Clik here to view.
Interest Free!?
From a recent Harvey Norman add for a Computer. . . Some simple calculations. . . Interestingly, the 29.49 default interest rate is the actual interest rate, when the ‘Establishment Fee’ is taken out...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ArcGIS Server license missing… provide path to ECP.
After installing or updating an ArcGIS server license you may be unable to connect to or create enterprise geodatabases and be greeted with a message along the lines of: “The ArcGIS Server license is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Only Fools Rush In
Steps toward developing a Business Application. It is tempting to straight from Task Definition to Application Development. But doing a bit more ‘homework’ will greatly increase the chances of success....
View ArticleTest Driven Contracts!?
If you fail to plan you plan to fail, or so the saying goes. And planning is all about thinking ahead, working now on what will be required later. But, when it comes to specifying software, we often...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Don’t take the bait . . . Wait
It might be counter-intuitive. But when it comes to email responses, slow might actually be better. When confronted with confrontational emails, especially if the subject is one close to our heart, so...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Must Have Software
A list of the software tools I cannot live without (for Windows PCs). Visual Subst (www.ntwind.com) is a little utility that maps a directory paths to a drive. In my case I use to map my Googl Drive...
View ArticleDealing with Phone Complaints
There will be times when, justifiable or not, someone will complain about a service or product delivered by you or your staff. So, what is the best way to deal with such complaints: Be Positive: Start...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SSL on Hostmonster
If you’re hosting a site with Hostmonster the following step will help ensure all pages use HTTPS. From July 2018 and starting with Chrom 68 Google will be flagging non-SSL sites as insecure and also...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Netflix Gems
There is a lot of good content on Netflix, but sometimes the real gems are hard to find. Here are some of my top picks 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines, or Los últimos de Filipinas (2016) A...
View ArticleHand me a Hammer
The most difficult, and arguably, most important step in any project is Problem Definition. It is difficult to overstate how important it is to get this first step right. Without being clear about what...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Genearlised Approach to Information Technology Projects
Albert Einstein supposedly uttered the now famous quote, “If I were given one hour to save the planet, I would spend 59 minutes defining the problem and one minute resolving it.” indicating that the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Aspects of Data Quality
Data quality is a measure of the agreement between the data views presented by an information system and the real world. A data quality of 100% for example, would indicate the information system’s data...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Database Systems and the Relational Database Model
Types of Database Models It is possible to broadly distinguish among three generations of architectural database models. Listed in order of increasing sophistication they are the primitive, classic and...
View ArticleSoftware Development Considerations
Everybody want’s an ‘App’. But software development is time-consuming and expensive. So here are some ideas to consider before developing your next ‘App’: Focus on Data: Data is the be-all and end-all....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Exposing Object IDs in FME GDBS to IEPS Translation
Running an FME translation routine from Esri Filegeodatbase to IEPS, I was getting some weird results. The eps fiele generated was only showing some of the tranlated layers. The FME translation log...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FME EXE has stopped working
An FME data translation routine reading AutoCAD files and writing them to an ESRI Filegeodatabase, suddenly stopped working. This routine previously worked and no changes to the workbench were made....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Looking up Values in Zoho Creator
I have a Zoho Creator form, called Issues (Rskrg_Iss), that deals with risk assessment. It has two drop downs: Likelihood (IssLklhood), which estimates the probability of an event occurring and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Counting Whats Important
“If you can’t count what’s important you make what you can count important“. James Willbanks. I recently heard this quote in episode four of the excellent PBS documentary ‘The Vietnam War’, currently...
View ArticleClik here to view.
EPSG 4326 Vs EPSG 3857
Geographic Coordiante System are often identified by an EPSG Number. The two coordiante system most often used in web mapping applications are EPSG:4326 and EPSG:3857. But what’s the difference between...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Changing the URL of Portal for ArcGIS Web Mapping Applications
Using Portal for ArcGIS 10.4, some of my Web Mapping Application ended up pointing to the Server rather than the public URL the server should resolve to. This causes two problems: The Web Mapping...
View Article
