Tuesday 29 March 2016

Worlds Oldest Map?

I saw this map mentioned at the OSi launch last week - found in a cave in Spain and approximately 14,000 years old. Shame it has been there all that time and this is the highest res, annotated copy that I could find online!! Still - a very interesting find.


Wednesday 23 March 2016

OSi GI Research and Development Initiatives.

Ordnance Survey Ireland launched their new R&D initiatives yesterday - a very welcome addition to the competitive funding pool for Ireland. Some of the info needs clarifying but it looks like
  • 2 x 2 year x €50k Postdoc funding.
  • 5 x €5k MSc prize

are up for grabs. The priority areas all seem to have a satellite/ remote sensing element to them as well so I may have to look and also get the students to submit their portfolios for the MSc prize.


Their own work really looks good too - linked data, Prime 2 - well done OSi! Full info and launch is scheduled for the 29th of April so hopefully more info available then.

Monday 21 March 2016

GSI Shortcalls

The GSi Shortcall results and press release are out

We were successful in our application and will be designing a short study for developing a rapid, low-cost bathymetric survey methodology using multiresolution imagery. Alot of questions arose from the previous satellite bathymetry study - particularly in relation to the different spatial, spectral and temporal resolutions and their influence on accuracy. The shortcalls will help us to continue the work on it.

 

Wednesday 9 March 2016

Real time satellite data?

Interesting article here, 13 minutes to process Sentinel 1a data from time of image capture? Must find out more about this EDRS SpaceDataHighway...


Tuesday 8 March 2016

Maps of the Year

I came across some great maps here, on MapsMania - be prepared to lose a few hours...i ordered myself a print of the Roads to Rome one for the wall.


Tuesday 1 March 2016

100 Posts

Do I get a cheque from the president? Will I make it to 1000? Anyway I am still struggling on, haven't given up blogging yet and always have a few draft posts in reserve :)


Actually my 'reserves' are getting out of hand - I need to post more.

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My name is Conor. I am a Lecturer at the Department of Geography at Maynooth University. These few lines will (hopefully) chart my progress through academia and the world of research.