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Hatfield looking for an Information System Specialist

Jason — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:20:12 +0000

Hatfield Consultants, the place that I work, is looking for an Information System Specialist. The full job posting is online here. This person will work on all sorts of interesting projects, ranging from local linear development applications, to aquaculture applications to international opportunities in Africa and SE Asia.

Required Skills and Experience

Must be able to work independently and with a team to design, implement and test web based data management, project management and collaboration systems;
High attention to detail;
Excellent English written and verbal skills;
5+ years experience developing ASP.NET/PHP/Java web applications;
Be able to work in a team context with non-technical users;
B.Sc (Computer Science), B.Tech, B.Eng or related degree with equivalent experience;

Canadian Place Name Trivia

Jason — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:55:00 +0000

Some interesting Canadian place-name trivia. In all, we have a lot of pleasant places, but we’re not all that creative when it comes to lake names! (“hey – that lake looks pretty long, let’s call it Long Lake!”)

Source: http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/info/trivia_e.php

Most Common Place Names in Canada

Rank	Place name	#
1.	Mount Pleasant	16
2.	Centreville	15
2.	Lakeview	15
3.	Pleasant Valley	14
4.	Fairview	13
5.	Rosedale	11
6.	Salem	10
6.	Bellevue	10
6.	Springfield	10
6.	Glenwood	10
6.	Richmond	10
6.	Riverside	10
6.	Westmount	9
7.	Maple Grove	9
7.	Greenfield	9
7.	Victoria	9
7.	Sunset Beach	9
7.	Sunnyside	9
7.	Little Harbour	9

Most Common Feature Names in Canada

Rank	Place name	#
1.	Long Lake	203
2.	Mud Lake	182
3.	Long, Lac	164
4.	Long Pond	152
5.	Rond, Lac	145
6.	Green Island	132
7.	Long Point	125
8.	Big Island	120
9.	Narrows, The	118
10.	Truite, Lac à la	113
11.	Round Lake	109
12.	Otter Lake	108
13.	Black Rock	103
14.	Long Island	101
14.	Perdu, Lac	101
14.	Moose Lake	101
15.	Little Lake	100

Yahoo Maps in Indonesia and Viet Nam

Jason — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:09:00 +0000

Yahoo has turned out to be the first of the big-three online mapping sites (Yahoo, Google and Microsoft) to have detailed road-maps of Indonesia and Viet Nam.

So now you can finally figure out how to drive from Bogor to Yogyakarta.

Source: Yahoo Geo Technologies Blog.

Google Earth for the IPhone

Jason — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:49:00 +0000

I know that we don’t need yet another reason to get an iPhone, but Google has just added a great reason – Google Earth is now available for the iPhone.

Palin’s foreign credentials tested

Jason — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:59:00 +0000

In response to Palin’s comments about her foreign policy experience based on being able to see Russia from Alaska, Michael Koswowsky has set up a special map using his “HeyWhatsThat” tools. Looks like there are only 4 very hard to reach spots where you can see Russia in Alaska.

Google Earth layer of Myanmar cyclone data

Jason — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:59:00 +0000

The UN Institute for Training and Research Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) has released a Google Earth layer showing the path of the cyclone and the extent of the flooding that recently hit Myanmar.

Click on this link: http://services.google.com/earth/kmz/nargis_n.kmz

(source: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/05/unosat-layer-of-myanmar-cyclone-data.html)

Jason — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:08:00 +0000

Here’s an interesting website:

This guy asks people to walk around places connected to a lie-detector and a GPS.

Out come maps of “locational physiological arousal”.

Maps are viewable in Google Earth.

http://biomapping.net/