SARScene 2011
Team "Coquitlam Two" in 2007: Flynn, Myself, Sandy and Liz
I’m heading to SARScene 2011 in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Friday. I’m presenting my talk “Crowdsourced SAR”
Month: October 2011
Google moves to Crowdsourcing
Google Map Maker is opened to Canada, and Google becomes a crowdsourced map.
SAR and Crowdsourced Maps
When you’e using OpenStreetMap, you’re using Crowdsourced data; in my experience, very accurate for urban searches.
SOLD: 2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser
THE FJ SOLD for $23,000 Oct 22nd 2011 Keeping this post up for anyone perversely interested in reading about it.
The ACC requires digital avalanche beacons
I’m a member of the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC), Vancouver Section, so I get their monthly “Alpine-E-r” newsletter. For the past several months I’ve noticed the following message in the newsletter: NEW BEACON POLICY The ACC has a new …
Move to WordPress
The blogging wars are over, and WordPress won, deal with it. At least that’s what I tell myself. There’s lots of choices in the blogging world, but for a basic blog like what I write, WordPress is where it’s ad. …