Posts for travel
township mapping
At the same time I was taking a great nature hike just before the start of FOSS4G, there was a mapping party in Houte Bay. The party clearly came out a success, and thanks to Mikel for passing on the contact info of the gracious hosts at Tobi, I ... read more
local hooks
The last couple of days have yet again highlighted for me the importance of trying to take advantage of locals and local knowledge. A few days ago I met Chris -- a local geology/botany expert, and friend of a friend that I haven't seen in years -- for a hike ... read more
foss4g
The presentations for FOSS4G are over, and just a few workshops and the code sprint are left in the official conference. This year I ran a workshop on GeoDjango with Chris Schmidt, and gave a presentation on the work I did recently with walkscore.com.
The workshop had a ...
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fynbos
Yesterday Karen and Hanlie and I went on a nice walk down near Cape Point, with a group of local botany experts who meet once a month to wander around, rip out some invasive plants, and talk endlessly about the indigenous and endemic species. It was a beautiful area, with ... read more
cape town
I arrived in Cape Town about 5am (dark outside), and stepped carefully back into Africa (stepped/stumbled: they were unable to locate lights for the path from the plane to the terminal). There wasn't much of a line for citizens in the passport-checking area, but that didn't stop at least a ... read more
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