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0:00 Geonetwork Bolsena 2020
sur CamptocampPièce jointe: [télécharger]
Le code sprint Geonetwork Bolsena a bien eu lieu du 29 juin au 3 juillet dernier, bien sûr en remote ! Les équipes ont été réparties en plusieurs factions, en France, Hollande et Canada.
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QGIS Server 3.10.8 will be fully compatible with lizmap
sur ReLucBlogOn March 6, 2020, a Lizmap user identified a regression in QGIS Server 3.10 compared to version 3.4. This regression concerns the print function (GetPrint) for the layer groups configured as a single layer for Lizmap. A group configured as a layer could no longer be printed with QGIS Server 3.10.
To correct this bug, we decided to use Test Driven Developments. We started by creating a new test for QGIS Server highlighting the regression. We then corrected this regression and verified using the test that the patch we proposed corrected the test.
The problem is that once the patch and the new test were integrated into the master branch (development version) and the release-3_12 branch (version 3.12) of QGIS, the Travis-based continuous integration system used by QGIS indicated regularly have a problem with testing the QGIS Server print function. Regression correction was therefore not included in version 3.10 of QGIS which is the long term released version (LTR), and tests of the printing function of QGIS Sever were blacklisted for the continuous integration. In fact the test indicated a Segfault.
It took QGIS Server developers several months, PR 36198, PR 36581, PR 37179, to identify the reason why testing of the QGIS Server print function was failed in continuous integration. The reason was simple: the test was too long, it exceeded 55 seconds fc561d0
on travis in continuous integration.It is true that the test file started to be too long. The solution to be able to reactivate the tests in continuous integration was to separate the tests of the printing function of QGIS Server in several tests.
Once the tests of the printing function reactivated for the master branch and the release-3_14 branch, the regression patch could be integrated into the release-3_10 branch (version 3.10 of QGIS) and this patch will be available when the release of version 3.10.8 on July 17, 2020.
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QGIS Server 3.10.8 sera totalement compatible avec Lizmap
sur ReLucBlogLe 6 mars 2020, un utilisateur de Lizmap identifiait une régression dans QGIS Server 3.10 par rapport à la version 3.4. Cette régression concerne la fonction d'impression (GetPrint) pour les groupes de couches configurés en tant que couche simple pour Lizmap. Un groupe configuré comme une couche ne pouvait plus être imprimé avec QGIS Server 3.10.
Pour corriger ce bug, nous avons décidé de fair du Développements Pilotés par les Tests Nous avons commencé par créer un nouveau test pour QGIS Server mettant en avant la régression. Nous avons ensuite corrigé cette régression et vérifié à l'aide du test que le correctif que nous proposions corrigeait bien le test.
Le problème est qu'une fois le correctif et le nouveau test intégrés à la branche master (version de développement) et à la branche release-3_12 (version 3.12) de QGIS, le système d'intégration continue basé sur Travis utilisé par QGIS indiquait régulièrement un problème avec les tests de la fonction d'impression de QGIS Server. La correction de la régression n'a donc pas été intégré à la version 3.10 de QGIS qui est la version maintenue à long terme (LTR), et les tests de la fonction d'impression de QGIS Sever ont été placé sur liste noire pour l'intégration continue. En fait le test indiquait un Segfault.
Il nous a fallu, aux développeurs QGIS Server PR 36198, PR 36581, PR 37179, plusieurs mois pour identifier la raison pour la quelle les tests de la fonction d'impression de QGIS Server ne passait plus dans l'intégration continue. La raison était simple : le test était trop long, il dépassait les 55 secondes fc561d0 sur travis en intégration continue.
Il est vrai que le fichier de test commençait à être trop long. La solution pour pouvoir réactiver les tests en intégration continue était de séparer les tests de la fonction d'impression de QGIS Server en plusieurs tests.
Une fois les tests de la fonction d'impression réactivés pour la branche master et la branche release-3_14, le correctif de la régression a pu être intégré à la branche release-3_10 (version 3.10 de QGIS) et ce correctif sera disponible lors de la publication de la version 3.10.8 le 17 juillet 2020.
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RETOUR D’EXPERIENCE : Rassembler et exploiter les résultats des élections municipales
sur Géoclip, le générateur d'observatoires cartographiquesPour que les résultats des élections municipales soient disponibles dans l’Observatoire des Votes en France dès le lendemain matin du scrutin, cela demande en amont un minutieux travail de collecte, préparation et intégration. Quelques pièges sont à contourner, pour déjouer toutes les subtilités d’un scrutin plus complexe qu’il n’y paraît.
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Release of a Mapfile parser for GeoStyler
sur CamptocampPièce jointe: [télécharger]
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GetItFixed
sur CamptocampPièce jointe: [télécharger]
Un outil open source de gestion de demandes citoyennes. Cet outil ne demande pas de création de compte, facilitant son adoption !
