If I ever had to stand behind one thing I've learned as a business and working in Geo - there is no end to free work. A few years ago I had to do a hard stop on volunteer projects and settle on one a year. That one can be one week in length. It can be 6 months. It can...
For a small recap: The 2020 Lock Down Happened - and I knew I had to do better as a business. In late 2020 I developed a new Game Plan 2021 Moving Forward - put the plan into action. I used to have a plan for everything. For a bit I stopped. As of late I've been...
Back to QGIS ramblings. I mentioned in a previous blog post I was doing QGIS support specifically for one company but in reality it's been about every client where I install QGIS. The one company turned into a retainer where I tested the waters of "can I do this?"....
Welcome to my ramblings this morning on the official blog of NRGS. So way back when I was a geology person. I did the time. Got the paper. Never practiced the art. Instead I was lured into the sordid world of mapping. From 1989 to about 1991 I rambled through college...
Ever since taking the dive into FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geo) I've always wondered "Can I do support?" and if you've remotely followed the business you've seen me float out different ideas for software support and mostly they've been rehashed examples...
One question last week: "Why don't my buffers come out right in EPSG:4326". That launched into an explanation starting off with "Well....the Earth is round...". We ended up discussing the buffer tool and "surprise" you can't easily buffer in EPSG:4326. You really need...
Back on Feb 12th of 2020 I was sitting in Virginia at a conference going "Yeah I dunno - this whole virus thing sounds weird". Two years later I was walking into Montgomery Bell State Park at the first in-person conference I've been to since Feb 12th 2020. I can be...
So next week is the TN GIS meeting at Montgomery Bell State Park. Which will be the first conference I've walked into in 2 years and 2 months. I'm doing two things while I'm there - well three: Walk a lot Teach an OSM workshop Give a talk on the 911 project. So - the...
So NRGS has a Exploring QGIS class coming up on April 27th and 28th of 2022. This is a gentle introduction to the the best FOSS4G desktop software you'll ever use. Here's how it's going to go: Software: QGIS 3.22 Location: Virtual Dates: April 27th -28th 2022 Two days...
Here's another update on training. It's been a bit since I've rattled on about the "Part 2" class of QGIS. It took me a whole to digest training and where I wanted to go with this after teaching it last fall. Almost 6 months ago I had taught the inaugural QGIS...
I did a demo the other day for some foresters and I almost wanted to walk into traffic by the end of it. Not because of anything with QGIS and LiDAR - but I think I finally got "Virtual Fatigue". Part of the demo worked amazingly well. If you're not familiar with TN's...
I'm a bit late to the game on this one - but my favorite guilty pleasure software just got a new major release. Guilty Pleasure software? Yeah - I like GRASS and I run it when I can where I can. I actually had a job a few years ago with a drone company and I had to do...
