The 2011 Nebraska GIS/LIS Biennial Symposium
I’ll be heading off this week to give a keynote at the 2011 Nebraska GIS/LIS Biennial Symposium. I’m pretty sure I’ve never keynoted a biennial symposium (sounds serious doesn’t it?) so it should be a first for me. I think we are going to try and have drinks with a couple of folks from the Omaha area one of the nights I’m there so let me know if you are up for it.
Looks like the Storm Chasers are just down the road from the hotel so maybe I’ll try and make a game while I’m there. I’m already listening to the Counting Crows to see what Omaha is all about.
And With A Wimper, I Turn Off Comments
I’m indebted to my blog readership for many reasons and high-quality blog comments are near the top. There have been some great discussions on this blog over the years and I’ve learned a ton from those who took the time to add their thoughts. I used to think blogging and comments went hand in hand, but these days the conversation happens on Facebook and Twitter.
The conversation has died down on this blog, it took 3 years to get 10,000 comments and since then only 4,000 have been posted. It just isn’t my blog, you see it everywhere. Facebook and Twitter have enabled people to talk directly to each other over their social networks rather than trying to do so on a blog comment thread.
Thus with this post, I’ve disabled comments and say thanks for the memories. I’ll still be blogging, but if you want to engage me, you know where to find me. On Facebook or Twitter.
And With A Wimper, I Turn Off Comments
I’m indebted to my blog readership for many reasons and high-quality blog comments are near the top. There have been some great discussions on this blog over the years and I’ve learned a ton from those who took the time to add their thoughts. I used to think blogging and comments went hand in hand, but these days the conversation happens on Facebook and Twitter.
The conversation has died down on this blog, it took 3 years to get 10,000 comments and since then only 4,000 have been posted. It just isn’t my blog, you see it everywhere. Facebook and Twitter have enabled people to talk directly to each other over their social networks rather than trying to do so on a blog comment thread.
Thus with this post, I’ve disabled comments and say thanks for the memories. I’ll still be blogging, but if you want to engage me, you know where to find me. On Facebook or Twitter.
GRASS GIS 6.4.1 Goes Native on Windows
GRASS 6.4 brings a number of exciting enhancements to the GIS. Our new wxPython graphical user interface (wxGUI) is debuted, Python is now a fully supported scripting language, and for the first time since its inception with a port from the VAX 11/780 in 1983, GRASS runs natively also on a non-UNIX based platform: MS-Windows.
I know right, you thought the same thing I did. If only you had known in 1983 that there was a VAX port think of where you’d be today.
Cue the dramatic prairie dog!
GRASS GIS 6.4.1 Goes Native on Windows
GRASS 6.4 brings a number of exciting enhancements to the GIS. Our new wxPython graphical user interface (wxGUI) is debuted, Python is now a fully supported scripting language, and for the first time since its inception with a port from the VAX 11/780 in 1983, GRASS runs natively also on a non-UNIX based platform: MS-Windows.
I know right, you thought the same thing I did. If only you had known in 1983 that there was a VAX port think of where you’d be today.
Cue the dramatic prairie dog!
File Geodatabase API - To support both Windows/Linux and 32/64 bit
File Geodatabase API - 4 platform final release set for mid-May
… we’ve received a lot of feedback from everyone wanting 64-bit Linux and we’ve made faster progress than we’d expected on the 64-bit Linux port, so we’ve decided to delay the initial release a few weeks and have a single release that supports all 4 platforms. Bazaam!
Cool, now all I have to do is find a customer that actually wants data delivered in the File Geodatabase format. Kablooey!