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11:41
La valeur économique de l’information géographique sur le territoire
sur INSPIRE by clouds[Commentaire introductif du claviste : après le travail mené dans le cadre de SIG-LR il y a trois ans, il m’a semblé indispensable de faire connaître le travail de Narimène Dahmani, premier du genre à ce niveau sur le sujet, à la fois pour mieux faire comprendre la valeur des infrastructures d’information géographique et l’intérêt […]
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Carto2 : en ligne
sur CamptocampPièce jointe: [télécharger]
Camptocamp a été mandaté par le Ministère de la Transition Écologique et solidaire pour mettre en œuvre une nouvelle version du module de cartographie de l’infrastructure de données spatiales Géo-IDE. -
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Geological visualisation and collaboration in Switzerland and around the world
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The Swiss Geological Survey at swisstopo mandated Camptocamp and Cesium to develop a brand-new, highly efficient and usable 3D viewer for geological data on the web: swissgeol -
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La version 2.5 GeoMapFish vient de sortir
sur CamptocampPièce jointe: [télécharger]
GeoMapFish est une application SIG web, extensible et flexible, incluant de nombreuses fonctionnalités. -
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GeoNetwork Meeting 2020
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Camptocamp et titellus organisent la réunion GeoNetwork 2020 qui aura lieu en ligne le mardi 23 juin 2020. -
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Version alpha de Geonetwork 4.0
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Camptocamp est heureux d’annoncer la sortie de la version alpha de Geonetwork 4.0, disponible pour tests et retours ! -
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geOrchestra 20.0.2
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C’est avec une grande fierté que nous vous présentons ici la dernière mouture de notre infrastructure de données spatiales geOrchestra dans la série 20.0.x !
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Vers un changement de paradigme d’INSPIRE?
sur INSPIRE by cloudsSaisi par le Point de contact français, le CNIG lance une consultation des parties-prenantes françaises sur la proposition européenne de programme de travail 2020-2024. – D’ici fin 2022, il s’agit d’arriver à une mise en oeuvre commune dans l’Union européenne sur un périmètre, réduit, de données de référence tout en relâchant les contraintes sur les […] -
Le futur des IDG, vu du JRC (et un peu d’ici)
sur INSPIRE by cloudsDes collègues du JRC, la direction générale multi-technique de la Commission européenne, publient ces jours-ci un article sur le futur des IDG : « From Spatial Data Infrastructures to Data Spaces—A Technological Perspective on the Evolution of European SDIs ». Même si ce papier n’engage qu’eux et non la Commission, comme on dit, la qualité des signataires, […]
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FOSSGIS 2020 in Freiburg: Camptocamp is part of it!
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The FOSSGIS conference will take place from March 11th - 14th, and Camptocamp is glad to be there again this year as exhibitor and gold sponsor. -
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Code sprint Geonetwork : migration Openlayers et ElasticSearch
sur CamptocampPièce jointe: [télécharger]
Le dernier code sprint Geonetwork a eu lieu dans les locaux de Camptocamp en France au Bourget du Lac du 2 au 6 décembre 2019. Il a eu pour double objectif la migration des composants OpenLayers et ElasticSearch à leur plus récente version. -
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Dataviz with OpenLayers: let’s plot some graphs!
sur CamptocampPièce jointe: [télécharger]
A step-by-step explanation on how to bind an Airship dataviz widget to an OpenLayers map. It covers basic usage of OpenLayers 6, including its experimental WebGL renderer as well the Airship Time Series component and WebWorkers.
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Nouvelle étape INSPIRE : pour une IDG européenne mieux intégrée
sur INSPIRE by cloudsBonjour, Comme l’infatigable Bruno le dit ici, le rapport de la France à la Commission européenne change, et, ce n’est pas une coïncidence, la façon de valider les métadonnées aussi, et donc le guide Métadonnées du CNIG. C’est donc tout l’écosystème INSPIRE qui va changer en 2020 selon plusieurs tranches : – un seul *validateur […]
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QGIS Server 3.10: OGC API Features et WMS Dimension
sur ReLucBlog
QGIS Server 3.10.0 est sorti vendredi 25 octobre 2019. Cette version sera la nouvelle version maintenue à long terme (LTR) à partir de février 2020.Cette nouvelle version introduit de nouvelles fonctionnalités:
- La publication d'objets géographiques via la nouvelle API OGC Features (OAPIF), également appelée WFS3
- Définir des dimensions WMS pour filtrer les résultats GetMap
- Amélioration de la manière d'utiliser les SVGs dans QGIS Server
QGIS Server implémente désormais l’API OGC - Features - Partie 1: Core également appelé WFS3. Il s'agit d'une nouvelle implémentation qui fournit un service basé sur le HTML et le JSON pour vos développements de cartographie Web. Une interface de WebSIG simple est disponible et prête à l'emploi. Elle est facilement personnalisable via un système de modèles HTML.
Vous pouvez consulter la documentation pour plus d'informations.
Un serveur WMS peut prendre en charge plusieurs types de dimensions, telles que la date et l'heure, l'altitude ou d'autres types de dimensions. La dimension doit être définie pour chaque couche vectorielle et peut être utilisée par le client WMS pour filtrer les informations demandées. Le WMS Time est inclue dans les dimensions WMS.
Avant, l'utilisation des SVGs dans QGIS Server n’était pas pleinement fonctionnelle. Nous avons amélioré la manière dont QGIS Server récupère les ressources distantes telles que les SVGs dans le contexte QGIS Server. Il est maintenant possible d'utiliser des SVGs dans vos couches et de les publier en tant que WMS sans problèmes de rendu dans QGIS Server.
