The same day I read in The Atlantic “The Right Way to Make Cities Smart” (Most data-driven “civic apps” report problems. What if they facilitated civic engagement instead?), I learned that the City of Toronto has a new app that will collect real cycling data from cyclists that will presumably …
Some investigations don’t end up where you want… but that doesn’t mean that you didn’t go anywhere. So this afternoon I was working through some ideas related to upcoming Open Data portal for Windsor Essex. The portal will be for data shared by non-profit organizations and I’m so excited about …
Some time ago I started adding points to OpenStreetMap. I thought I’d pick up the thread and add a new trail that was blazed in a nearby park. Using Garmin’s MapSource software, I transferred the tracks from my etrex Venture HC from my device to my computer: I then saved …
I’m just getting over a head cold and trying to get back into a regular mapping and blogging routine. Today I tested …
On Tuesday, May 13th, I hosted Maptime! Windsor-Essex at Hackforge. The night’s theme was OpenStreetMap and I remixed the Maptime OSM presentation …
On Friday, I gave a short talk at the FAB Windsor event on May 2nd, 2014. And I mean, it was short. …
I’m reviewing both of these presentations because, content wise, they are aren’t particular layered. Keeping Out Of the Way – the OpenStreetMap …
I didn’t know about MapRoulette before this talk. MapRoulette is a program that captures likely OpenStreetMap problems and presents them to the …
I was going to re-watch all the SOTMUS talks in order, but I had a good reason for needing to re-watch Mapping …
In May of 2007, I attended a session on Python and Django by Derek Willis, then of the Washington Post, and now …
