Author Archives: John Reiser

Urban design photos

Posted on March 16, 2010 by John Reiser

I’ve been organizing my digital photography library and posting some of my better pictures to flickr. The “Urban Design” collection highlights pictures that illustrate important urban design principles. I plan on using these photos for the future planning classes at … Continue reading →

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Geotagging a short bike ride

Posted on March 7, 2010 by John Reiser

Brought my Blackberry with me on a bike ride around Glassboro and Pitman. I used beGPS One, a Blackberry GPS logging application to record my location every 30 seconds as an NMEA sentence. I then used GPSBabel to covert the … Continue reading →

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Equality in Data: Should personal addresses be redacted?

Posted on February 19, 2010 by John Reiser

Just because you have a hammer doesn’t mean you’re going to start hitting people with it. Intentionally crippling a web service and reducing accessibility should always be seen as a major step backwards. Continue reading →

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Please Rob Me: What’s the big deal?

Posted on February 18, 2010 by John Reiser

There’s been a flurry of posts across the web about Please Rob Me, a site that aggregates check-ins on sites like FourSquare, illustrating the fact that we’ve known all along: people are willing to release more information than they realize. … Continue reading →

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Student Experiences with OpenStreetMap

Posted on February 12, 2010 by John Reiser

This semester, I integrated OpenStreetMap into my GIS II class by requiring students to research an area on OSM that lacked detail and update the map. OSM is a great real-world demonstration of some of the GIS principles we’re discussing … Continue reading →

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Updating OpenStreetMap with Land Use Data

Posted on February 3, 2010 by John Reiser

Over the course of 2009, I got involved with OpenStreetMap. If you haven’t used OSM, I suggest you check it out. It’s being updated and used throughout the world, from mapping campuses in New Jersey to aiding the relief efforts … Continue reading →

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First-line Titles of Christmas Carols

Posted on December 25, 2009 by John Reiser

On the way home from my grandparents last night, Kate and I were discussing how there are very few Christmas Carols that don’t start with the song’s title in the first line. The only one I could think of last … Continue reading →

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Historic Topographic Maps and Aerials

Posted on October 13, 2009 by John Reiser

There is a wealth of GIS data available throughout the state, and that massive amount of data is getting easier to use. Continue reading →

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blog update

Posted on September 30, 2009 by John Reiser

So what about those links I should’ve been postin’? Continue reading →

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UK magazine on why OpenStreetMap is brilliant

Posted on July 29, 2009 by John Reiser

Just two days after I wrote about OpenStreetMap, PC Pro, a UK computing magazine, posted a blog about the brilliance of OpenStreetMap.  This entry is a much better introduction to OSM than what I previously wrote.

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