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QGIS Server 3.10: OGC API Features and WMS Dimension
sur ReLucBlog QGIS Server 3.10.0 has been released on friday 25th of october 2019. This version will the new Long Term Release (LTR) in february 2020.This new version introduces new features:
- Publishing features through the new OGC API Features (OAPIF) also known as WFS3
- Defining WMS Dimensions to filter GetMap results
- Enhancing the way to use SVG in QGIS Server
QGIS Server now supports OGC API - Features - Part 1: Core also known as WFS3. This is a completely new implementation that provides an HTML and JSON based service for your web mapping developments, a simple WebGIS interface is available out of the box and it is easily customizable through an HTML template system.
More information is available in the documentation.
A WMS server can provide support for several type of dimensions such as time, elevation or other types of dimensions. The dimension has to be defined as the layer level and can be used by the WMS client to filter requested information. WMS Time is part of the WMS Dimension.
Before, using SVG in QGIS Server wasn't really functional. We improved how QGIS Server fetches remote resources such as SVG in the QGIS Server context. It's now possible to use SVG in your layers and publish them as WMS without rendering issues in QGIS Server.
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Canalisation de transport et servitudes d’utilité publique
sur INSPIRE by cloudsMaël Reboux, membre actif du Groupe Métadonnées du CNIG au titre de Rennes Métropole et de l’AITF, m’a récemment interrogé sur l’accès aux servitudes d’utilité publiques (SUP) liées aux canalisations de transport d’énergie. Il lui était apparu que les informations qui lui avaient été transmises étaient sujettes à interrogation, notamment une cascade de conventions à […] -
Guide CNIL-CADA : RGPD, open data et information géographique
sur INSPIRE by cloudsLa CNIL et la CADA ont enfin publié leur guide commun sur l’Open Data (PDF) pour « permettre à toutes les administrations de publier et réutiliser des données publiques ». J’ai de suite regardé comment mes commentaires portés lors de la consultation publiques avaient été traités. Le plus important : l’analyse portée depuis la transposition d’INSPIRE sur […]
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OpenLayers 6 release code sprint in Bonn
sur CamptocampPièce jointe: [télécharger]
From 23rd to 27th of September, Camptocamp participated in the latest OpenLayers code Sprint in Bonn, Germany.
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Lizmap Web Client and QGIS 3 : enfin compatible
sur ReLucBlogNous sommes heureux d’annoncer la sortie de lizmap Web Client 3.3 - 1 - et lizmap plugin 3.1 - 2 - 3
Ces versions proposent de nouvelles fonctionnalités:
- Ajout de la recherche dans la base de données d'adresses français BAN
- Créer une info-bulle HTML à partir du formulaire par glisser-déposer de QGIS
- Amélioration de l'info-bulle HTML: utilisation de la valeur à afficher
- Ajout de la possibilité de construire un formulaire de filtrage pour les couches PostgreSQL / PostGIS
Mais la fonctionnalité principale est la prise en charge de QGIS Server 3 4.
Pour cela, nous devions adapter le client Web lizmap aux changements apportés à QGIS Server et corriger QGIS Server 3.4 afin de proposer une expérience utilisateur identique :
- Fix regression server print selection pdf
- JPEG output for WMS GetPrint request has gone
- In WMS GetFeatureInfo CRS param not mandatory when FILTER param
- Add unit test for WFS GetFeature with BBOX param without EPSG
- SLD : Support escapeChar attribute of PropertyIsLike
- Null field value in GML has to be empty string
- Use Project selection color in GetPrint
- Unit-test: To avoid regression in Server printing to PDF output format
- Keeps empty parts for not empty styles parameters
Nous avions également besoin de mettre à jour des plugins QGIS Server utiles pour Lizmap :
Si vous utilisez déjà Lizmap Web Client, vous pouvez :
- mettre à jour Lizmap Web Client vers la version 3.3
- mettre à jour QGIS Server vers la version 3.4
- mettre à jour les plugins QGIS Server que vous utilisez
- rendez-vous sur le backoffice de Lizmap Web Client pour mettre à jour la version de QGIS Server dans la configuration
- mettez à jour votre plugin Lizmap vers la version 3.1 dans votre QGIS bureautique 3.4
- et mettez à jour vos projets QGIS.
Si vous souhaitez tester lizmap, installez la dernière version avec QGIS Server LTR.
