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Broadband Access
I currently connect to the Internet with a wireless carrier. I get around one megabit down and 128 k up, not the best but much better than dial-up. I have been trying to convince Time Warner that my...
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Hiatus
It amazes me that I still get about 200 people looking at this blog every month, especially since I haven’t touched it since April. I no longer work with GIS every day, maybe once every couple of...
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Viewshed Creation: From Digital Terrain Model to Digital Surface Model
I recently presented to my faculty on my proposed Masters project. My school does not have a do a thesis (thank goodness) instead we do a project and present at a conference. Below is my proposed...
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ESRI UC Almost Here
Finished up my Masters of GIS project and submitted the paper to ESRI and now working on the Power Point for the conference. I will be presenting at the ESRI UC on Jul 15 from 3:15 PM to 4:30 PM in...
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ESRI UC 2010 MGIS Presentation
The ESRI UC 2010 was not as exciting as I remember when I first went there in 2005. There were a few good discussions but overall it all seemed rather redundant. However, there were a few notable...
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3D Maps in Dungeons and Dragons Online
I grew up on Dungeons and Dragons and have loved the imaginary landscapes. Recently I have been playing Dungeons and Dragons Online with my kids. Turbine has created gorgeous and well thought out...
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No High Speed Internet for Rural Areas
I live in an idyllic part of the country in a rural setting. We can look out our window and see nothing but farmland, distant homes and the horizon, it is beautiful. However, because we live in the...
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Rural Internet in Caribou ME
Been a while eh? A while back (June of 2011) I mapped out who could get Time Warner service in Caribou ME and who couldn’t. I used the 2010 NAIP imagery to digitize all the homes in Caribou. The...
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Cost to Lay Cable for Caribou Residents
Of the 320 buildings not serviced by Time Warner cable how much would each resident/owner of the buildings have to pay to get cable? Assuming each building is owned by separate resident and assuming...
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Margaret Baxter from Scotland to Canada
Since last September I have become sucked into the black hole called genealogy. I have been working a rather frustrating cousin, Margaret Baxter (born about 1878 in either Ayr, Scotland or Glasgow,...
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