This is a blog post about work I’ve done in a past role, but I’d like to get out to a wider audience. It’s about two different web services that do similar things: NetCDF subset service (NCSS), and Web Coverage Service (WCS). I hope it also helps to act as a short guide on making…
Category: training
LiDAR basics – tutorial building
I’ve just wrapped up a small job refreshing teaching materials for the Australian National University Centre for Water and Landscape Dynamics – an innovative group using remote sensing tech to address landscape-scale analysis of things that matter for assessing the state of the environment (see, for example: http://wald.anu.edu.au/data_services/data/continuous-and-comprehensive-national-environmental-reporting-australias-environment/). The task? convert a MATLAB and ArcGIS-based…
FOSS4G 2018: wait, what?
In late August I went to FOSS4G2018, held in conjunction with the HOTOSM summit in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. I’ve been privileged to attend three of these events in a row now, and this one is incredibly difficult to wrap up neatly and put a bow around. Why is this so? Phew. The first question is…
Software carpentry – achievement unlocked
Last week I became a certified Carpentries instructor. This means that I have done some training, and demonstrated some skill in, teaching grownups how to write programs and wrangle data. It also means I’ve joined a worldwide community of people who are dedicated to helping other people avoid mistakes they’ve made. Which is an excellent…