Dernière information, une liste de diffusion pour le projet Lizmap a été créée : https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/lizmap
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Geoafrica.fr
sur GEOMATIQUECe blog n’est plus maintenu, il va être redirigé vers un nouveau site Web dédié à l’information géographique en Afrique. geoafrica.fr
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Fichiers de l’appel à commentaires standard StaR-DT
sur INSPIRE by cloudsBonjour, Liste annexe de codes au projet de Standard CNIG Annexe de représentation des données au projet de Standard CNIG Diagramme annexe au projet de Standard CNIG XSD à dézipper Projet de Standard de Réseaux StaR-DT v2019 du CNIG Fichier des commentaires : impossible de déposer le .doc ici, je résume : Commentaires sur le […] -
Liste des données nationales et régionales de référence
sur INSPIRE by cloudsLe Comité INSPIRE a adopté en novembre une révision du rapportage INSPIRE. Il s’agit essentiellement de mieux repérer via les métadonnées les données dites prioritaires, celles sur la mise en œuvre des obligations environnementales, et les couvertures nationales et régionales complètes et faisant référence. Même si cette dernière formule n’a finalement pas été retenue dans […]
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2019 OpenLayers Codesprint Lausanne
sur CamptocampPièce jointe: [télécharger]
From the 13th to the 17th of May, Camptocamp Lausanne offices welcomed Openlayers contributors and the federal office of topography swisstopo development team to mark the end of a journey started more than one year ago.
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Glossaire des textes sur les systèmes de référence
sur INSPIRE by cloudsEn droit français, il n’est pas coutumier d’inclure un glossaire des termes employés dans le texte. Celui ci-dessous a été retiré juste avant publication quoiqu’il soit issu du rapport du CNIG et a été validé par toutes les chaînes de signataires. Je vous le propose ci-dessous car certains termes (réalisation…) sont nouveaux pour beaucoup ou […]
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11-12 mars 2019 à Tours: les Ateliers Archéomatiques
sur archeomatic (le blog d'un archéologue à l’INRAP)Bonjour à tous ! Voici venu le temps de l’annonce de la troisième édition des Ateliers Archéomatiques qui auront lieu à la MSH Val de Loire à Tours. Bon OK ce blog devient un peu un site de petites annonces (auto)promotionnelles… mais on est dans le thème ! Encore une fois à vos plumes (pour […] -
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14-15 mai 2018 à Tours: les Ateliers Archéomatiques
sur archeomatic (le blog d'un archéologue à l’INRAP)Bonjour à tous j’ai l’honneur ici de vous annoncer la deuxième édition des Ateliers Archéomatiques qui auront lieu à la MSH Val de Loire à Tours. A vos plumes (pour l’inscription, limitée à 18 participants) et à vos jeux de données… et à bientôt ! Le principe des ateliers est simple: réunir durant une ou […]
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PCI vecteur : la fracture numérique territoriale
sur Parcell'airLe plan cadastral national est disponible en Open-Data depuis quelques mois. Cette mise à disposition est un succès, et l’ouverture du nouveau site internet cadastre.data.gouv en témoigne. De nouvelles perspectives d’usage se présentent même depuis quelques jours avec la mise à disposition sur data.gouv des données sur les Documents de filiation informatisés (DFI) des parcelles. Une discussion est sur ce sujet est entamée ici.
Malgré tous ses défauts, le Cadastre est depuis longtemps l’une des données de référence en matière de gestion et d’aménagement des territoires.
Il reste que, au 1er janvier 2018, environ 2600 communes ne disposent toujours pas d’un plan cadastral vectorisé. Et si on exclut l’Euro métropole de Strasbourg, cas particulier traité ici, les communes concernées risquent d’être les grandes perdantes de ce chantier entamé depuis un quart de siècle.
La carte ci-dessous en dresse l’inventaire. 19 Départements sont concernés, mais l’essentiel des communes est localisé en région Grand-Est. La densité moyenne des communes concernées est de 24 habitants/km², pour une population communale moyenne d’environ 320 habitants. Autant dire que les ressources financières pour que ces communes puissent, au moins partiellement, financer ces travaux ne seront jamais à la hauteur des enjeux d’un PCI vecteur national. A l’Etat, les Régions, les départements de s’emparer au plus vite de ce problème !
Mais il n’est jamais trop tard pour bien faire : un appel d’offre sur le département de la Haute Marne vient d’être récemment lancé pour numériser les 366 communes restantes de ce département. A lire ici.
Encore 5 ans pour résorber cette disparité territoriale ? Sans compter la RPCU, dont la naissance était annoncée ici en 2013, et qui met …un temps certain à voir le jour…
PS : De fait, cette carte ne tient pas compte des conventions de numérisation en cours, pour lesquelles les PCI Vecteur ne seraient pas encore mis en ligne par la DGFiP.[iframe src= » [https:] width= »100% » height= »600″ frameborder= »0″]
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C’est Open…Data pour le Cadastre !
sur Parcell'airDepuis le Vendredi 29 Septembre 2017, le plan cadastral (PCI Vecteur et Image) est devenu une donnée ouverte ! On y a désormais accès en libre téléchargement sur la plate-forme data.gouv.
Cette ouverture était annoncée depuis quelques mois, avec la mise en place du Service Public de la Donnée, qui avait identifié le Plan Cadastral Informatisé comme une des données de référence à « libérer », car présentant le plus fort impact économique et social.
C’est désormais chose faite, et la mise à disposition du PCI Vecteur est même déjà déclinée sous 2 versions :
- version DGFiP au standard EDIGEO: le téléchargement se fait par archive départementale ou par feuille à partir d’ici. 4 mises à jour annuelles sont déjà disponibles.
- version « allégée » par Etalab au format GeoJSON : les seules couches parcelles, feuilles, sections communes et bâtiments sont diffusées, par commune ou département, à partir de cette page.
