Off Topic: self hosted GIT-server with Bonobo
This might be a bit off-topic for some of you but it was on my desk recently. Furthermore I think this might be interesting for GEO/GIS folks as…
Category: Opinion
5 ways to get a job in the “geo-industry”
Studying geosciences, geography or geology and all related disciplines commonly ends in the question of appropriate job position. Personally I felt very lucky about my former studies in…
Software I use in both worlds: Windows & Ubuntu
I am somehow a messy guy. After 3 years now my OS was a bit “stuffed” and I decided to go with the flow, erased the whole HDD…
Proud of the Linux world
Sometimes I have something to tell, but also need to realize that it is not so easy to explain. How many times have you heard of Linux, or…
5 reasons why I blog
5 reasons why I blog, and why shall you. About 4 years ago I started blogging and building a website/blog with content about GIS, geodata and programming. As…
What is better: a map or a picture?
I was reading an article entitled “China, the megalopolis of 110 million inhabitants that impresses the world” on a popular online journal (see article) and after a dozen…
Berlin is the city for the geo-industry…
Berlin is the place to be for the geo-industry… Visiting the INTERGEO 2015 in Stuttgart I came to one conclusion: Berlin is the place to be. Forget about…
Geo Business and Social Media: Blogs, Twitter and Facebook
This year I visited the Intergeo 2015 not without reason. I was invited at the booth of the German GeoBusiness Commission for an interview. The interplay of geobusiness…
Conference INTERGEO 2015
Last years INTERGEO in Berlin was an interesting experience for a newbie in the world of geodesy like I am. This year I will also attend the INTERGEO…
Create Maps Online: A comparison of 6 webmap providers
Working with a desktop GIS might be a good choice for geodata-experts, GIS-people in general and everyone who is inside the fields of geosciences. If you don’t want…
Pros and Cons of using Smartphone as a GPS Tool
In a statistical report entitled US Smartphone Use in 2015, it revealed that some 88 percent of American smartphone owners use their handset as a map or navigation…
Overview: R Cheat Sheets
Recently we had a discussion about where to find a nice cheat sheet (No! We are not talking about Simon the Sorcerer walk-throughs). Especially for scripting languages cheat…