April 2016

Embracing spatial

Posted on 2016-04-20 by ajggeoger in Business, General

With greater openness, wider data markets, and better software and interface designs, the question can still being asked: why is geospatial not taken up more rapidly? From within the geospatial industry it seems as if things are going from strength to strength, but when I mention what i do to those without a direct link to GIS … Continue reading Embracing spatial →

Open data and Metaldehyde risk mapping [update]

Posted on 2016-04-072016-04-07 by ajggeoger in Remote sensing

This is an updated post based on this blog post from 2014. The work presented here is still a proof of concept to demonstrate the utility of open data. If you'd like to work with Geoger to develop this further, please get in touch. The idea Metaldehyde is a pesticide found primarily in slug pellets and associated products, … Continue reading Open data and Metaldehyde risk mapping [update] →

Portainer

Recently I’ve been doing much of my processing work using Docker. This containerisation software is great for keeping software and data separate from your base machine, but more importantly allows the same software configuration to be used across different operating systems and hardware. Anyway, more about how I have been using it can be found […]

Conference costs

I hope that this doesn’t come across as a moan, because it isn’t meant to. It’s more of a query. Why is it that some conferences are so expensive? I’d really like to have attended the three events listed below, but their registration costs are prohibitive for independents and micro businesses (and probably many other […]

JNCC Business Associate

If you follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn then you might have seen a recent announcement that I have approached to become, and have been contracted as, a JNCC Business Associate. I am incredibly chuffed with this. Being a Business Associate makes it easier for micro-businesses and freelancers to work with the project teams at […]