La DGFiP nous annonce également la disponibilité prochaine des données au format DXF, d’autres projections que le Lambert 93, des mises à jour plus fréquentes…
La version d’Etalab devrait de fait également s’étoffer.
Enfin, pour ne pas saturer les serveurs de l’Administration, Christian Quest, membre d’OpenStreetMap France a mis en place un torrent pour les deux formats (EDIGEO et Geojson) du dernier millésime. Il est disponible sur: [212.47.238.202]
Des flots de données qui vont booster les usages, et libérer aussi certains utilisateurs d’échanges formalistes qui pouvaient paraître d’un autre siècle. Le Cadastre, çà fait longtemps qu’on en parle, ici et partout, comme donnée de référence.
C’est fait et bien fait ! Et c’est une superbe avancée que d’avoir facilité son accessibilité !
Il ne restera qu’à achever rapidement la vectorisation complète du territoire national, et migrer tout çà vers la RPCU !
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[QGIS 2.18 – Spatialite – plug-in Cadastre] Importer et charger les données du cadastre.
sur archeomatic (le blog d'un archéologue à l’INRAP)Depuis le 29 septembre 2017 il est possible de télécharger le PCI vecteur. Cékoidon ? PCI pour Plan Cadastral Informatisé et vecteur pour vecteur ! Là tout de suite on a les yeux qui brillent… fini les flux WMS de cadastre.gouv.fr ou les WFS récupérés via la plate-forme de donnée géographique régionale… A) Présentation des données Mais […]
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Une première plongée dans le réseau Tor
sur L'Atelier de CartographieLe journal Le Monde a publié il y a quelques jours un article sur les dernières recherches consacrées au fameux «dark web», et plus particulièrement le réseau Tor (The Onion Router). L’article fait référence à une étude que nous avons menée régulièrement depuis quelques mois (F.Ghitalla, F. Boisselier, J. Decayeux, E. Bartholmé, V. Déhaye), en […]
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MAJIC III : nouveautés 2017 sous le signe de la révision
sur Parcell'airLes données MAJIC III du millésime 2017 seront bientôt disponibles. Pour préparer leur intégration, les fichiers descriptifs sont d’ores et déjà accessibles à cette adresse : [www.collectivites-locales.gouv.fr] . Je vous livre ci-dessous un premier décryptage, qui devra certainement être affiné et précisé.
Quelques nouveautés importantes sont présentes et impliquent une modification des procédures d’intégration.
Les principales modifications concernent le fichier des propriétés bâties, et portent sur la mise en application au 1er Janvier 2017 de la révision des locaux professionnels. Les articles 21 (descriptif de PEV) et 50 (descriptif de la partie professionnelle) sont particulièrement impactés. Voir mon article précédent sur le sujet.
Pour rappel, » À partir de 2017, les locaux professionnels sont soumis à une révision des valeurs locatives.
Dans ce cas, afin d’inscrire les données propres à cette révision, l’article 21 a été modifiée : les données nouvelles ont été intercalées entre les anciennes.
Les locaux concernés par cette révision foncière doivent répondre à quatre conditions cumulatives :
- au moins une des parties d’évaluation du local (en cas de pluralité d’affectation au sein du même local) détient une affectation égale à : C, P, L, S, A K, E, T ou B ;
- la méthode d’évaluation est autre que A, E, T et seront aussi exclus les locaux de nature U, UE, UG et Un ;
- la nature du local doit être différent de AU et AT ;
- les locaux ne sont pas situés dans la commune de St Barthélémy, en Guadeloupe.
Certaines données seront alors renseignées soit pour les locaux non révisés, soit pour les locaux révisés, soit pour les deux types de locaux ».
Article 21, les nouveaux champs
CCOCAC Code catégorie du local DNUTRF Secteur révisé DCFLOC Coefficient de localisation CCORTAR Code commune origine du tarif CCORVL Code réduction du local DTAURV Taux de réduction DCMLOC Coefficient de modulation du local Article 50 : les nouveaux champs
DSUPOT Surface pondérée DSUP1 Surface des parties principales DSUP2 Surface des parties secondaires couvertes DSUP3 Surface des parties secondaires non couvertes DSUPK1 Surface des stationnements couverts DSUPK2 Surface des stationnements non couverts D’autres champs font leur apparition, comme ceux « marquant » les locaux touchés par la révision 2017.
