Last night I spoke at the second Melbourne Open GIS Group. It was great to see the room filling up since our first meet-up, and I’m already looking forward to catching up again soon (I’ll bring a slab next time) . A big thank you to Simon for organising it all. I think as GIS [...]
Mikel is a geographer (of the natural worthwhile variety). His work and blog are simply terrific. Bravo.
Ding dong, I haven’t had time to think since Christmas. It’s been really busy at work, with the big project I’ve worked on for the past year coming to a close and I’ve started to work on some new projects. I’m looking forward to a change. Amongst all the mayhem of tenders, my daily batch [...]
From Nelson My good friends Tony and Harley are looking to add a their growing team. Having worked at GBS I can recommend the team there – a great bunch and a really good attitude to work and life. Hey you might even get to fly on some very small planes over the best landscapes [...]
I have always had an interest in maps as a representation of space. I remember hand drawing maps when I was little of my village and being obsessed by making the map match reality. Nowadays I much prefer maps which distort both scale, accuracy and reality. Beautiful maps loose their attraction when they are accurate. [...]