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Author Archives: John Reiser
Portfolio Workshop
Yesterday, I held a Portfolio Workshop for our Rowan Geography and Environment students. The audio of my talk along with the slides are available on the workshop web page. While I think the talk and discussion was well-received, the audio … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching
Tagged education, environmental studies, GIS, Planning, portfolio, Teaching
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Rendering weirdness with reference data
Continued from yesterday’s post: Bizarre GeoServer WMS Rendering Both the NJ Landscape Project habitat data and the Municipalities data are complex. It is hard to pinpoint a rendering issue when the data is very complex. I prepared a reference data … Continue reading
Bizarre GeoServer WMS rendering possibly due to ArcGIS handling of PostGIS data
I just submitted a problem to the OpenGeo support forum regarding an unusual bug I’ve discovered in GeoServer. Multipart polygon geometries are producing “unintentional art” when rendered through GeoServer. Several GIS data sets that have been brought into PostGIS using … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Technology, Visualization, Web Mapping
Tagged ArcGIS, Geoserver, GIS, postgis, rendering, wms
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Beach erosion in Ocean City
While not as hard hit as the towns near Seaside Heights, Ocean City felt the effects of Sandy and is still in the process of cleanup. Back in July, I took a Gigapan photo of the Ocean City beach from … Continue reading
Posted in In the News, Technology, Visualization
Tagged gigapan, Hurricane, hurricane sandy, ocean city
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From NOAA imagery, extent of Seaside Heights damage can be seen
The amusement piers in Seaside Heights have been significantly damaged. Funtown Pier partially destroyed. A roller coaster at Casino Pier can be seen sitting in the surf. Two buildings at the end of the Pier are entirely gone. For those … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial Photography, In the News
Tagged Aerial Photography, Hurricane, sandy, seaside heights
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Post Sandy imagery available from NOAA
NOAA‘s web viewer of post-Hurricane Sandy imagery is now live. Many portions of the Jersey Shore received incredible damage. Below are some before and after pictures compiled from the viewer. I’m hoping to get NJ’s March 2012 imagery available as … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial Photography, In the News
Tagged Aerial Photography, Hurricane, ngs, noaa, sandy
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Hurricane Sandy live data resources
As Hurricane Sandy is about to make landfall somewhere in NJ or DE, keep safe and dry. Move to a safe location and stay there. Don’t attempt to travel after dusk due to reduced visibility and the intensifying storm. Once … Continue reading
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Pulling data from OSM using XAPI, bringing it to ArcGIS
I was recently asked by a friend if I knew of an ArcGIS-friendly data set representing the highway interchanges within New Jersey. I knew the information was already available in OpenStreetMap, but how could I quickly pull just the highway … Continue reading
Posted in OpenStreetMap, Technology, Tools and Scripts
Tagged github, mapquest, OpenStreetMap, python, scripts, xapi
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New Jersey Bike Map public meeting
This Thursday, May 10th, I will be attending the final public meeting to discuss the draft New Jersey Statewide Bicycle Map and Resource Guide. I attended the first meeting at Cumberland County College, but will be again providing comments at … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Data, Government, OpenStreetMap, OPRA, Planning, Technology, Transportation
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Announcing LearnWebMapping.com
I am pleased to announce that I have started another blog, LearnWebMapping.com. This summer, I am offering a Web Mapping & GIS Services course through Rowan University Online. To promote the course and to help keep myself mentally focused on … Continue reading