I got a request today to extract the compass bearing from a set of photos, and add a rotated north arrow to those images in visual form so end users can see if the picture was while the camera was pointed north, or east, or NNW, etc.. Below is a photo pointing mostly East. With BASH and a little Imagemagick, this was a pretty easy … Continue reading BASH script for adding directional / compass arrows to image

NCGIS was an excellent conference, and this year was my first attending / presenting. Bravo to the organizers, who themed it Mobile and Global, but confessed that Mobile, Global, Open would have been more apropos. To catch screen captures and audio for the presentations, see this temporary location: http://geodata.lib.ncsu.edu/pub/2015NCGIS_Pres/ which is organized by room numbers, so check out the schedule: http://ncgisconference.com/#schedule . My favorite new … Continue reading North Carolina GIS Conference