There's no such thing as Anonymous Location Data

At the intersection of “SQL All The Things” And “Postgres For Everything”

When the best chart is no chart.

Two outliers ruin your whole chart by compressing the visual variation plus there's some leader line mania. Perhaps a sorted list with subtle color coding would've worked better.

#dataviz

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Looking over this Amazon offering of Routing optimized over multiple dimensions--very cool.

Seems to me that integrating GIS with Operations Research to unleash more potent Analytic Get Sh*t Done Firepower out into the world is an untapped opportunity.

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Sometimes the Best Map is No Map: Barcelona neighborhood gets its local bus info off the GTFS feed to keep the tourists away and is quite pleased with the results theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

I would never apply for a job where the was a substantial risk of being rejected for lacking flair

Headed to the track today and found this gem—

Young Me: “cool, I work with maps, the universe is speaking to me”

Wise Me: “actually, the coordinate order should be Long Lat—hard pass”

Formula 1–the most sophisticated data-driven sport.

Formula 1 team—we used Excel to track out car’s 20,000 parts and it isn’t going well.

Moral: never, ever underestimate the dependence of “sophisticated” orgs on spreadsheets.

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On Coco Gauff's CG1 shoe sole are written geographic coordinates...

26 28 0.75” N 80 5’ 1.4” W

Type this in Google and you get the Delray Beach public tennis courts she grew up at

We were told “niches get riches”.

But the experience in GIS is that we are consistently underpaid compared to our IT counterparts.

Daniel invited me on his podcast to discuss this odd dynamic.

mapscaping.com/podcast/way-yo…

Ok, it's a guy who bets on the Oscars, but his quote could be applied to the majority of upper-level executives and what they want from their Data Science groups

We wanted to build a platform that generated recurring revenue by stringing together a series of one-off engagements to pay the bills and everything ended as it usually does….

Must read for any would be Analytics Entrepreneur ht Aravind 🌍 🛰

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Loved this convo with .@Geo_will and Daniel ( MapScaping )

If you’re in the Geo consulting mix you need to get one thing straight:

Your product isn’t a map.

Your product isn’t spatial analysis.

Your product is Middle Manager Risk Mitigation.

mapscaping.com/podcast/modern…

That sinking feeling one gets when visiting Atlantic City isn't imaginary--subsiding 4cm every 10 years !

Great graphic of analysis done using SAR + interferometry

nytimes.com/interactive/20…

I found this chart on Bloomberg so it has to be true.

(Soon to be in a .Paul Ramsey keynote near you)

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I Can't Believe It's Not GIS™ !

For the very few of you who hold romantic notions about the collaborative journey that is definitely not Data Consulting (starts at 23 min mark)

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Back in the day network diagrams were hand drawn on butcher paper held down by cups of coffee…a great tale