Monthly Archives: July 2010

in which I discover OpenStreetMap editing

Posted on 2010/07/28 by scruss

While I’ve used OpenStreetMap data before, I’ve never added anything to it. That changed after going to Mappy Hour last night, and meeting Richard Weait. He has a bunch of useful tutorials on his website.

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toronto data updated

Posted on 2010/07/16 by scruss

Hey, they’ve updated most of the data sets on toronto.ca | Open!

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More on iPhoto GPS weirdness

Posted on 2010/07/10 by scruss

Applications using Apple Core Image will alter any geodata stored in images, and should not be relied upon for GIS applications. Continue reading →

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My Neighbourhood, Canada Day 2010

Posted on 2010/07/04 by scruss

I went for a bike ride on Canada Day. Click on a bicycle icon to see what I saw.

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Don’t trust iPhoto’s exported GPS coordinates

Posted on 2010/07/04 by scruss

John the new jersey geographer put this better than me, but it appears that iPhoto rounds exported GPS coordinates to the nearest integer second of arc. There’s really no reason for them to do this, and it’s caused me to … Continue reading →

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