Whew! What a conference! All the classic FOSS4G stuff was there, from why the breaks in version for PostGIS (serialization + more…) = 2.0 rather than 1.6, to “here are the new combinations of existing technology stacks”, to the “tribes” of Open Source GIS. I will confess: when I went to FOSS4G 2011 in Denver, I was a little terrified to actually meet and interact … Continue reading G. I. O.: A Real American Hero (FOSS4G-NA)
I took a bus to New York City this weekend to enjoy the company of fellow hackers at EcoHackNYC, organized by Javier Torre and Andrew Hill of Vizzuality and Robin Kraft of REDD Metrics. Due to delays in Pittsburg, I missed the ignite talks on Friday, arriving on NYU’s campus on Saturday morning. Several groups formed around topics and we started hacking. I worked on … Continue reading EcoHackNYC– Cool projects, fun new ideas, human waste, CartoDB and other flotsam.
Waxing philosophical tonight. Apologies in advance. Paul Ramsey had a great opening keynote opening keynote at FOSS4G on the business model/economics (punchline: business tactic) behind Open Source software, and Free and Open Source companies. It was funny and convincing, began with absurdity, and made me laugh, as did his PostGIS for Power Users. His presentation style is at once casual, clever, and passionate. What caught … Continue reading Motivations behind Open Source
Sat in on a great presentation yesterday by Tim Schaub and Justin Deoliveira on GeoScript. Definitely check out their tutorials. To practice what I learned, I thought I’d apply it to the problem of how to find the centerline of a polygon. What do I mean by the centerline of a polygon? Well in the case of a stream that is drawn with both it’s … Continue reading What is the center line of a complex polygon?
A blog entry so short, it’s practically a microblog: I’ll be doing a presentation at GeoCamp in Portugal (remotely via skype) on September 24th. http://geocamp.tumblr.com/post/9621852908/orador-confirmado-o-stephen-mather It promises to be an interesting conference. Continue reading Presentation– GeoCamp in Portugal
I spent a few hours winnowing down my list of desired talks at FOSS4G and came up with the following list. Path dependence (i.e. technologies related to the ones I’m already deploying) were at the top of this list, but I do hope to expand my knowledge of all the options as well. For almost every slot, there were anywhere from 2 to 4 presentations … Continue reading FOSS4G 2011 Denver– Ideal schedule
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