La nouvelle nomenclature des locaux professionnels :
Catégorie de local professionnel code Magasins et lieux de vente Boutiques et magasins sur rue (exemples : commerces, restaurants, cafés ou agences bancaires pour une surface principale inférieure à 400 m²) MAG1 Commerces sans accès direct sur la rue (surface principale inférieure à 400 m²) MAG2 Magasins appartenant à un ensemble commercial (surface principale inférieure à 400 m²) MAG3 Magasins de grande surface (surface principale comprise entre 400 et 2 499 m²) MAG4 Magasins de très grande surface (surface principale égale ou supérieure à 2 500 m²) MAG5 Stations-service, stations de lavage et assimilables MAG6 Marchés MAG7 Bureaux et locaux divers assimilables Locaux à usage de bureaux d’agencement ancien BUR1 Locaux à usage de bureaux d’agencement récent BUR2 Locaux assimilables à des bureaux mais présentant des aménagements spécifiques BUR3 Lieux de dépôt ou de stockage et parcs de stationnement Lieux de dépôt à ciel ouvert et terrains à usage commercial ou industriel DEP1 Lieux de dépôt couverts DEP2 Parcs de stationnement à ciel ouvert DEP3 Parcs de stationnement couverts DEP4 Installations spécifiques de stockage DEP5 Ateliers et autres locaux assimilables Ateliers artisanaux ATE1 Locaux utilisés pour une activité de transformation, de manutention ou de maintenance ATE2 Chenils, viviers et autres locaux assimilables ATE3 Hôtels et locaux assimilables Hôtels « confort » (4 étoiles et plus, ou confort identique) HOT1 Hôtels « supérieur » (2 ou 3 étoiles, ou confort identique) HOT2 Hôtels « standard » (1 étoile, ou confort identique) HOT3 Foyers d’hébergement, centres d’accueil, auberges de jeunesse HOT4 Hôtels clubs, villages de vacances et résidences hôtelières HOT5 Établissements de spectacles, de sports et de loisirs et autres locaux assimilables Salles de spectacles, musées et locaux assimilables SPE1 Établissements ou terrains affectés à la pratique d’un sport ou à usage de spectacles sportifs SPE2 Salles de loisirs diverses SPE3 Terrains de camping confortables (3 étoiles et plus, ou confort identique) SPE4 Terrains de camping ordinaires (1 ou 2 étoiles, ou confort identique) SPE5 Établissements de détente et de bien-être SPE6 Centres de loisirs, centres de colonies de vacances, maisons de jeunes SPE7 Établissements d’enseignement et locaux assimilables Écoles et institutions privées exploitées dans un but non lucratif ENS1 Établissements d’enseignement à but lucratif ENS2 Cliniques et établissements du secteur sanitaire et social Cliniques et Établissements hospitaliers CLI1 Centres médico-sociaux, centres de soins, crèches, halte-garderies CLI2 Maisons de repos, maisons de retraite (médicalisées ou non) et locaux assimilables CLI3 Centres de rééducation, de thalassothérapie, établissements thermaux CLI4 Établissements industriels n’étant pas évaluées selon la méthode comptable Établissements industriels nécessitant un outillage important autres que les carrières et assimilés IND1 carrières et Établissements assimilables IND2 Autres établissements Locaux ne relevant d’aucune des catégories précédentes par leurs caractéristiques sortant de l’ordinaire EXC1 On peut déjà en déduire une table supplémentaire (les codes proposés sont indicatifs):
Type de local professionnel code Magasins et lieux de vente MAG Bureaux et locaux divers assimilables BUR Lieux de dépôt ou de stockage et parcs de stationnement DEP Ateliers et autres locaux assimilables ATE Hôtels et locaux assimilables HOT Établissements de spectacles, de sports et de loisirs et autres locaux assimilables SPE Établissements d’enseignement et locaux assimilables ENS Cliniques et établissements du secteur sanitaire et social CLI Établissements industriels n’étant pas évaluées selon la méthode comptable IND Autres établissements EXC Par ailleurs, de nombreux codes font leur apparition (types d’exonération, marquage des locaux révisés etc….). La lecture attentive des fichiers descriptifs2017 est donc fortement conseillée !
A suivre certainement, ici ou sur les forums GeoRezo, une analyse plus approfondie de ces nouveautés !
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MAJIC III : réforme des valeurs locatives 2017
sur Parcell'airL’année 2017 sera celle de la mise en application de la réforme des valeurs locatives des locaux professionnels. Ce chantier avait débuté en 2010. Je ne vais pas ici rentrer dans les détails, notamment sur les impacts en terme de fiscalité (il y aura des gagnants… et des perdants…), mais me concentrer sur les changements que cela pourra occasionner dans la structure ( ! ) des prochaines livraisons des données MAJIC III.
Pour les modalités de mise en oeuvre de cette réforme, elles sont décrites dans cette page ( et ses sous pages). Les valeurs locatives des locaux professionnels sont dorénavant assises sur les loyers réels constatés. Plusieurs points sont à relever :
- pour atténuer les variations excessives des impôts locaux supportés par les entreprises, des mécanismes de « neutralisation », de « planchonnement » et de « lissage » sont mis en place dès cette année 2017 et pourront s’étaler sur 10 ans…
- Les évaluation relatives aux locaux d’habitation ne sont pas visées, donc a priori pas de changement dans les données MAJIC III consacrées aux locaux d’habitation.
En ce sens, lire notamment Wikipedia pour des explications plus détaillées.
