Monthly Archives: February 2012

Timor Leste and OpenStreetMap

Posted on 26/02/2012 by ragnvald

A couple of weeks while planning a work related trip to Timor Leste I started looking at the OpenStreetMap (OSM) for Dili. On my last trip we drove along the coast to the west of Dili, then south to Suai … Continue reading →

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Environmental Spatial Data Infrastructure – technology

Posted on 23/02/2012 by ragnvald

Establishing the basics for handling environmental spatial data relies on proper organization of the data into repositories where it is stored and prepared for dissemination. This article points to how such a structure could be made using geoserver, geonetwork, WordPress, … Continue reading →

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OpenStreetMap makes Mindland mapping possible

Posted on 15/02/2012 by ragnvald

One of the biggest beneficiaries of OpenStreetMap is Microsoft letting OSM use their BING sattellite imagery as a backdrop for tracing objects for inclusion into OSM. One of my side projects is to make a decent map of the island … Continue reading →

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Productive week

Posted on 11/02/2012 by ragnvald

This week I posted twice on the TZGISUG website and once on the TZCRC website. The change from Tikiwiki to WordPress has been revigourating for the work. More focus can be given to content. The thought of editing content wiki-style … Continue reading →

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Post on the TZGISUG website

Posted on 08/02/2012 by ragnvald

Earlier today I posteded on the TZGISUG website on spatial data infrastructures in Tanzania and the TZGISUG place in this context. Read more on the TZGISUG website: http://www.tzgisug.org/wp/?p=140

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Output coming up…

Posted on 04/02/2012 by ragnvald

Mindland consulting used to be a small consulting company. I, Ragnvald Larsen have now started working for the Norwegian government. I have kept these pages to host links to former projects and resources. The thought of posting points of view … Continue reading →

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