Tech Review: Wednesday, November 30, 2011

HP Pavilion DVg-6110

http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/rts_notebook/rts_notebook/1/storefronts/LW261UA%2523ABA

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834157879

• $550
• 15.6"
• 4GB memory - 16GB max
• Quad-Core 2.3GHz
• 640 HDD (5400rmp)
• DVD
• AMD Radeon HD 6520G
• WebCam
• 5.53 lbs
• 4.5 hours battery
• 4 USBs
• 1 HDMI
• 1 VGA

CIB - Controlled Image Base

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

• 1 TB
• $80 - usually $150
• 7200 RPM

Acer Aspire AS5552-7677 Notebook AMD Phenom II Quad-Core N970(2.2GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 320GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi ATI Radeon HD 4250

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215185

• $400
• Acer
• 16.6"
• 4GB (max 8GB)
• 320GB
• AMD Quad-Core (2.2GHz)
• ATI Radeio HD 4250

Intel HD Graphics 3000

• http://forum.notebookreview.com/gaming-software-graphics-cards/593256-what-games-can-intel-hd-graphics-3000-run.html
• can handle most games
• http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Intel-HD-Graphics-3000-graphics-solution.43710.0.html
• more than you would ever want to know

GIS File Formats

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIS_file_formats

• ADRG
• BIL
• CADRG
• ECRG
• CIB
• DRG
• JPEG2000
• MrSid
• etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system

• Geographic Information System (GIS)

Linux Mint 12's Three Desktops

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/linux-mint-12s-three-desktops/9919

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/the-most-popular-linux-is/9913

• On top of ubuntu
• Most popular
• Gnome interface

Download:

http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1889

• don't use Maryland to download
• really slow

http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/11/23/ubuntu-linux-losing-popularity-fast-new-unity-interface-to-blame/#

• Ubuntu's slide because of Unity?

Will HTML5 kill mobile apps?

http://www.zdnetasia.com/will-html5-kill-mobile-apps-62303006.htm

• Can do something quick across platforms
• will still need to specialize
• wont ill mobile apps

BoostMobile's Samsung Transform Ultra Android

http://www.boostmobilestore.com/bpdirect/boost/PhoneList.do?action=view&id=transformultra

• $230
• front camera
• Android 2.3
• Google Talk

Canon A2200 14.1MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom - Blue

http://www.target.com/p/Canon-A2200-14-1MP-Digital-Camera-with-4x-Optical-Zoom-Blue/-/A-13428399#?ref=tgt_email_RX111271&emseq=58522039

• $90
• 14.1 MP
• 4x optical zoom

How Apple's Siri really works

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/how-apples-siri-really-works/62461?tag=content;siu-container

• voice recognition

10 Best Tablets for Kids

http://www.zdnet.com/photos/10-best-tablets-for-kids/6330739?seq=4&tag=siu-container;photo-frame#photo-frame

• IPad
• LeapFrog ($99)

Decent Bare Bones for $200

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=1626533&sku=B69-0483

• 4GB - 16GB Max
• AMD 3 core 3.3 GHz

HP Mini 10.1" Netbook with 250GB, 6 Cell Battery, & Win7 Starter (Red/Refurbished)

http://shop.retrevo.com/m/dailydeal?prodid=rd-s15.RVO-20111130-1&cmpid=EmailNov30

• $200
• HP Netbook
• 250 GB
• 1 GB Memory
• WebCam?

Tech Review: Wednesday, November 16, 2010

FalconView

Where is the FalconView log file?

• http://www.falconview.org/trac/FalconView/wiki/ILayerEditor
• in the users app data directory
• %APPDATA%
• C:\Users\<my user>\AppData\Roaming

Xen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xen

• virtual-machine monitor
• linux
• Microsoft Windows

SIMH

• running VAX/VMS under Linux

VM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine

• a completely isolated guest operating system installation within a normal host operating system.

Geospatial

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDAL

• Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL)
• a library for reading and writing raster geospatial data formats.

http://www.gdal.org/ogr/

• http://www.gdal.org/
• Geospatial Data Abstraction Library
• translator library for raster geospatial data formats
• http://www.w3.org/Mobile/posdep/GMLIntroduction.html
• introduction
• OGR - Simple Features Library in C++ 
• Opensource
• library
• commandline tools

http://www.falconview.org/svn/FalconView/trunk/public/third_party/gdal/Release/html/drv_gml.html

• GML in FalconView
• OGR has limited support for GML reading and writing
• Update of existing files not supported

http://www.gis.com/content/what-gis

• GIS (Geographic Information System)

http://tec.army.mil/gis/

• GIS Internet Resources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_Markup_Language

• Georaphy Markup Language (GML) is a XML grammer defined by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

http://www.snowflakesoftware.co.uk/products/gmlviewer/index.htm

• Snowflake GML viewer
• GML Sample Data
• http://www.snowflakesoftware.com/products/gmlviewer/gmlSampleData.htm

FLOSS

What is FLOSS?

