As an indicator of how busy I've been, I'm submitting this a week late. The past three weeks have been less about map making and more about improving data storage and the datasets themselves. I finally visited a few eviction sites and communities threatened with eviction. This entry also details the second Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup, along with a couple of moto rides. Oh, and I joined the committee for Tedx Phnom Penh!I'm into the fourth month now of m...

This episode covers my presentation at Nerd Night about crowdsourcing and the Urban Voice Cambodia webmap that we have developed. This lead to a great opportunity for our NGO to partner with another in gathering spatial data in Phnom Penh. I also went to my first Khmer wedding, a sight to behold. At work I have spent much time on further checking of our datasets. A structure for the coming eviction analysis maps publication was also devised. Last, preparations be...

This episode covers the New Year, Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) coming out of suspension, the first eviction in Phnom Penh during my placement, further frustrations (and some developments) to do with the eviction analysis maps, the next steps for the Urban Voice web map and my first scientific publication. First up, the five month suspension period for STT is over, as of the first day of 2012. The most salient change is that we have all shifted back to using our tea...

The past fortnight has seen a couple of milestones, a promising start to a regular GIS networking event in Phnom Penh and a planning event for next year.The Friday before last we all bundled into a rented van and drove over the Tonle Sap via the Japanese Bridge to the peninsula at its confluence with the Tonle Mekong. We crossed the peninsula, past the innate (but solid), imposing architecture of Norton University and waited for the ferry across the Mekong. This ...

Suddenly it's time for the third episode! Initially I struggled to think of new things to report on, but I can relate a couple of interesting events and instances of more gentle progress. The highlight of the past fourteen days was running the first statistics workshop. This was also the first time I've attempted to teach anyone about such a thing. I was very nervous but I had prepared good slides so it was relatively straightforward to get through. If yo...