Hello there blogosphere, it's been a while. Mostly because I think I forgot how to blog.
So, to quickly catch up since last time I posted..... I have (in no particular order):
And probably a whole lot more stuff in between.
So what's in store for this iteration of blogging? I'm hoping to use this space to both share and motivate myself to pursue my quest in learning more about the geospatial world and its technological offerings. Currently my targets are:
So, with that in mind, my first outside-of-work tutorial will be some form of basic crash course in QGIS. I've gotten so far as downloading and installing it. This weekend, I'll hit the launch icon and see what happens. Hopefully I can find a good tutorial beforehand (any recommendations welcome!).
In other news, I've just discovered XSLT and XSL. I'm attempting to render XML metadata documents (in a slightly adapted version of the ISO 19139 standard (mostly just reduced/removed fields)) with some nice human-friendly HTML stylings within a browser. Steep learning curve that one. First thing I learned is to make sure namespaces are present and accounted for. I got some stylings to work with the assistance of an in-browser IDE type thing, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to work when I open the XML document directly in the browser (with XSL file specified). So something's wrong somewhere. Probably related to namespaces. Time to do some more homework I think. But first, lunch :)
Til next time, may all your blog encounters be good ones.
So, to quickly catch up since last time I posted..... I have (in no particular order):
- Sprained both ankles playing soccer (currently 3 weeks into sprain numero dos).
- Broke up with my long term partner.
- Travelled to Argentina.
- Started learning the clarinet.
- Moved house.
- Played a lot of beach volleyball.
- Sewed a mug cozy.
- Got autographs from actor/actresses who played/voiced Khal Drogo, Simon, River,Wash and Zim.
- Purchased a 3D Game of Thrones puzzle.
- Attended a Can't Stop The Serenity event.
- Learnt some FME workbench & server stuff.
- Learnt some more python.
- Learnt some more about Geocortex.
- Learnt quite a bit more about ArcGIS Server.
- Made ArcMap crash some more.
- Wrote some metadata.
- Organised a big GIS Day and baked a globe cake.
- Met some awesome people.
And probably a whole lot more stuff in between.
So what's in store for this iteration of blogging? I'm hoping to use this space to both share and motivate myself to pursue my quest in learning more about the geospatial world and its technological offerings. Currently my targets are:
- Complete one geospatial-related tutorial a fortnight and share my experiences/thoughts on it.
- Write about other geospatial news, experiences, musings and the like.
- Occasionally briefly post about feelings and stuff (because I'm not good at that and should probably work on it).
So, with that in mind, my first outside-of-work tutorial will be some form of basic crash course in QGIS. I've gotten so far as downloading and installing it. This weekend, I'll hit the launch icon and see what happens. Hopefully I can find a good tutorial beforehand (any recommendations welcome!).
In other news, I've just discovered XSLT and XSL. I'm attempting to render XML metadata documents (in a slightly adapted version of the ISO 19139 standard (mostly just reduced/removed fields)) with some nice human-friendly HTML stylings within a browser. Steep learning curve that one. First thing I learned is to make sure namespaces are present and accounted for. I got some stylings to work with the assistance of an in-browser IDE type thing, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to work when I open the XML document directly in the browser (with XSL file specified). So something's wrong somewhere. Probably related to namespaces. Time to do some more homework I think. But first, lunch :)
Til next time, may all your blog encounters be good ones.
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