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software
• Free and open-source software (FOSS) or fre/libre/open-source software (FLOSS)
• free - copy and re-use of software
• open-source software - strengths of peer-to-peer development model

ArcGIS

ArcGIS Data Export

• http://courses.washington.edu/gis250/lessons/data_export/index.html

Java

The initial value of class member variables.

• http://www.janeg.ca/scjp/lang/defaults.html
• false
• 0
• null

Android Development

http://brunocosta.com/blog/2011/11/02/speeding-up-android-development-with-android-x86-and-virtualbox/

• use Android-x86 and VirtualBox

Internet Anonymity

http://how-to.linuxcareer.com/i2p-anonymity-for-the-masses

• I2P
• Make it hard for the site you visit to get you info

Geospatial Platform

http://www.geoplatform.gov/home/

• Government shares with public

http://gcn.com/articles/2011/11/14/geospatial-platform-data-maps-apps.aspx?s=gcndaily_161111

• article about

Linux and Supercomputers

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/where-linux-crushes-windows-like-a-bug-supercomputers/9890?alertspromo=&tag=nl.rSINGLE

• 91.4% of the top 500 supercomputers are running Linux

OpenStack

http://www.openstack.org/

• opensource software for building private and public clouds
• consists of 3 parts
• computer
• object storage
• image service

http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/private_edition/openstack/

• private company RackSpace that uses OpenStack

Late Software Projects

http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/1111/whatsnew/software?utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=all+late+projects+are+the+same&utm_content=hughes.stan%40gmail.com&utm_campaign=CN+November+16%2C+2011

• All software projects are late because they started late
• The started late for 3 reasons
1. no one started until the competition proved it doable or desirable
2. cost a lot more then anyone was willing to pay
3. no one knew that it needed to be done until the window of opportunity was closing
• usually a disguise for reason one or two

Tech Review Notes: Friday, November 11, 2011

Shape Collection Files (Falconview)

• http://www.falconview.org:8080/svn/FalconView/trunk/public/Applications/FalconView/overlay/FctryList.cpp

C# and FalconView

• http://www.falconview.org/trac/FalconView/wiki/MapRenderingEngine
• http://www.falconview.org/trac/FalconView/wiki/RenderEngineCodeSample

AMRDEC (Aviation & Missile Research, Development & Engineering Center)

• http://www.redstone.army.mil/amrdec/Business/index.html

ViewSonic

• http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=782735&sku=V18-0028
• $150
• Andriod 2.2
• 7"
• can be rooted
• http://bestcomputertablet.com/viewbook-vb730-7inch-tablet-android-2-2.html
• http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/viewsonic-tablets/25166-viewsonic-viewbook-730-a-2.html

Repast Simphony Graphics Tutorial

• Documentation
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/docs_main.html
• Selfstudy
• http://www2.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/repastsg.htm
• RepastJ
• Repast Simphony "no-GUI" Tutorial
• http://portal.ncess.ac.uk/access/content/group/mass/SimphonyTutorialImages/repastTutorial.pdf
• EMCAS Agent-Based Architectures
• http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~leyffer/listn/slides-06/MacalNorth.pdf
• Repast Simphony Continuous Space
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/reference/SIM/Continuous%20Space%20Projection.html
• Class DisplayOGL2d
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/api/repastjava/repast/simphony/visualizationOGL2D/DisplayOGL2D.html
• Interface ProjectionListener (Repast Simphony 2d projection)
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/api/repastjava/repast/simphony/space/projection/class-use/ProjectionListener.html
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/api/repastjava/repast/simphony/space/projection/class-use/ProjectionListener.html#repast.simphony.visualization.visualization2D
• Repast MouseTrap (Example of 2D Custom Display Code)
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/TrapInitializer.java
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/api/repastjava/repast/simphony/demo/mousetrap/TrapInitializer.html
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/CustomDisplay.java
• Repast Simphony FAQ
• http://repast.sourceforge.net/docs/RepastSimphonyFAQ.pdf

Java Encryption Wizard

Not a self contain application.  I takes the file you drop into it and encrypts them.  You have to have the app and the encrypted file together.  Will not work with a 'headless' Java JRE.

Part of Software Protection Initiative

• http://www.spi.dod.mil/index.htm

Download and Instructions

• http://www.spi.dod.mil/ewizard_down.htm

Which Version of Ubuntu am I running?  Which Version of Linux am I Running?

For Ubuntu:

• $ cat /etc/issue
• http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-tell-what-version-of-ubuntu-you-are-running/

Installing OpenSSH Server

• https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/openssh-server.html
• sudo apt-get install openssh-server

What is BDI? (Belief-Desire-Intention)

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief-Desire-Intention_software_model
• lack specific mechanisms for to learn from past behavior
• http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-204/D02.pdf
• PRACTIONIST
• uses JADE and Prolog