Robin Wilson
@robintw.bsky.social
Freelance geospatial software engineer and data scientist. PhD in satellite imaging.
Blogger (https://blog.rtwilson.com/) author of the FreeGISData site (https://freegisdata.rtwilson.com/) & the British Placename Mapper (https://placenames.rtwilson.com/)
Blogger (https://blog.rtwilson.com/) author of the FreeGISData site (https://freegisdata.rtwilson.com/) & the British Placename Mapper (https://placenames.rtwilson.com/)
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January 27, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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...where it took me 30mins via a couple of outside streets to get from one conference room to another. Etc.
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
...where it took me 30mins via a couple of outside streets to get from one conference room to another. Etc.
Totally - I've found this a big problem. I can list off the conferences where it took 20mins from the conference room to get to an accessible toilet, the one where I had to ask a security guard every time I wanted to go to the toilet...
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Totally - I've found this a big problem. I can list off the conferences where it took 20mins from the conference room to get to an accessible toilet, the one where I had to ask a security guard every time I wanted to go to the toilet...
Yes though I was brought up bringing it to the boil on the hob. Only started using a kettle once I met my wife
November 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Yes though I was brought up bringing it to the boil on the hob. Only started using a kettle once I met my wife
This is one of the weirder comments that I've made on BlueSky, but...we have that Z80 chopping board!
September 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is one of the weirder comments that I've made on BlueSky, but...we have that Z80 chopping board!
(Partially prompted by reading Exploding the Phone, a good book about phone phreaking in the US, and realising that from that and various other similar books - eg. Kevin Mitnick's - I know significantly more about the US phone network than the network in my own country!)
August 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
(Partially prompted by reading Exploding the Phone, a good book about phone phreaking in the US, and realising that from that and various other similar books - eg. Kevin Mitnick's - I know significantly more about the US phone network than the network in my own country!)
I'm also quite surprised that I hadn't come across this previously, having been working in geospatial for quite a long time. Every day is a day for learning!
August 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'm also quite surprised that I hadn't come across this previously, having been working in geospatial for quite a long time. Every day is a day for learning!
Gabi, a MSc student I've been supervising, will also be giving a talk about developing a system to look at secondary flooding impacts, specifically loss of power and loss of road access, on businesses in the UK. She'll be covering use of pgRouting, complex PostGIS SQL queries etc. #foss4guk
August 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Gabi, a MSc student I've been supervising, will also be giving a talk about developing a system to look at secondary flooding impacts, specifically loss of power and loss of road access, on businesses in the UK. She'll be covering use of pgRouting, complex PostGIS SQL queries etc. #foss4guk
I might have to steal one of their section headers as my tagline, as I tend to refer to myself as a geospatial software engineer: 'Geospatial software engineering as its own weirdo niche'
#gis
#gis
August 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I might have to steal one of their section headers as my tagline, as I tend to refer to myself as a geospatial software engineer: 'Geospatial software engineering as its own weirdo niche'
#gis
#gis
I don't normally write long threads, but was suddenly inspired. Hope that helps @ajgwords.bsky.social - I'll be attending FOSS4G UK (and presenting myself), so hopefully I'll be able to hear the talk!
August 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I don't normally write long threads, but was suddenly inspired. Hope that helps @ajgwords.bsky.social - I'll be attending FOSS4G UK (and presenting myself), so hopefully I'll be able to hear the talk!
It needs to have changed a lot from my days as an undergraduate (~20 years ago - ugh!), but I suspect it either hasn't changed that much, or the sort of things you can do in an undergrad practical session don't let you explore what is *really* done in RS any more.
August 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It needs to have changed a lot from my days as an undergraduate (~20 years ago - ugh!), but I suspect it either hasn't changed that much, or the sort of things you can do in an undergrad practical session don't let you explore what is *really* done in RS any more.
now with cloud-based systems, STAC and so on. I'm not sure how we should deal with this as a community, and I'm not sure how modern methods will 'trickle down' to non-code based environments. Like, what do you do in an undergrad RS practical session these days? 8/n
August 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
now with cloud-based systems, STAC and so on. I'm not sure how we should deal with this as a community, and I'm not sure how modern methods will 'trickle down' to non-code based environments. Like, what do you do in an undergrad RS practical session these days? 8/n