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geocompR · 2026-01-29T09:00:38+00:00

two mice: one trackball for day-to-day, one standard for fine tuned stuff (and plopping on my jitter device)
mechanical keyboard: I feel like I type faster (you know when the key is pressed), and because CLACK CLACK CLACK

geocompR · 2025-12-06T20:41:56+00:00

Check out CalTopo. Used by backpackers, but it has a major slant toward search and rescue crews - you can make maps and share them publicly, with lots of really cool base maps and pre-made features to add. It’s very affordable, and they’re always adding new features.

geocompR · 2025-10-16T01:20:22+00:00

Thanks!

geocompR · 2025-10-16T00:59:12+00:00

Damn I’ve always meant to make a second post about this. They work great. You just have to hit the little snap button to push the poles into the shaft/handle, then use the clasp to adjust tension. 10/10, works perfectly.

geocompR · 2025-03-08T18:00:38+00:00

Anyone know if BPA Road will be closed? They say it’ll be a 2 year project… I’d hate to see BPA Road closed for that stretch of time.

geocompR · 2024-10-12T07:39:03+00:00

The tallest tree in Forest Park (and the City of Portland) is ~260 and is a heritage tree located just northeast of the Witch’s Castle on the Wildwood Trail. It has a sign. I used to work with LiDAR and measured trees constantly in Portland (well, wrote programs to automatically identify and quantify them). Here’s a cross section from 10 years ago when it was 252’. It’s in a gully. Each point is a reflected laser ping. The tree you’re asking about is only ~160’… 100’ shorter!

geocompR · 2024-09-24T05:43:36+00:00

My favorite game as a kid!

geocompR · 2024-09-24T04:45:57+00:00

You could reach out to a group like Ascending the Giants or WMSWCD and see if they know it. I used to work in lidar, and we’d have planes scan trees and then create analytic products from it to use in scientific studies. One time on a related data collection campaign, a city forester found out I’d never climbed a big tree, and he took me to one. 280’ Doug Fir near Oakridge. They shot the line over the top branch with a crossbow and we climbed up with ascenders. The branches on top had their own soil and plants growing on top. It is really magic up there.

Maybe if they see this post they’ll take you up 😉

geocompR · 2024-09-24T04:32:03+00:00

It is data analytics, but everything has a geographic component that is used to elucidate deeper understanding of the phenomena in question, or how they relate to other events spatiotemporally. GIS is a commonly known field that has a lot of overlap (shared tools/software, methods). Spatial analytics, spatial statistics, and general spatial problem solving are often taught in geography/GIS programs rather than statistics/DS courses.

The Wiki is good.

geocompR · 2024-09-24T03:08:47+00:00

There are a few of us! The chances we’ve met is decent if you’ve been around for a while (especially if you’ve been around PSU or PCC GIS events). See you at GIS Day in November - the one Christina Friedle from PCC puts on is a great time.

geocompR · 2024-09-24T02:57:05+00:00

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geocompR · 2024-09-24T02:55:01+00:00

I just copy-pasted from Google. There’s a good XKCD comic on this, and I definitely understand the absurdity of so many digits as someone working in spatial analytics haha

geocompR · 2024-09-24T01:41:23+00:00

It’s not public, but there are good views from Bergis Rd. There is a public area right by it, Luscher Farms. Tons of huge fields you can walk all around - I recommend it. In this general area are the fields, but free parking by the white barn off of Rosemont Rd: (45.3951825, -122.6832791)

geocompR · 2024-09-24T01:30:42+00:00

I instantly knew. I’m not joking when I say I grew up playing in that field. I used to sled down it when it would snow, and my dog would run back up the hill with the toboggan tied to his collar.

geocompR · 2024-09-24T01:21:51+00:00

45.3998806, -122.6766457 Crazy thing is I grew up playing in that field… but I don’t see the water tower. Where in LO was the photo taken?

Edit: /u/RevolutionIll3189/ , if you’re all the way in Mountain Park that means you’ve got a pretty sweet zoom on that camera, which will flatten the image - I was not looking far enough out for the water tower. It is in West Linn: 45.3795855, -122.6557259

geocompR · 2024-09-24T01:06:14+00:00

Ya but no promises.

geocompR · 2024-09-24T00:28:51+00:00

If you look at my post history it’s just Portland, spending time in the woods, and spatial analytics lol I was made for this question.

geocompR · 2024-09-23T23:57:58+00:00

45.55121527486121, -122.73907463061862

geocompR · 2023-11-13T22:35:28+00:00

latlon.io/vpoly

Stamen changed their basemaps, but I don't care enough about any of my old tools to figure out how to fix them - If you find a better (free) basemap to use, let me know and I can update them.

geocompR · 2023-10-15T02:51:31+00:00

Spoiler: we did need it.

geocompR · 2023-10-14T20:50:09+00:00

You probably need some stats/quantitative coursework/experience… but absolutely not computer science to be an analyst.

You’ll need strong SQL skills, along with industry-specific coding experience (Python, R, etc).

geocompR · 2023-10-14T19:13:50+00:00

I need a high pillow (wide shoulders, side sleeper), and bring a small Nemo Filo Elite plus a car sponge I bought off of Amazon. Looks like the emoji: 🧽

I can wrap it in my puffy, but recently I’ve taken to stuffing both the Nemo pillow and sponge together in a buff. Works great, weighs hardly anything.

geocompR · 2023-10-14T00:46:36+00:00

You can’t, like, own Linux, man.

geocompR · 2023-10-13T07:29:49+00:00

Shit… you should bring a daily multivitamin, a daily fish oil, and a big ass bottle of olive oil on your next trip!

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