%HTMLlat1; ]> http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi Dr Mike J Smith: applied research and teaching in GIS en () Copyright {{{items}}} http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/logo.gif http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/fun/things_not_to_do_in_a_miscrowave.html Need I say more... /fun 2012-02-100756 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/remote_sensing/rs_and_farming.html Nice article over at the BBC today commenting on the use of remote sensing to monitor farmland across the EU... /remote_sensing 2012-02-081357 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/remote_sensing/NPP_hemisphere.html Great complete Earth hemisphere over at NASA Earth Observatory Image of the Day, explaining how it was made and the strips of sunglint visible in each strip of imagery. /remote_sensing 2012-02-041011 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/remote_sensing/powers_of_ten.html I recently came across the Powers of Ten Flipbook, a wonderful odyssey in to the world of remote sensing... /remote_sensing 2012-01-312123 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/publications/journal_metrics.html I wrote a while back about Researcher ID and the notion of flipping the standard journal performance to look at researcher performance... /publications 2012-01-281952 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/computing/sort_order.html Came across a very strange problem recently... /computing 2012-01-272252 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/remote_sensing/pleiades_images.html Some really nice sample images from Pleiades. /remote_sensing 2012-01-241938 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/teaching/BB_webdav.html Quite a few years back I blogged about using the CMS on Blackboard to store learning materials for students... /teaching 2012-01-222306 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/remote_sensing/tandem_update.html Jonathan Amos gives a good overview of the TanDEM mission to date - well worth a read for those new-ish to DEMs and this particular mission... /remote_sensing 2012-01-181932 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/remote_sensing/DG_2011.html Nice catch from GoGeo... /remote_sensing 2012-01-161934 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/GIS/GDAL12.html A new year and a new release of GDAL/OGR (1... /GIS 2012-01-111531 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/fun/hummy_update.html After the best part of a year since I reported on my new Humax PVR, I thought I'd give an update as the firmware has been upgraded a few times and I've finally gotten around to playing a little more with it... /fun 2012-01-031153 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/computing/sms_backup.html Got lots of SMS on your Android phone... /computing 2012-01-012221 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/GIS/arcgis_android.html Well anfter the initial fuss that ESRI had actually released the ArcGIS for Android (AA) app, I realised that it wasn't compiled for ARMv6 deviecs, which includes my cheap and cheerful San Fran... /GIS 2012-01-010849 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/remote_sensing/us_army_drones.html Nice article over at the BBC on new US Army drones... /remote_sensing 2011-12-302250 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/GIS/beidou_is_here.html Well just about... /GIS 2011-12-272326 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/remote_sensing/BBC_year_in_satellite_imagery.html Really nice set of images over at the BBC highlighting aspects of 2011 using satellite imagery... /remote_sensing 2011-12-251939 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/computing/kindle_book_prices.html I've moaned before about the price of Kindle books and that they are often pennies cheaper than the printed version... /computing 2011-12-222358 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/remote_sensing/pleiades_imagery.html Nice articles by Jonathon Amos on the release of first imagery by Pleiades and the critical role played by British CCD manufacturer e2v... /remote_sensing 2011-12-222334 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/remote_sensing/KAP_camera_settings.html Capturing aerial imagery from KAP can be a hit and miss affair (although far less so with digital cameras) and therefore setting the camera up carefully prior to imaging is essential... /remote_sensing 2011-12-201942 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/remote_sensing/pleiades1_launched.html Pleiades 1 has now been launched and give Europe similar commercial imaging capabilities as the US... /remote_sensing 2011-12-182249 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/remote_sensing/npp_global_composite.html NASAs Earth Observatory have posted the first global image from VIIRS on NPP... /remote_sensing 2011-12-160656 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/publications/open_access.html Just as the Journal of Maps is transitioning over to a subscription based model we see the government increasingly becoming interested in open access publishing... /publications 2011-12-141045 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/computing/carbonite_anywhere.html Some of you may know that I'm a big fan of Carbonite, the online backup facility... /computing 2011-12-112222 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/computing/calls_over_data.html Nice article at The Guardian on using a data contract on your mobile to route all your comms traffic... /computing 2011-12-071303 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/computing/pdf_printer.html Loads of stuff is sent, received and archived as PDF... /computing 2011-12-071257 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/GIS/map_makers_crib_sheet.html Good set of info in the carto crib sheet from Alex Tait... /GIS 2011-12-071129 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/remote_sensing/netherlands_KAP.html I'm currently involved in a project led by Paolo Paron (UNESCO-IHE) looking at beach development in the Netherlands... /remote_sensing 2011-12-032010 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/GIS/more_open_data.html This is nothing but great news... /GIS 2011-11-281729 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/computing/raspberry_pi.html If you haven't seen the fuss over Raspberry Pi then head on over and take a look at their website... /computing 2011-11-281724 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/computing/open_source_roundup.html A useful open source roundup with a slight focus upon geo-stuff. /computing 2011-11-250722 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/remote_sensing/NPP_launch.html NPP launched a few weeks back and has just sent back its first imagery... /remote_sensing 2011-11-250719 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/GIS/open_source_directions.html Nice article over at Directions on Open Source GIS... /GIS 2011-11-221410 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/remote_sensing/landsat5_anomaly.html Not a healthy outlook for Landsat 5 27 years after launch... /remote_sensing 2011-11-212220 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/computing/nerc_ke.html For those interested, I am currently a Co-Investigator on a NERC Knowledge Exchange grant titled "The Physical Landscape of Britain and Northern Ireland... /computing 2011-11-161326 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/computing/one_story.html One Story is a great subscription for your Kindle... /computing 2011-11-161318 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/computing/kindle_daily_deal.html Amazon UK offering a "daily deal" each day for a heavily discounted book... /computing 2011-11-140956 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/GIS/ball_camera.html How cool is this ball camera... /GIS 2011-11-102242 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/computing/eject_usb.html Safely ejecting USB devices is a perennial gotcha for those not in the know, recently brought home to me by a friend who copied some audio books to her Kindle and couldn't find them to play them... /computing 2011-11-091219 http://www.journalofmaps.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/computing/new_kindle.html PCPro had a good review of current ebook readers this month... /computing 2011-11-072244