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Route finding across a continent: Testing changes ...

Digital Finds /General | Monday March 15, 2010 |

There's currently an impressive OpenStreetMap tidy-up effort quietly happening across the globe, you can read about it here . Of course, duplicate nodes aren't the only sort of messy data possible to see on OpenStreetMap, but it's a good place to start if you...

A Quiet Week.

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Monday March 15, 2010 |

Just a quick note from me to let you know that it is probably going to be a little quiet from Tumbledown Farm for the next week or so. Some of you may know that much of my time recently has been spent looking after my beloved Aged P No. 1 (mum) who has been...

Second Edition of Survey and GIS Manual available!

The Biting Wires survey GIS methodology Total station Leica 1200 remote control gvSIG GPS | Monday March 15, 2010 |

I have been working on an updated version of the Survey and GIS manual and am now pleased to announce that it's ready! It can be downloaded here . The same four versions exist as before, now using the gvSIG OA Digital 2010 Edition (based on gvSIG 1.9 )!

March at Tumbledown.

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Leo | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |

It must be about time for an update on what has been happening at Tumbledown Farm. We have been blessed with blue skies and good weather this month. It has been a welcome relief from the cold winter that seems to have been dragging its heels for months. ...

March at Tumbledown.

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Leo | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |

It must be about time for an update on what has been happening at Tumbledown Farm. We have been blessed with blue skies and good weather this month. It has been a welcome relief from the cold winter that seems to have been dragging its heels for months. ...

March at Tumbledown.

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Leo | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |

It must be about time for an update on what has been happening at Tumbledown Farm. We have been blessed with blue skies and good weather this month. It has been a welcome relief from the cold winter that seems to have been dragging its heels for months. ...

RIP Mark Linkous

Digital Finds /General | Monday March 08, 2010 |

Very sad news from the pages of Rolling Stone : Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous has committed suicide, his publicist confirms to Rolling Stone. Best known for his acclaimed work with Sparklehorse, who released four albums of...

Awakening

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Flower Power | Wednesday March 03, 2010 |

Awakening Spring is in the air. I can smell it.  It's about time!     On Monday the sun came out, ladybirds started to stir and the bees began to buzz again. You could almost hear the crocus pushing upwards  ...

Awakening

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Flower Power | Wednesday March 03, 2010 |

Awakening Spring is in the air. I can smell it.  It's about time!     On Monday the sun came out, ladybirds started to stir and the bees began to buzz again. You could almost hear the crocus pushing upwards  ...

Awakening

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Flower Power | Wednesday March 03, 2010 |

Awakening Spring is in the air. I can smell it.  It's about time!     On Monday the sun came out, ladybirds started to stir and the bees began to buzz again. You could almost hear the crocus pushing upwards  ...

Octopussy!

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Flower Power | Friday February 26, 2010 |

  Strophanthus preussii

Octopussy!

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Flower Power | Friday February 26, 2010 |

  Strophanthus preussii

Octopussy!

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Flower Power | Friday February 26, 2010 |

  Strophanthus preussii

BBC: "The volunteer mappers who helped Haiti"

Digital Finds /General | Thursday February 25, 2010 |

The Guardian and New Scientist have already reported on the OpenStreetMap response in Haiti, now the BBC has a very nice magazine piece on the same subject. For more information, see the Project Haiti wiki page.

Ahoy me hearties, we all be pirates!

Computing, GIS and Archaeology in the UK opensource | Wednesday February 24, 2010 |

There’s a fantastic article in today’s Guardian ( via Computer World Magazine ) about the International Intellectual Property Alliance, who say that countries advocating the use of open source software should be put on a “Specialist 301...

gvSIG OADE Beta 2 Released

Digital Finds /General | Tuesday February 23, 2010 |

Ben has announced to the gvSIG mailing list the availabilty of the second beta of our OA Digital version of gvSIG. More details on our site From the site: Advantages of gvSIG OADE 2010 GvSIG OADE 2010 differs from the official...

Winter Light

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Sunday February 21, 2010 |

Actaea seed head.  They are having another photo competition over at Gardening Gone Wild . This month's theme is " Winter Light ". I was not too hopeful of taking part this month when I saw the theme. It feels like the darkest dreariest winter of...

Winter Light

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Sunday February 21, 2010 |

Actaea seed head.  They are having another photo competition over at Gardening Gone Wild . This month's theme is " Winter Light ". I was not too hopeful of taking part this month when I saw the theme. It feels like the darkest dreariest winter of...

Winter Light

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Sunday February 21, 2010 |

Actaea seed head.  They are having another photo competition over at Gardening Gone Wild . This month's theme is " Winter Light ". I was not too hopeful of taking part this month when I saw the theme. It feels like the darkest dreariest winter of...

Malqata Blog

The Biting Wires Saturday February 20, 2010 |

This is the blog accompanying the current survey work at the New Kingdom Palace site of Malqata (Luxor, Westbank,reign of Amenhotep III) undertaken by the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University and the Department of Egyptian Art at The Metropolitan...

Buzz me

Digital Finds /General | Thursday February 18, 2010 |

Yann might be unhappy with Google and their new Buzz service, but I'd like to play with it some more and see how it pans out. Add me if you want to. I've got a Google profile and, of course, an address: iknowjoseph at gmail dot com Let's see if I...

Sign Language in Thailand

`~` KeePOnMoviN' `~` Thursday February 18, 2010 |

FriZZy!

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Flower Power | Wednesday February 17, 2010 |

Sparmannia africana

FriZZy!

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Flower Power | Wednesday February 17, 2010 |

Sparmannia africana


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