Daniel Azuma
29 Apr 2013 · talks

Humanity on Rails (RailsConf 2013)

On April 29, 2013, I gave a talk entitled "Humanity on Rails" at RailsConf in Portland, OR. The talk was a brief introduction to the philosophy of technology, targeted toward the Ruby and Rails developer community. Read More ›

23 Apr 2012 · talks · georails

Getting Down To Earth: Geospatial Analysis With Rails (RailsConf 2012)

In this post is a collection of useful material related to my RailsConf 2012 talk, entitled "Getting Down To Earth: Geospatial Analysis With Rails". You can download the slides for the talk, and I've provided links to all the software mentioned (as well as some that wasn't mentioned but that I think is useful or at least interesting). Finally, I've curated links to a bunch of articles, reference material, and other information for those interested in digging deeper into geospatial features. Read More ›

05 Feb 2012 · georails

Geo-Rails Part 9: The PostGIS spatial_ref_sys Table and You

Part 9 of my series on geospatial application development using Ruby and Rails. Read More ›

16 Jan 2012 · georails

Geo-Rails Part 8: ZCTA Lookup, A Worked Example

Part 8 of my series on geospatial application development using Ruby and Rails. Read More ›

09 Jan 2012 · georails

Geo-Rails Part 7: Geometry vs. Geography, or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Projections

Part 7 of my series on geospatial application development using Ruby and Rails. Read More ›

02 Jan 2012 · georails

Geo-Rails Part 6: Scaling Spatial Applications

Part 6 of my series on geospatial application development using Ruby and Rails. Read More ›

19 Dec 2011 · georails

Geo-Rails Part 5: Spatial Data Formats

Part 5 of my series on geospatial application development using Ruby and Rails. Read More ›

12 Dec 2011 · georails

Geo-Rails Part 4: Coordinate Systems and Projections

Part 4 of my series on geospatial application development using Ruby and Rails. Read More ›