Broadband Access

I currently connect to the Internet with a wireless carrier.  I get around one megabit down and 128 k up, not the best but much better than dial-up.  I have been trying to convince Time Warner that my area needs to have cable, however they informed me that there neds to be at least 15 houses per mile for them to consider laying cable in the area.  Using www.cablemover.comI mapped out the houses in my area that have cable and those that do not as well as how many homes are on each mile increment of road.  There seems to be a few exceptions to the 15 buildings per mile.  Unfortunately, Time Warner is not going to be running cable in my area anytime soon.

Where have I been?

Well it has been a while since I last posted and honestly I am filled with wonder that people still are looking at this blog.  It has been a few months since I last posted.  Anyway, in the last couple of months I have relocated my family 2600 miles and then driven another 2600 for a temporary job.  Not much time has been devoted to anything else; including GIS.

However, school is starting in a few weeks so hopefully I will once again begin thinking in GIS and get back to this blog.

Lots happening

Hyperspectral data cube

It is self evident that I have not written for a few months.  Quite a few things have been happening that have successfully derailed my aspiring blog posts.  School continues, this semester I was studying remote sensing.  I do have to say that hyperspectral imaging as well as synthetic aperture radar have been difficult.   Besides school I was in the midst of changing my work description and I am currently in the midst of relocating to another part of the country; this has eaten up the majority of my time.

Hopefully when this relocation is finished and we get settled things will get back to normal or at least my schedule will somewhat normalize.  I have quite a few things I would like to finish writing about (GIS related of course) but up to this point they are just half finished ideas.