by rjhale | Jul 25, 2022 | GIS, Open Source GIS, QGIS
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...
by rjhale | Apr 7, 2020 | GIS, Open Source GIS, OSGEO, QGIS
I’ve been digging through the QGIS class this week as I wrestle with a way to move the class online. While doing that I started filing in the gaps of things that I wanted to add but didn’t because of time. Well – with the class moving online I can...
by rjhale | Feb 25, 2020 | GIS, Open Source GIS, QGIS
If you flash back to 2008 you would have seen me sitting on my couch unwrapping a Trimble SB (?) running Arcpad. At the time I thought “collecting data” would be a beneficial add-on to me being a consultant. Spoiler alert – It wasn’t. If you...
by rjhale | Dec 13, 2019 | GIS, Open Source GIS, OSGEO, Small Business, Tutorial
I used to go to a lot of schools to talk about maps – be it High School or College several times a year. Some have learned “Hey we don’t want Randy to talk to the impressionable kids”. I still do it if requested but I don’t make it well...
by rjhale | Oct 10, 2018 | FOSS4G, Open Source GIS, OSGEO
FOSS4G-NA popped up on my radar this week. So from just the website and a few twitter noise makers it looks like It’s headed to Mission Beach California (San Diego) April 16-18 2019. I’ve made the last 3 – so It looks like I’m going to do my...
by rjhale | Sep 6, 2018 | Open Source GIS, postgis, QGIS, Tennessee
I went through a year or so of not talking at conferences. For local ones I’d show up and do something. I taught a workshop at FOSS4GNA 2018. I did a workshop at FOSS4G 2017 in Boston (and it sorta sucked). I need to get out of that mode and talk more –...
