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Python Standard Library – Book
Working in Python, I find myself googling for solutions to programming snags all the time. More and more often, my questions turn out to be about use of the Python Standard Library, be it hashlib for file comparison purposes or … Continue reading
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FME Desktop 2011 Class – Safe Software, Vancouver
I recently had the pleasure of escaping the Texas summer heat and traveling to Vancouver, BC, for a Safe Software training class. I had stopped at the Safe Software booth at ESRI UC for a few minutes this July, and … Continue reading
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Getting PETRA well bore paths into ArcMAP using Python
I recently had to bring in some IHS well data from Petra (or IHS Enerdeq) into ArcMap. While I endured 2 days of Introduction to Petra for Geoscientists this summer, I easy and expertise when it comes to using Petra … Continue reading
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Book: Python Geospatial Development
Everywhere on the web, you find people developing new GIS tools for/in Python. But I’ve never really come across a book that ties all this together. All the standard Open Source GIS books and manuals (paper and online) have chapters … Continue reading
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pmapper – a framework for Mapserver applications
After playing around with my own HTML/css templates for Mapserver, I started looking for a better solution. In fact, there are a number of frequently used frameworks (see http://maptools.org under Webtools). I briefly looked at Dracones, because it’s written in Python. … Continue reading
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