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New website for gisadvisor.com
It has been awhile since I’ve done anything with the gisadvisor.com site. I was waiting for a new release of Manifold GIS. For now,...
artlembo
Nov 28, 20152 min read
Soupapalooza III Wrap Up
One of the best things about working at a University is that I get to work with some of the best colleagues – not only are they...
artlembo
Nov 20, 20153 min read
Are practice exams helpful?
In my statistics class, I was helping the students understand the difference in one, two, and three or more sample (ANOVA) tests. When...
artlembo
Nov 4, 20152 min read
From days to seconds: experiences with parallel processing and GIS (Part I, the team)
Many of you know that I have been working with parallel processing for GIS in the form of video card general purpose, graphical...
artlembo
Jul 27, 20152 min read
Book Errata –
I found a mistake in the How do I do that in PostGIS book on page 4. When updating a field with results from a related table, I...
artlembo
Jul 18, 20151 min read
Doing a GROUP BY in ArcGIS
As most of you know, I am a big fan of spatial SQL. It is my go-to tool whenever working with GIS. But, I have seen too many people...
artlembo
Jul 13, 20151 min read
When More is Less…. lessons from processing large data files
My good friend Stuart Hamilton gave me a fun conundrum to try out. He has a file of province boundaries (400 areas) and lidar derived...
artlembo
Jul 7, 20152 min read
New Books – How do I do that in PostGIS, How do I do that in Manifold SQL
I have two new books out – How do I do that in PostGIS, and How do I do that in Manifold SQL. From the back cover of How do I do that in...
artlembo
Jun 26, 20151 min read
Radian Engine and Functions
In previous posts, I showed how to create ARC/INFO functions in SQL using Manifold 8. While I love SQL, it is somewhat frustrating to...
artlembo
Jun 5, 20152 min read
Getting lots of traffic from Estonia
Photo courtesty of: Tallinn City Tourist Office & Convention Bureau Shameless promotion alert: I’ve noticed that I get a lot of views...
artlembo
Jun 4, 20151 min read
Radian Engine and Multiple Databases
In my previous posts, I have showed the speed of the Radian engine. Today, I want to introduce you to two other cool things: running...
artlembo
Jun 4, 20153 min read
Another Radian Test – Finding the distance between lines and areas
Following up on my previous post with ArcGIS and the Near Table, I created an SQL query in Manifold 8 to do both the near distances and...
artlembo
Jun 3, 20152 min read
A quick look at ArcGIS Pro
One of my undergraduates was interested in incorporating a little more sophistication into an analysis he was conducting in Southeast...
artlembo
Jun 2, 20151 min read
artlembo
May 28, 20150 min read
A Poor Man’s Parallel Processor for GIS
In addition to SQL, I also am interested in processing large volumes of spatial data. One of the newest rages in “big data” is Hadoop....
artlembo
Apr 20, 20154 min read
The High Cost of Education? Are all loans bad?
If you remember my first post in this series, I wanted to address the apparent insurmountable hurdle of taking on large debt when going...
artlembo
Dec 7, 20143 min read
The High Cost of Education? Another student’s perspective
Today I want to introduce you to my student Bryan. Bryan was another one of those students who showed maturity from the outset and was a...
artlembo
Dec 5, 20143 min read
The high cost of education? Graduate School, Part II
In my last post I talked about not paying to go to graduate school by taking advantage of either teaching assistantships or research...
artlembo
Dec 4, 20145 min read
The High Cost of Education? Graduate school, Part I
In my previous posts (here, here, and here), I discussed affordable ways to obtain a college degree, gave some tips on making the most of...
artlembo
Dec 1, 20142 min read
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