So, I feel like a bit of a tool. I'm still working on my Java program to download MNDOT traffic data (mentioned in a previous post), but I decided to switch things up a bit. I decided to throw away my old database and to get new data. I decided …
In my GIS work, I use OpenStreetMap as my source of road map information. It was better documented and better labeled than the data that I was getting from the MNDOT. Though OSM has been great to me, it hasn't come without its flaws. In my work, I rely on …
A few weeks ago I submitted a proposal to speak at CPOSC. I recently received an email notifying me that my proposal was selected! I'll be speaking at Harrisburg University on Saturday, October 16th. I'll be talking about open source Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and my traffic research project. If …
So, I was perusing ArsTechnica earlier today and came across this article: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/06/crowd-sourced-world-map.ars
In short: they recapped the origins of OSM, discussed their goals, and then went on to discuss some of the projects that have stemmed from OSM's data. Pretty cool …