veltman

Geocoding 10,000 addresses a second with NYC's Geosupport library and Node FFI

Following on Chris Whong's excellent writeup of how to make calls directly to NYC's Geosupport client and this first attempt at generalizing it, here's a way that let me geocode about 10,000 addresses a second on Ubuntu using Node FFI.

Note: this assumes Ubuntu - other Linux is probably fine but may need adjustments.

First, install the basics:

# Update, install Node and unzip (if needed)

dannguyen

This example shows basic usage of mdbtools to extract CSV/SQL from Microsoft databases, but also involves a fairly convoluted Bash loop. For a simpler example, go here: Using mdbtools to extract CSV data from the FAA Wildlife Strike Database

Working with Access files from the command line

Use mdbtools: https://github.com/brianb/mdbtools

If you're on a Mac, you can install mdbtools via homebrew:

brew install mdbtools

dwtkns

# This is a shell function to quickly grab the data for a given Landsat 8 tile ID from Google's servers
# For example:
# l8get LC81690352014169LGN00

# The echo at the end is to remind myself of the syntax for extracting bands 8, 4, 3, and 2. (Pansharp, Red, Green, Blue)

# On OSX this would go into your ~/.bash_profile file.
# Requires gsutil from https://developers.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil_install
# Most useful in conjunction with USGS' Earth Explorer: http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/

veltman

cd ~/
 
# Add QGIS repo
sudo add-apt-repository -s "deb http://qgis.org/debian trusty main"

# Add TileMill repo
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:developmentseed/mapbox
 
# Update/upgrade
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

mitsuhiko

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Quick and dirty demonstration of CVE-2014-0160 by
# Jared Stafford (jspenguin@jspenguin.org)
# Modified so that it finds cookies

import sys
import struct
import socket
import time
import select

vaguity

Hacks/Hackers NYC: Encryption and Operational Security for Journalists (2013-09-16)

Jennifer Valentino, Wall Street Journal (@jenvalentino)

These notes come straight from Jennifer's presentation; slides at https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2HGtAJEbG8PdzVPdHcwekI2V2M/edit

Background

• NSA covers 75% of internet traffic; not all is collected or sifted
• Big issues with suveillance are not the NSA but leak investigations, subpoenas, accidental disclosure and chilling effects on sources

pippinlee

Book Collection Links

Amazon links (No affiliate links!)

• Mathematical Carnival - Martin Gardner

• How to Solve It - G. Polya

• New Foundations for Classical Mechanics - D. Hestenes

veltman

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jayb

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jonkeegan

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