Published inDataDrivenInvestorGeocoding on the Fly: NominatimNow we have a consistent service address field, we can start geocoding to find the XY coordinates. In this article I will concentrate on…Feb 16, 2021Feb 16, 2021
Published inTowards Data ScienceGeocoding on the Fly: Cleaning Apartment NumbersIn my last article, I talked about cleaning the data for geocoding. Let me talk about geocoders for a moment. There are many options out…Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
Published inTowards Data ScienceGeocoding on the Fly: Cleaning the DataGeocoding is a basic element of mapping. This is taking a list of addresses and giving them an XY coordinate for location. This XY…Feb 9, 2021Feb 9, 2021
Published inTowards Data ScienceThe Role of GIS in ReportingI am a business analyst with a GIS past. As an analyst, I am asked to present data in informative ways to executives. This is the…Feb 8, 2021Feb 8, 2021
Published inTowards Data ScienceNarrowing the DataA technical dive into narrowing a large dataset.Oct 6, 20201Oct 6, 20201
Food Insecurity in America during COVIDThere are many at-risk groups during COVID, and food insecurity is a major concern when assistance programs started to get defunded during…Sep 29, 2020Sep 29, 2020
Can we teach robots empathy?Culture is a way we define our environment. It can be conceived as a set of rules used to help keep us all working nicely with each other…Sep 23, 2020Sep 23, 2020
NLP + CultureLet’s keep an open mind and think of culture conceptually as an arbitrary thing. Culture is a set of “agreed upon” rules. Meaning “groups”…Sep 14, 2020Sep 14, 2020
GIS Specialist vs Data ScientistIn the GIS world, Specialist is usually a versatile word meant for somebody with analyst, developer, and geodatabase skills. In this…Aug 13, 2020Aug 13, 2020
Bias/Variance Trade-off in the real world.As a former archaeologist who ended up as a GIS Supervisor at an electric company, I have a few examples of models to build from that seem…Jul 30, 2020Jul 30, 2020
