Originally Published June, 2011 in GeoPlace (www.geoplace.com) Where Am I? Where Is That? Meet Operational Needs through Geocontext Visualization Kirk Benell – Chief Technology Officer – ITT Visual Information Solutions Today’s geospatial users face difficult challenges to meet the tasks placed upon them. A proliferation of sensors coupled with a continuously connected environment has led…
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I was rummaging thru some old boxes in my basement this past weekend and stumbled across some old IDL/RSI artifacts. Most was from the 90s, thru late 2000 when the company was sold to Kodak. These were exciting times – the company was growing rapidly and we all felt we could change the world. While…
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We all do it, at least those of use with a technical background, we all make use of ad blockers. Easily installed as a browser extension, the ad blocker is the weapon of choice in keeping one’s browsing experience joyful and clutter free. If this is the case, why did I take on this ad…
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It always happens – put more than two software developers together and at some point the geek-bragging begins. Out come the tech-toys, boasts about their latest brilliant hacks, or a detailed description of some wicked project at work. And for us members of the older generation the discussion always turns to your first computer. While…
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Originally Published June, 2011 in GeoWorld (www.geoworld.com) Increase Automation and Accuracy of Remote-Sensing Feature Extraction Kirk Benell – Chief Technology Officer – ITT Visual Information Solutions Today’s Geospatial Analyst has a large array of tools and technologies available to rapidly and efficiently access, prepare and exploit remote sensed information. However, these available capabilities are unable…
DetailsSpeaking of Text Editors – this is a decent summary of the 40 year “Emacs vs. VI” editor wars … and in Slate of all places. The Oldest Rivalry in Computing
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As every software developer knows, the editor you use is personal – it’s not a just a tool, but an extension to you. After using it for hours on end day after day, a strange bond forms between an coder and their editor – one that has intense meaning and one that last for years…
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Like I’m sure many people do, I use iTunes to manage my music at home. For my setup iTunes runs on a Mac Mini that is connected to my stereo system that drives my whole house audio solution. This has been a perfect for me – a centralized system for my music that is controlled…
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When putting this site together a friend asked me – “What’s your philosophy that’s driving all this?”. Good question – one that I’ve lived by for years, but never really wrote down… until now…. [vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1452273751572{margin-top: 5px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #545454 !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”]What makes a successful software development…
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