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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,...
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artlembo
Nov 20, 20153 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...
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artlembo
Nov 4, 20152 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...
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artlembo
Jul 27, 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...
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artlembo
Jul 18, 20151 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...
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artlembo
Jul 13, 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...
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artlembo
Jul 7, 20152 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...
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artlembo
Jun 26, 20151 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...
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artlembo
Jun 5, 20152 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...
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artlembo
Jun 4, 20151 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...
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artlembo
Jun 4, 20153 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...
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artlembo
Jun 3, 20152 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...
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artlembo
Jun 2, 20151 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...
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artlembo
May 28, 20150 min read
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artlembo
May 22, 20150 min read
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artlembo
Apr 20, 20154 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....
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artlembo
Dec 7, 20143 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...
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artlembo
Dec 5, 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...
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artlembo
Dec 4, 20145 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...
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artlembo
Dec 1, 20142 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...
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