http://blog.tylerickson.net some temporally correlated thoughts on open geospatial technologies... Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:53:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Day 1 of FOSS4G 2009 kicked off on Wednesday, October 21, at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. Day 0 was the day of workshops, but Wednesday was the starting day of the main conference with keynote speakers and presentation sessions. Day 1 started off with a series of keynote ... http://blog.tylerickson.net/2009/10/foss4g-2009-recap-day-1/ Yesterday the Poto Chapter of the MMBA hosted the 2009 Triple Trail Challenge, a low-key mountain bike ride where riders link up the Poto, Waterloo, & Lakelands trails. It is around 40 miles, with nice sections of single track connected by dirt roads. The organizers put out a hardcopy map, ... http://blog.tylerickson.net/2009/09/triple-trail-challenge/ Last weekend I was out in Colorado, for some quality time on snow in the mountains (which I haven't been seeing much of lately). My friend John and I headed up to Winter Park for a few days.  I had brought along my GPS data logger (a BGT-31, used to measure ... http://blog.tylerickson.net/2009/03/the-need-for-gps-logged-speed/ 39.864478125632786 -105.76400756835938 A couple of weeks ago Ed Vielmetti, organizer of the a2b3 weekly lunch meetings, posted the following: Subject: DDA meeting, downtown, today; I have 4 minutes on the agenda To: a2b3@yahoogroups.com I have 4 minutes on their agenda. Where do you start? Send me suggestions. 1. Sidewalks, and the shoveling of. 2. Buses, in general. 3. ... http://blog.tylerickson.net/2009/01/much-ado-about-parking/ 42.277416 -83.733276 Last night I posted an entry to Google's KML in Research competition.  The entry features several spatial-temporal datasets related to tracking CO2 that were generated by researchers from NOAA's ESRL Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases group and the University of Michigan's PUORG group.  The entry showcases how Google Earth can be ... http://blog.tylerickson.net/2008/12/time-travel-with-google-earth/ Last weekend was the 2008 Iceman Cometh race, near Traverse City, Michigan.  27 or so miles of single and double track fun.  This year the weather threatened to be worthy of the race's name, but during the race it was around 40 degrees (great racing weather) and the recent precipitation ... http://blog.tylerickson.net/2008/11/iceman-08/ 44.750634493861064 -85.38299560546875 Today John, Karen, and I took advantage of the sunny weather and cool temperatures to ride the Poto trail.  It was sort of a warm-up for next weeks Poto Single Speed World Championships (or whatever they are officially calling it this year), which is a warm-up for the Iceman race ... http://blog.tylerickson.net/2008/10/poto-ride/ 42.414941 -83.964467 I recently finished building a 29er rigid single speed. Today was its inaugural trip around the local trails of Ann Arbor. Overall, it is quite fun to ride. The swept bars will take a little time to get used to, but they seem to provide better leverage ... http://blog.tylerickson.net/2008/09/gunnar-ruffian/ I'm in Boston for the week attending the IGARSS conference. As is typical at a conference, the rooms where the sessions talks are help are kept at a pretty low temperature. Here is a thermal scan of my head after emerging from the morning talks... http://blog.tylerickson.net/2008/07/cold-nose-at-igarss/ 42.34750942087123 -71.08398914337158 Description: Industrial Strength Park Service (with running water) Story: This outhouse is located at the park visitor center for Halealaka National Park. John and I started here for our hike into the volcano crater via the Sliding Sands trail. Location: Visitor Center, Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii INSERT_MAP(200,635) Photo Credit: Tyler http://blog.tylerickson.net/2008/06/haleakala-visitor-center-outhouses/ 20.715006531897348 -156.24980092048645