I was interested in re-purposing this example on using PostGIS from within R. It assumes that “an ODBC connector has been set up”. It did take me a while to set up the connection from R on a Mac (OS 10.5.8), and I did not find a coherent documentation about this. So for the record, [...]
Archive for 2010
iPad 3G and GIS - A Report From The Field
For the last month I had the opportunity to test the new iPad 3G as research tool under field conditions. The field site lies within the US, but some locations are remote (see below). For this particular project I was mainly interested in the use of the iPad as a location aware device. Below are [...]
Zooming in: A comparison between ESRI's Bing Maps and World Imagery in the US
With the launch of its Arcgis.com portal ESRI recently announced the capability to load World Imagery as well as Bing Maps imagery directly into the ArcGIS desktop application. In a nutshell, throughout the US, ESRI’s World Imagery layer provides a resolution of 1m per pixel or better. Bing aerial maps as well offer worldwide orthographic [...]
