I updated Hasher today. The plugin still functions the same, but I fixed a bug in the hash generation algorithm (thanks to Vladimir Kozlov for pointing the bug out to me). I also greatly increased modularity which in turn reduced the code size rather significantly. Here is how I calculate the hash of a [...]
I edited the KML ZCTA population map that I posted on 2/22/09. For my uses, it’s important that I be able to calculate distances between ZCTAs. To calculate these distances, I use the center of each ZCTA. To avoid complex centroid calculations, and since the Census Bureau’s ZCTA boundary data includes the centers so [...]
My research thus far in grad school has been concentrated around using computer science and GIS tools/techniques to help solve medical problems. For one of the problems I’m working on, I need access to ZCTA boundaries and population counts for each ZCTA. For those of you that don’t know, ZCTA stands for ZIP-code tabulation [...]
I’ve added a section for Eclipse plugins that I write. NextHub is written in C#, but my primarily coding language is Java, and I spend a lot of time in Eclipse everyday. Eclipse’s plugin community is huge, but occasionally, I find myself wanting a plugin that doesn’t exist. I figured I’d just go ahead [...]