Day: March 18, 2021

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Talk about today turning into a rather dreary day

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Talk about today turning into a rather dreary day. 🌧

Usually, Thursday is my day to go to store at lunchtime and then down to the library to work, but I don’t think that will be the plan for today — much too chilly and wet today. We need the rain, and it will help kill off more of the remaining snow, and get us out of rain/snow deficit we’ve had lately this winter, but it doesn’t make for nice looking out my window today at work. Kind of miss the basement office when things look like this. Been trying to get my CDTA navigator card updated — they’re having computer backend issues at CDTA but they say they are working on it.

Vermont Farm Data

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A county-by-county overlay that when you click on the layers will show information about the number of farms, acreage and cattle raised per county by year.

One thing that often annoys me is the over-formality and over-professionalization of the GIS community on the Internet

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One thing that often annoys me is the over-formality and over-professionalization of the GIS community on the Internet. There isn’t a lot out there for mapping hobbyists, most things and services are directed towards professional planners and scientists. Too much is devoted to expensive commercial tools and experts, and not enough towards open source and hobbyists.

While data has become much widely available on the internet and ESRI should be commended for it’s adoption of open formats like ArcMap REST/Services, WMS, ESRI Shapefiles, and Geopackages, the expansion of data access hasn’t come with a lot of good podcasts or blogs for the hobbyist interested in open technology. There are a wealth of QGIS tutorials and information on GRASS and GDAL but it seems like most of the podcasts and websites on GIS still a very much aimed at the high-brow, professional class rather then the curious hobbyist looking to make maps for his or her own use.

Next Time – Thursday March 18

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Today’s sunrise was at 7:01 am. The next time the sun will rise later then today 🌄 is in 205 days on Saturday, October 9.

The average high for today is 45 degrees. 🌡 The next time it will be on average cooler then today is in 251 days on Wednesday, November 24 when the average temperature will be 44 degrees.

The highest point for the sun today will be 46.6° from the horizon at 1:04 pm. 🌞 The next time the sun will be lower in the sky mid-day is in 191 days on Saturday, September 25.

Today has 12 hours and 20 minutes of daylight. ⏳ The next time the day will be shorter then today is in 190 days on Friday, September 24.

Today’s sunset will be at 7:05 pm. The next time the sun will set earlier then today 🌆 is in 182 days on Thursday, September 16.

The average low for today is 26 degrees. 🌡 The next night it will be on average cooler then tonight is in 262 days on Sunday, December 5 when the average temperature will be 25 degrees.