Les nouvelles modalités de calcul des valeurs locatives sont basées sur les déclarations faites par les propriétaires des locaux. Le modèle ( 6660-REV, cerfa 14248 * 3) montre que :
- les classifications des locaux, que l’on connaissait jusqu’à présent, évoluent (38 catégories),
- la répartition des surfaces des locaux est affinée,
- l’année de construction (qui n’impacte pas le montant des taxes sur ces locaux professionnels) n’est pas demandée dans la déclaration…
Un autre aspect intéressant de cette réforme concerne la mise en place de paramètres d’évaluation départementaux (délimitation de secteurs d’évaluation, tarifs par catégorie de locaux et coefficients de localisation). Même si tous ces paramètres ne sont pas encore disponibles, on peut supposer qu’ils figureront dans les données MAJIC III livrées à compter de 2017. Ils concourent en effet au calcul de la valeur locative de base. Certains de ces paramètres peuvent notamment intéresser les géomaticiens, et les structures faisant de l’analyse ou de l’observation des locaux commerciaux. Des zonages départementaux sont mis en place, et correspondent au découpage de chaque département en secteurs locatifs homogènes. Ce zonage est effectué sur la base des sections cadastrales, et peut comporter des exceptions, expressément identifiées à la parcelle.
Ces paramètres d’évaluation ont été publiés, en principe dans tous les départements. On les trouvent dans le Recueil des actes administratifs de chaque Préfecture… en cherchant bien ! Ces paramètres étant publics, il sera certainement très intéressant de les voir publiés en Open Data, mais pour l’instant, on ne trouve que des fichiers PDF, quasi-inexploitables (format image, contenu crypté…). On doit y trouver :
- la délimitation des secteurs d’évaluation qui correspondent au découpage d’un département en secteurs locatifs homogènes. Chaque commune, ou section cadastrale est affectée à un secteur d’évaluation.
- les tarifs par catégorie de locaux professionnels et secteurs d’évaluation
- la liste éventuelle des parcelles affectées de coefficients de localisation particuliers
Une petite recherche avec votre moteur préféré sur « paramètres départementaux d’évaluation des valeurs locatives des locaux professionnels » permettra de retrouver une bonne partie des documents publiés. Sinon, se rendre sur le site de vos préfectures respectives, dans la section RAA (Recueil des actes administratifs) et consulter les actes publiés entre Mai 2016 et Septembre 2016, en commençant vos recherches par les documents enregistrés autour du 15 Juin 2016. Cà devrait y être ! Sinon, s’adresser à vos DDFiP respectives qui ne devraient pas faire d’obstruction à les communiquer…
Un exemple : l‘acte publié par la DDFiP 47 (Lot-et-Garonne) le 15 Juin 2016.
Le chantier fiscal portant sur ces locaux professionnels est a priori achevé… Mais on peut s’attendre à la sortie des avis d’imposition (Septembre Octobre 2017) à quelques remous ! Côté transmission des données MAJIC III aux collectivités locales et autres utilisateurs publics (habituellement en Juin), il pourrait y avoir un retard de livraison, pour la raison citée, et également pour cause de restructuration d’une partie des données.
En tout cas , côté utilisateurs, il faudra revoir certains processus d’importation… A vos moulinettes !
Quelques références complémentaires récupérées ici (29/03/2017) :
– Fiche 1 : les bases fiscales TF en système révisé
– Fiche 2 « Calcul d’une cotisation de taxe foncière en système révisé »PS : pour éventuellement échanger sur le sujet, un fil de discussion est ouvert sur GeoRezo ici : [https:]
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27-28 mars 2017 à Tours: les Ateliers Archéomatiques 1 (Analyse par maille) et 2 (Interpolation)
sur archeomatic (le blog d'un archéologue à l’INRAP)Bonjour à tous j’ai l’honneur ici, en plus de fêter le 5ème anniversaire du blog, ses 200000 vues et 73 abonnés de vous présenter la première édition des Ateliers Archéomatiques qui auront lieu à la MSH Val de Loire à Tours. A vos plumes (pour l’inscription, limitée à 18 participants) et à vos jeux de […]
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Le 5e et dernier chapitre des Carnets Cartographiques
sur L'Atelier de CartographieVoici le dernier chapitre des Carnets Cartographiques intitulé Les écosystèmes d’Innovation. J’ai essayé d’y synthétiser quelques pistes de réflexion déjà présentes dans différents posts de ce blog. Ce chapitre pourra paraître moins construit que certains chapitres des Chroniques du Web. Cependant, le thème des écosystèmes d’innovation, des méthodes et des instruments pour les définir, les […] -
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Cartographier la science, chapitre 4 des Carnets Cartographiques
sur L'Atelier de CartographieJe profite de la période des fêtes pour achever de publier les deux derniers chapitres des Carnets Cartographiques, la partie additionnelle aux Chroniques du Web. Cet avant-dernier chapitre est consacré à l’une des expéditions consacrées à l’exploration des données formalisées de l’Information Scientifique et Techniques (I.S.T.). Le domaine de l’I.S.T. recouvre des types variés de […] -
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Chapitre 3 des Carnets, la cartographie d’information
sur L'Atelier de CartographieVoici le chapitre 3 des Carnets Cartographiques. Une partie des idées de ce chapitre sont empruntées à l’un des white papers disponibles dans ce blog . Je les ai remaniées et intégrées dans ce chapitre, La Cartographie d’Information – ou l’alchimie quali-quantitative. Le titre complet est important: sans vouloir trop entrer dans les détails, il […] -
