My Tumblrs

http://randomblink.tumblr.com/
- This is my ‘base’ blog. I reblog everything that makes me smile, cry and think here as well as post regular blog-like postings when I’m in the mood… this is my Tumblr home.

http://advernalism.tumblr.com/
- Advertising and Journalism. Anything that reeks of an advertisement that is trying to protect you… or a journalism piece that shows their complete lack of buas and highlights their true owner… I want it covered here! Journalism use to mean facts… now it means corporate propaganda… Advertising is nothing more than a means of controlling the masses by appealing to their base instincts… evil. Both.

http://3dforme.tumblr.com/
- I wear anaglyph sunglasses, prescription 3d glasses. I love things made for 3d glasses.

http://audiophix.tumblr.com/
- You won’t generally find me doing anything resembling recreational drugs. I don’t drink on anything resembling a regular basis. The way I alter my perceptions and thus my reality is through the beautiful iPod app on my iPhone. Trance, electronic, folk, comedy, and even more… this is my drug of choice. I try to ONLY post music I listen to daily… or things that catch my fancy on soundcloud or one of the 3 million tumblrs that decorate my Dashboard.

http://bigmacattackpack.tumblr.com/
- I grew up with a backpack from McDonalds that said this. I ‘know’ that I want that URL for something. I just haven’t figured it out yet.

http://churchofthepaddedwall.tumblr.com/
- I am an ordained minister. I have performed two legally binding marriages so far. I am an Atheist. I think religion, like politics, is just one more way that the idea of ‘Royalty’ has managed to retain control of the majority of the population of this planet. We don’t ways to divide ourselves… we need ways to come together and save our species.

http://laughterrx.tumblr.com/
- I’m not actually sure if this is my blog, or my exes. But I’m a member here and I try to ONLY post those things that REALLY make me laugh.

http://geospatiallyaware.tumblr.com/
- I do GIS work for local city government. This is a blog for those things having to do with Geospatial systems and information.

http://theartthatbindsus.tumblr.com/
- I want to be more artistic, but the perfectionist in me stops most of my attempts. I’m working on it. In the meantime? This is a collection of imagery that moves me…

http://iosdeveloper.tumblr.com/
- l am a licensed iOS developer (iPhone/iPodiPad) but I really just use my license to study. I’ll put together an app soon enough. Just love to study.

http://kidlego.tumblr.com/
- Yeah. I’m 40 and I love Lego’s. Deal.

http://ninjasquirrels.tumblr.com/
- I used to run a website called ninjasquirrels.com. I wasn’t paying attention some spam whore bought the domain and wants $1,000+ to get it back. I used to have a thousand plus members… ugh. It was fun, but it ain’t worth all that. Now I just like posting squirrel pics.

http://comicallyyours.tumblr.com/
- I grew up drawing comics with this guy [ popgunwar.com ] and now he does it professionally. I still love comics… so this is where I post the things I enjoy still…

http://ultimatetodo.tumblr.com/
- One of these days I want to do these things… one of these days.

http://toonpaintr.tumblr.com/
- I freaking love this mobile app. Seriously, I love it.

http://modernslaves.tumblr.com/
- In this day and age, it’s important to know which of your rights just got erased by a corporate sponsored law-monkey (otherwise known as a politician) and I try to track that… as well as anything else having to do with our place on our home planet and the leashes we have all allowed to be placed on our necks.

1. Background
   Esri has installed a permanent building mounted GPS/GNSS base station in Redlands, California named “gisa”. GISA operates a Trimble NetR9, dual-frequency GPS/GNSS receiver with Zephyr Geodetic Model 2 antenna. The base station meets National Geodetic Survey CORS guidelines and is in the process of being incorporated into the national CORS network.
   
