Author Archives: Morten

Noen dager i Bucureşti

Posted on 11.05.10 by Morten

Jeg fikk det uungåelige spørsmålet i første møte med noen lokale: “Hva synes du om Bucharest?” Jeg valgte å være diplomatisk og svarte noe om at det er en storby med storbyens gode og dårlige sider – men gled nok … Continue reading →

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Vår korte tid som betalende riks-tv kunde

Posted on 24.04.10 by Morten

Sent i februar fikk vi en telefon fra riks-tv som lurte på om vi ville ha flere kanaler. Vi har nå en gang reservert oss mot telefonsalg, så jeg vet ikke hvilket smutthull de snek seg gjennom, men enden på … Continue reading →

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Password problem on Debian

Posted on 08.04.10 by Morten

After setting up a fresh debian system, I was not able to change or set any passwords on it. Whatever I tried I got the error messages passwd: System error passwd: password unchanged I came across a few people with … Continue reading →

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Upgrading bios when running Linux…

Posted on 18.02.10 by Morten

I would like to upgrade the bios of a HP pavillion of mine that PC is running Linux. The download was an exe-file, where the data parts were so well hidden that no decompression program I have was able to … Continue reading →

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Convert vmap0 layers into shapefiles

Posted on 17.02.10 by Morten

The vmap0 dataset is a slightly dated, but anyhow often usable dataset of maps of all of the world in scale 1:1 000 000. It can be downloaded at e.g. mapability.com. The problem shows up as soon as one tries to use … Continue reading →

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Hiding the map= parameter from a map server application

Posted on 11.02.10 by Morten

In the mapserver documentation, one is told to use a cgi-wrapper script to hide the map= parameter. Then there is shown a script to use on ‘any system having a /bin/sh’ I tried to rewrite that as a php-script to … Continue reading →

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How to make a bar graph with a split Y axis in R

Posted on 08.02.10 by Morten

There is a function, gap.barplot for doing that in the plotrix package, but I was not happy with the way the result looked, so I started out making my own way using subplot in the TeachingDemos library. I have gutted … Continue reading →

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Hva en direktør tør

Posted on 06.02.10 by Morten

Noen av oss vet at vi ikke kan få alt vi ønsker oss. Noen av oss vet at det er ekstremt patetisk å skylde på andre for feil vi helt klart er skyld i selv. Noen av oss har en … Continue reading →

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Setting up a mysql database for spatial data

Posted on 29.01.10 by Morten

I would prefer to use postgis, but have to resign to mysql. I want to create a table with spatial information and be able to access it from mapserver. As I am going to store a lot of datapoints, they … Continue reading →

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Query a layer in mapscript php

Posted on 28.01.10 by Morten

When learning to use mapserver and mapscript, the first steps have been to display, zoom and pan. Zooming and panning is quite easy, it is just a line like $map->zoompoint($zoomfactor,$clickpoint,$map->width,$map->height,$mapextent); where $map is a mapboject, $zoomfactor is a number telling … Continue reading →

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