Serving Sensor Data

Posted on June 22, 2010 | by Markus Stocker

I’m assuming a given repository for time-series as it is common for sensor data. Such a repository may be any kind of RDBMS. In the following, I discuss what may be one possible way to serve data managed in the repository to client applications. I’m further assuming that a standard client operation is to retrieve [...]

From GIS Polygons To RCC Regions

Posted on April 21, 2010 | by Markus Stocker

[This is a technical post.] For a seminar at UEF I’m looking into ways to translate quantitative polygon data digitized in ArcGIS into qualitative data represented with the Region Connection Calculus (RCC). In a nutshell, an ArcGIS polygon described as a closed path of line segments each defined by two coordinates is translated to a [...]

Environmental Awareness

Posted on January 25, 2010 | by Markus Stocker

Thinking around environmental economics is starting to be my favorite spare time activity. Not entirely sure if that’s a good thing :> I have been writing about democratization of consumption data, the idea of providing accurate and real-time data and information on individual consumption of natural resources to consumers. Data on individual consumption — today [...]

First Article On Wikipedia

Posted on January 21, 2010 | by Markus Stocker

Today, I started my first article on Wikipedia, on Environmental Informatics. Environmental Informatics has been around for awhile but Wikipedia had no page for it. I don’t think, there is a reason not to have an article for Environmental Informatics so I started one with a tentative description adapted from Hilty et al. The article [...]

Democratization Of Consumption Data

Posted on November 12, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

An email exchange across the Atlantic (thanks!) motivated me to finally write a post on a thought that kept my three neurons spinning for awhile now. The idea is, surprise, not new. Yet, it might not be too old for some branding either, so here are my two cents: On the Democratization of Consumption Data. Whatever [...]

Which Countries Border The Czech Republic?

Posted on July 30, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

Which are the Swiss cantons that define the Swiss national border? Does Italy have states within its national border? Which US States overlap with the Ogallala Aquifer? After roughly 60 posts, this is my first with a more technical nature. I did promise to keep things accessible to as many readers as possible. Therefore, I’ll [...]

 

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