. Maybe wordpress won’t over-compress it like the others… . Continue reading Time lapse
Mini-series on Korean words, part 3: Agglutinative language
Short linguistics aside For me, understanding a language, beyond a memorization of terms, is predicated on the idea that I understand something of the underlying logic to the language. So today, instead of a Korean word, we’ll talk about the term agglutinative. (bless you) In short, what it means is that a language uses a lot of prefixes, stem words, and suffixes, and that these components … Continue reading Mini-series on Korean words, part 3: Agglutinative language
Mini-series on Korean words, part 2: Land of Mountains and Sea
A good logo is hard to come by. I love the logo of Korean National Park Service. It’s simple, beautiful, has elements of complexity to it, and makes a simple statement: land of mountains and sea. The mountains and the sea are sources of life in Korea, from the resources and farming found on the edge of the mountains, the peace found hiking and visiting … Continue reading Mini-series on Korean words, part 2: Land of Mountains and Sea
Google Maps won’t help you much in Seoul…
That could be my whole blog post. Just a PSA. Google Maps in Seoul is like Apple Maps was when they launched — dangerously inaccurate. *I don’t know what is helpful on iOS. I traveled last year with Android only, and my searches so far on iOS are coming up short.* So what should you use? Anything OSM-based isn’t too bad. I really like OSMAnd. … Continue reading Google Maps won’t help you much in Seoul…
MSF Canada Drone Day follow-up
Dirk’s MSF Canada Drone Day is officially the first blog post I have “re-blogged”. Please read: https://smathermather.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/msf-canada-drone-day/ or better yet here: http://dirkgorissen.com/2015/07/14/msf-canada-drone-day/ I had the pleasure of co-presenting with Dirk and Ivan, and the rest is well covered in Dirk’s post. It came together as an excellent day and I think you would be hard pressed to have had a better introduction to drones. The … Continue reading MSF Canada Drone Day follow-up
OpenAerialMap, OpenImageryNetwork, MapKnitter, OpenTerrain, and OpenDroneMap (cont. 1)
Citing my previous post, let’s move on to more specifics on my thoughts regarding the integration of OpenAerialMap, OpenDroneMap, and MapKnitter as projects. OpenDroneMap ❤ OpenAerialMap. OpenAerialMap will become a platform by which drone users can share their imagery under an open license. So, as the metadata spec for OpenAerialMap and OpenImageryNetwork matures, and as soon as a publicly available place for drone users to … Continue reading OpenAerialMap, OpenImageryNetwork, MapKnitter, OpenTerrain, and OpenDroneMap (cont. 1)
OpenAerialMap, OpenImageryNetwork, MapKnitter, OpenTerrain, and OpenDroneMap
This tweet: is the beginning of some fruitful discussion, I suspect. There are some really awesome projects gaining momentum. I’ll give an overview of them as best I am able. Let’s start with the one nearest and dearest to my heart (if you’ve been reading my blog, you can skip this part): OpenDroneMap. OpenDroneMap is an open source toolkit for processing drone, balloon, kite imagery … Continue reading OpenAerialMap, OpenImageryNetwork, MapKnitter, OpenTerrain, and OpenDroneMap
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