Those birds are larger than my headā¦
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Iām off on a bit of a sidequest that someone might be interested in. Iām going to be visiting a place later this month that has historical mines and I want to visit some of them. (To look at rocks.)
Anywho, I found the TNM Download v2 which has all the US based lidar map data (kinda raw form mostly) then imported and merged a couple of maps for my area of interest into QGIS (opensource freeware), and now Iāve gone and gotten the roads, waterways, and points of interest from https://download.geofabrik.de/ and Iām currently integrating them into a local sized map that only covers the area Iām interested in.
All of which gets loaded into QFIELD, a portable phone app that can display the topographical LIDAR map, with overlaid roads/etc, and display your current GPS location.
10,000 time better than google maps, plus if I find the surface veins (I have an OLD hand drawn map) then I can mark them on the map too.
Iām sooo finding the best rocks.
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Finally managed to take some photos today and have a few that turned out ok-ish 
i can post a few more if there is interest
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How many bagpipes full of rice is the wind damage going to cost?
Iām used to seeing wind in knots, but this is ridiculousā¦ A trash can is not a wind sockā¦
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Can I just say that I really appreciate how open you are about the current situation?
Also; I canāt wait to deck out my PM3 in even more hammy swag when the time comes
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Okay I actually do like this.
Presumably if the data comes from an online poll, then averaged out, it is an entertaining way to give a rough idea of how severe wind is. Accurate? Maybe not. But entertaining.
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Youāre welcome. I like to create and make and it sucks that I really canāt right now with the way things are. There are other creators that are running into the same issues as me. Rabbit-labs is almost triple what Iām at in tariffs right now
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I had so much fun making this stupid little map, that I went all out and did the whole county I live in. Whatās crazy is the amount of raw data you can find to pull into it.
Locally we have the legends of the Cinnabar mines. Cinnabar is a pretty red crystal that when heated (on an open wood flame 
) reduces to pure mercury. All the mines shut down in the 40ās and they built a lake over the top of them. Hence the legend.
Anyway, Iāve found all the data for various mines in the county, and there must be 50 of them, about half are cinnabar, and most are NOT under the lake, just forgotten amongst the trees. All with Lat/Long coordinates on a lidar terrain map. (Iām building it now).
Looks like Iām about to take a hike!
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Sharing is caring. I like maps. My walls might feature nautical charts, USGS quads, and some Climb On Maps.
Enjoy the hike!
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I have 2 ideas:
Crowd funding? (I get that people may have an expectation so this adds a complicator)
and/or
Orderd from another country (by a forum member) that doesnāt get hit by those tarrifs?
Maybe somebody in Canada?
Ideally Toronto? being ānearbyā to where you live?
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I dont like to do this because it adds added stress on me to deliver. And sometimes life occurs and i hate the idea that i have taken someones money and may dissapoint.
Circumventing tarriffs is heavily researched and prosecuted. Now that ice has the ability to put leins on homes and seize all assets without restraint i am hesitant to go this route since my buisness address is my home address..
It was considered briefly and then tossed.
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I knew that would be your outlook because you are a good cunt.
I was considering offering to do it, but Tarrifs from NZ would probably still not be great.
Iām not planning on going to the States in the near future to hand deliver, otherwise I could / would have done this for you.
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Howās your move going?
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Completely moved in and passed the health inspection Monday
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At this rate, Iām going to start advocating for the complete abolition of all governmentsā¦
Weāve got tariffs on one end, import restrictions on the other, and taxes would have a better impact on the world if they just burned that money insteadā¦
Iām done! Iāve been trying to work for the last couple of months but ended up doing paperwork instead. And itās all been about documenting compliance in one way or anotherā¦
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@tac0s Would you have a recomendation for a simple geo data collection app?
Basically, I want to have a simple app that allows me to tag GPS coordinates at my current location, type in some notes about said location, and maybe attach a photo. If I end up getting enough usable data, then I could import the data (manually if I have to) into my QGIS map.
Simple = Better, and Iām using an Android phone.
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I couldnāt find anything that didnāt annoy me with a clunky UI or a shit storm of ads so I made a thing. I could add a long press to allow the name attribute to be set and build you an apk, if you like.
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Abso-fricking-lutely!
I love it when nerds do nerd shit wherever nerds may be!
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Looks like I need to do some updating before I add anything. Iāll try and sort it out this weekend. What version of Android are you running?
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