Saw this posting on The Map Room blog. Went for more info on the official Google blog.
It's not quite Vancouver related but a real-time traffic map for Seattle will be handy when figuring out the best highway to take when I'm on my way to Seaside, OR for some surfing with the boys later on in a few months.
Seattlites, much empathy for you. I heard they are doing some major work on your freeways. The commute must be brutal some mornings. Heck, maybe I should just read about it here.
Wednesday, 28 February 2007
Tuesday, 27 February 2007
SERENITY NOW!
Grrrrrrr... I am really starting to hate the Publisher extension of ArcGIS 9.0. God knows how many times I've tried to "compress and lock" my shapefiles but the goddamn extension won't let me do it.
Gotta upgrade to 9.2 very, very soon before I lose it. But then I'm going to have figure out what a "file geodatabase" is.... ugh. Thanks ESRI, thanks for nothing.
Gotta upgrade to 9.2 very, very soon before I lose it. But then I'm going to have figure out what a "file geodatabase" is.... ugh. Thanks ESRI, thanks for nothing.
Thursday, 8 February 2007
Can I have this for my 32nd Birthday?
OH. MY. GOD.
Bugatti Veyron at top speed
Edited March 6, 2007: Maybe some people have too much money, and not enough brains.
Bugatti Veyron at top speed
Edited March 6, 2007: Maybe some people have too much money, and not enough brains.
Friday, 2 February 2007
Where to live? I know the answer!
Saw this post today:
Hmmm. I think my ArcReader package with the socio-economic maps will help me do that. Thanks, StatsCan. Now if I could only get my hands on the 2006 Census data.
But I gotta wait until April 2008
For those that live here in BC, HELP has some great maps to look at.
Hmmm. I think my ArcReader package with the socio-economic maps will help me do that. Thanks, StatsCan. Now if I could only get my hands on the 2006 Census data.
But I gotta wait until April 2008
For those that live here in BC, HELP has some great maps to look at.
Sunday, 28 January 2007
Things Overheard...
The downside to being on the computer all the time is finding a great website that leads to another great website and then another...
And another...
And another...
And before you know it, it's 3 hours later and the GF is pissed that the laundry isn't done and you've wasted a beautiful sunny day inside. Especially in Vancouver where it practically rains all the time. (At least it ain't poo-brown prairie Calgary. We're green and we like it damnit.)
Big deal. It's my time. ;)
Here's one that I found today and laughed my ass off. The guy and his GF are brilliantly funny.
And another...
And another...
And before you know it, it's 3 hours later and the GF is pissed that the laundry isn't done and you've wasted a beautiful sunny day inside. Especially in Vancouver where it practically rains all the time. (At least it ain't poo-brown prairie Calgary. We're green and we like it damnit.)
Big deal. It's my time. ;)
Here's one that I found today and laughed my ass off. The guy and his GF are brilliantly funny.
Monday, 22 January 2007
Why I Blog?
Hmmm, not sure why. Something to do and keep people up on my activities...
Took this survey via DarrenBarefoot.com
Which makes me hope I win one of those prizes! ;)
Took this survey via DarrenBarefoot.com
Which makes me hope I win one of those prizes! ;)
Monday, 27 November 2006
mmm...SuperBock. The drink of choice to millions... of Portuguese
Saturday, 12 August 2006
2 weeks done!
So it's been a couple of weeks now at the new job and it's been great. HELP has a diverse group of people involved and I'm really impressed with the way data, maps, and other important files are set up. For a large research group, I'm finding it's really easy to find the files I need quickly.
Personnel are fantastic too. The Provincial Mapping Team are a close nit group and have really helped me out this week with all the cartography work I've been doing in Freehand and Illustrator. And munching on daily mangos....fantastic!
For the past two weeks, I've been working on mapping out 23 socioeconomic variables related to early childhood development, mostly in the 3 Revelstoke school districts. Freehand is a great tool for cartography and I'm interested in seeing how different Illustrator is in comparison.
James from Spatially Enabled posted about the new changes in ArcGIS 9.2. We at HELP export our basemap layers from ArcGIS as JPGs to Freehand and go from there. ArcGIS 9 just doesn't past mustard at this point for all the map production at this point. A shame really, but who knows? Maybe in 5 years we won't need it.
(Yeah, right.) ;)
Personnel are fantastic too. The Provincial Mapping Team are a close nit group and have really helped me out this week with all the cartography work I've been doing in Freehand and Illustrator. And munching on daily mangos....fantastic!
For the past two weeks, I've been working on mapping out 23 socioeconomic variables related to early childhood development, mostly in the 3 Revelstoke school districts. Freehand is a great tool for cartography and I'm interested in seeing how different Illustrator is in comparison.
James from Spatially Enabled posted about the new changes in ArcGIS 9.2. We at HELP export our basemap layers from ArcGIS as JPGs to Freehand and go from there. ArcGIS 9 just doesn't past mustard at this point for all the map production at this point. A shame really, but who knows? Maybe in 5 years we won't need it.
(Yeah, right.) ;)
Tuesday, 18 July 2006
Windows PowerToys & JAlbum
I was flipping thru some old postings on GIS blogs that I haven't read in a while. Rob Elkins, of Rise & Shout, mentioned Windows Powertoys. Had a go out it and downloaded the HTML Slide Show Wizard, Image Resizer, and a PowerToy Calculator. I've enjoyed the first two immensely but can only see myself using the conversions options in the calculator.
JAlbum is another great free program for making web albums of your photos. I've played around with different photo sharing programs before (see some examples here) but the options in JAlbum are fantastic. I especially like the BananaAlbum skin but this new SlideShow Powertoy may give it a run for its money.
Now if I could figure out a simple way to display my travel pics & stories with a web GIS mashup that didn't involve Google Maps.... hmmm.... any suggestions?
JAlbum is another great free program for making web albums of your photos. I've played around with different photo sharing programs before (see some examples here) but the options in JAlbum are fantastic. I especially like the BananaAlbum skin but this new SlideShow Powertoy may give it a run for its money.
Now if I could figure out a simple way to display my travel pics & stories with a web GIS mashup that didn't involve Google Maps.... hmmm.... any suggestions?
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