Geospatial

On Installing and Using Open Source Geospatial software…

I just published my initial page on installing open source desktop GIS software on your Windows computer. This will be a running series… check back often to stay up-to-date.

A View From Up High…

I found this video of earth from space, compiled by a German videographer from a series of time-lapse images taken at the International Space Station. The photos were taken with a Nikon D3s and either a 17-35/2.8 or a 14-24/2.8 Nikkor lenses. The original photos can be viewed at NASA’s …

On Maps and Mapping…

I thought I’d take a break from photography stuff and talk a little bit about simple map making… I was going to call this Cartography 101 but it’s not really that—there are elements in cartography that I want to skip here as I just want to show a “picture”. A …