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Author: sjors
RESTful
Update 17-7-2008 : “Formal” demo server now runs on apache2-mod-python API Not much has changed on the outside, but a lot has changed on the inside. Most importantly you can now get the altitude profile through a RESTful API. My mentor Artem Dudarev built a nice Google Maps demo that uses this API. A more… Continue reading RESTful
Google Map Maker and OpenStreetMap – My five cents
Update 1-7 : New evidence blows my best-case scenario out of the water, but no worries (see below) Update 1-7, on hour later : Or perhaps it does not, just keep the popcorn close For those of you who have been sleeping for the past couple of hours, Google just released a map making application.… Continue reading Google Map Maker and OpenStreetMap – My five cents
Google App Engine – On uploading serious bulk data
“The Google App Engine enables you to build web applications on the same scalable systems that power Google applications”, says Google. Sounds like that could come in handy for my route altitude profile. The NASA SRTM dataset has 1.5 billion data points just for Australia and I have no idea how many people will use… Continue reading Google App Engine – On uploading serious bulk data
Demonstration
I built a simple website that displays the altitude profile for four different example routes. But you can already get the altitude profile for any route in Australia through an XML-RPC request to: http://bak.sprovoost.nl:8000/ And then call one of the following two functions: altitude_profile(route) : returns an xml document altitude_profile_gchart(route) : returns a Google Chart… Continue reading Demonstration
Internet Dependancy and the 15-Minute People
This is the second time that I am living in another country for a while and once again I have stumbled into a huge problem that I believe is massively under appreciated by many. I need the internet, but it’s not as ubiquitous as you’d think. Has anyone seen the South Park episode about this?… Continue reading Internet Dependancy and the 15-Minute People
Apartment
Its been a while since my last travel related post. To make a long story short: I spent a week in lovely Canberra and another week in warm Brisbane. I then discovered that the combination of programming and traveling was a bit too much of good thing, so I decided to fly back to Melbourne… Continue reading Apartment
Import NASA SRTM3 data into Postgres
The first official week of my ‘summer’ of code was a succes. I managed to import the NASA SRTM3 data into Postgres. That is, the import is running at about 1 tile per minute while I am writing this. The result is available through Subversion and Git. I think I am getting the hang of… Continue reading Import NASA SRTM3 data into Postgres
Started coding
Last week I learned more about Postgres and I think I will like that better than MySQL once I have completely figured it out. I also looked at the GIS extension PostGIS and in particular how I can access it through Python. I considered Django and some other options, but this part is still a… Continue reading Started coding
Bangkok and Melbourne
G’Day mates, Ik schrijf mijn berichten voorlopig in het Engels, zodat mijn eventuele nieuwe vrienden in Australië ook kunnen meegenieten. Rechtsboven deze pagina bevindt zich de knop “Google Translate”. Daarmee kan je deze pagina automatisch vertalen naar het Nederlands, hoewel de kwaliteit van de vertaling nog wat te wensen overlaat. I made it to Australia!… Continue reading Bangkok and Melbourne