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Equinoctial Exploration in Tiergarten with Martin

Having met at the Humboldt University Library Mensa (about the best place to eat in that part of town I think), Martin and I set out down the banks of the Spree for a jolly equinoctial exploration of likely sites … Continue reading

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How to Georeference K5 Raster Maps from the Berlin Senat in QGis

I was lucky enough to get a present from the wonderfully generous Teri Rueb when she was in Berlin making an mscape project (those were the days) at the Akademie der Künste. Even though it’s out-of-date, I still like the … Continue reading

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Monument. Skin. Excavation (Workshop with Martin Howse at HKW Berlin)

Another great workshop with Martin. It was part of Trampoline’s exhibition we are part of at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. I was able to hook up a hard drive read/write head that Martin gave to me after his, … Continue reading

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Speed Map of Berlin

I’ve been experimenting with Mathieu Baudier’s PostgreSQL / PostGIS importer for our tracks (I’ll write about this later soon) and visualising my database of tracks in QGIS. Many possibilities become available. Mathieu’s importer calculates speed for every vector in the … Continue reading

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Visit to the Konrad Zuze exhibit at the Technical Museum with Martin

I decided to take Martin’s Skrying board with me to the Technical Museum where we both wanted to see the Zuse display which is itself a confusing and patronising combination of hi- and lo-tech with ‘books’ with inbuilt speakers you … Continue reading

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