   GISA continuously collects GPS/GNSS signals and stores them in data files on a secure Esri server accessible to the public via the Esri website http://gnss.esri.com (GNSS Site). This website provides access to logged GPS/GNSS data in proprietary Trimble T02 and Receiver Independent Exchange (Rinex) version 2.11 format. Surveyors, GIS users, engineers, scientists, and the public at large that collect GNSS data can combine their data with GISA base station data to improve the precision of their positions.
   
   
2. Data
   Logged data in Trimble T02 and Rinex version 2.11 format are freely available at GNSS Site. Uncompressed hourly data are logged immediately after each hour of GPS (UTC) time and stored under two directories on GNSS Site for each GPS day: /native and /rinex. The directory structure is as follows:

   	/native/yyyy/ddd/ssss/ssssdddh.to2
   	/rinex/yyyy/ddd/ssss/ssssdddh.yy[t]
   
   where 
   
   ssss = the four-character site ID
    ddd = the GPS day of year
   yyyy = four digit GPS year
      h = a letter that corresponds to an hour-long GPS time block according to:
   00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
    a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h  i  j  k  l  m  n  o  p  q  r  s  t  u  v  w  x
   
   
   For the Rinex, Version 2.11 files:
   
   yy = the last two digits of four digit GPS year (e.g. 2011 is 11)
    t = the file type as:
        o - observation
        n - navigation (GPS)
        g - navigation (Glonass)
   						

3. Data Download and Retention
   To download data, go to GNSS Site, navigate to the desired directory, right click on the desired file and save to the desired location on your local machine. Files must be downloaded one by one; simultaneous multiple file download is not available at this website.
   
   Logged data files will remain on GNSS Site for one year after its GPS Day of posting. After this, both the native and Rinex data will be archived and removed from GNSS Site. To obtain data from the archive contact the ESRI GNSS Team.
   
   
4. Site Name Change
   On GPS Day 314 of year 2011, the site name was changed from gis1 to gisa. Prior to GPS Day 314 all files will reflect site name gis1; after GPS Day 314 all files will reflect site name gisa. On GPS Day 314 files exist for both site names gis1 and gisa.
   
   
5. Real-Time Data
   GISA continuously tracks GPS/GNSS signals and makes them publically available over the internet in real-time in RTCM version 2.3 and RTCM version 3.0 formats. These streams supply DGPS and RTK correction data in real-time and are available for public use. To access gisa real-time data streams via Networked Transport of RTCM via Internet Protocol (NTRIP) use gisa real-time data, and select mountpoint “gisar23” for RTCM version 2.3 or “gisar30” for RTCM version 3.0 data streams; no authentication is required.
   
   
6. Antenna Site Logs
   gisa
   
   
7. GPS Data
   GPS Data in raw and Rinex 2.11 format
   
   
8. Point of Contact
   

        Agency                   : Environmental Systems Research Institute
        Preferred Abbreviation   : Esri
        Mailing Address          : 380 New York Street
                                 : Redlands CA 92373
        Primary Contact
          Contact Name           : 
          E-mail                 : ESRI GNSS Team
   										

So I find myself in the least desirable function of my position so far…

Generating ‘Temporary Parcels’ for a Subdivision.

You see, when a Subdivision is developed, the developer submits his documents. After final approval, he has a year before he has to resubmit if he doesn’t file them.

Well, the County Assessors office doesn’t generate a parcel number until they file. Meanwhile, those new parcels that were generated and approved can now start to have permits filed against them. Well, if there is no parcel number to link against… we have pandemonium. Dogs and cats living together.

So, I am currently data-entrying 178 parcels… AND their respective one (or more) addresses per parcel. THEN I have to go into ArcViewer and create a temporary parcel GIS Object for each. THEN… once the Subdivision is finally filed? Then I have to open each one and update the Parcel number FROM my temporary one to the new semi-permanent one created by the County Assessors office.

Ugh and Ugh!

Since the permits are in a non-GIS environment I can’t even automate ANY OF THAT PART… ughers… so… back to parcel / address creation…