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Révélations, le second chapitre des Carnets Cartographiques
sur L'Atelier de CartographieVoici le second volet des Carnet Cartographiques, l’appendice des Chroniques du Web qui regroupe quelques-uns des textes dont j’avais le projet depuis parfois longtemps. C’est le cas de celui-ci intitulé Révélations. Il est consacré à quelques-uns des exploits qu’ont réalisés certains jeunes ingénieurs (à l’époque!) en matière d’accompagnement d’enquêtes ou d’analyses issues du data journalisme. […] -
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Les Carnet Cartographiques
sur L'Atelier de CartographieAvec les Carnets Cartographiques, j’entame la seconde partie de mon projet d’ouvrage. Cet appendice des Chroniques du Web contient 5 chapitres: 1) Archéologie des connaissances 2) Révélations 3) La Cartographie d’Information (ou l’alchimie quali-quantitative) 4) Cartographier la Science 5) Les écosystèmes d’innovation L’exploration du web et de ses propriétés fascinantes a constitué notre expédition principale […] -
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Le chapitre 10 des Chroniques
sur L'Atelier de CartographieVoici le dernier chapitre des Chroniques du Web, « La Prochaine Etape… » en attendant les 6 chapitres supplémentaires qui figurent dans l’appendice Les Carnets Cartographiques. Ce chapitre 10 est aussi consacré aux questions de cartographie d’organisations criminelles (jihadistes) et il a été rédigé avant les attentats de Paris et Bruxelles. Il s’agit cette fois de tirer […] -
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Le chapitre 9 des Chroniques, L’Information en n Dimensions
sur L'Atelier de CartographieCe chapitre est une large reprise d’un premier post sur ce blog, Les Lignes du Destin. Ce dernier, publié fin janvier 2015, a été écrit dans les circonstances particulières des attentats qui ont frappé notre pays. A l’époque, je ne pensais pas que ce détour méthodologique du côté de la cartographie des organisations criminelles allait […] -
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Broadcast ou viralité? Le chapitre 8 des Chroniques
sur L'Atelier de CartographieUn livre entier ne suffirait pas à parcourir toutes la facettes de la notion de « temps » dans un réseau. La question de la temporalité dans les data réseau est d’autant plus délicate à aborder que les problématiques théoriques, méthodologiques et techniques s’accumulent et s’enchevêtrent. Les méthodes de web mining avaient démontré toute la difficulté de […] -
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UV-Web ou naviguer dans les enseignements
sur L'Atelier de CartographieChacun des étudiants de nos universités rêverait d’avoir une application, accessible en ligne et sur n’importe quel support, où il pourrait projeter dans une carte son parcours entre les enseignements suivis semestre après semestre, contempler le point où il en est et ce qui lui reste à parcourir, comparer son parcours à d’autres similaires ou […]
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[QGIS 2.14 – SQL – QSpatialite (ou pas)] Gérer les relations de 1 à n (1 à plusieurs)
sur archeomatic (le blog d'un archéologue à l’INRAP)Note du 1er mars 2016: il est depuis aujourd’hui avec la version QGIS 2.14 possible de faire la requête directement dans QGIS sans passer par spatialite grâce à la création d’un virtual layer… voir en fin de billet Objectif : Rechercher et afficher les Faits archéologiques (trous de poteaux) contenant un négatif de poteau. Pour cela […] -
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[QGIS 2.12] Représentation cartographique quantitative: Les cercles proportionnels
sur archeomatic (le blog d'un archéologue à l’INRAP)Objectif : traiter une variable quantitative de stock cartographiquement : représenter le nombre de céramiques prélevées par sondages dans un enclos protohistorique à l’aide de cercles proportionnels. Introduction Le curage des fossés d’enclos de a protohistoire à l’aide de pelles mécaniques est courant. Il permet parfois de ramasser de façon « exhaustive » le mobilier déposé dans les fossés. […] -
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29-30 mars 2016: colloque « Creuser au Mésolithique »
sur archeomatic (le blog d'un archéologue à l’INRAP)En attendant le prochain billet, juste un mot pour vous dire que le 4ème anniversaire du blog archeomatic vient de passer ! J’en profite aussi pour faire un peu de pub pour les copains champenois. En effet, les 29 et 30 mars 2016 auront lieu les prochaines séances de la SPF à Châlons-en-Champagne (Marne) avec […]
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Journée Nationale des Fichiers fonciers le 6 novembre 2015
sur Parcell'airPour les adeptes et utilisateurs des fichiers fonciers, Je relaie une information communiquée par la DGALN.
Il n’est pas trop tard pour s’inscrire à cette journée !
La DGALN bureau des politiques foncières, associée au Cerema Dter NP, en charge du pôle de compétences et d’innovation « Foncier et stratégies foncières », vous invitent à la prochaine Journée nationale d’échanges sur les Fichiers fonciers qui se tiendra :
le vendredi 6 novembre 2015 de 9h30 à 17h
au Ministère du Logement
Auditorium de la Tour Séquoia à la DéfenseCette journée est ouverte aux organismes et services publics utilisateurs des Fichiers fonciers. Pour vous inscrire, merci de répondre, avant le 19 octobre, au formulaire en ligne suivant : Formulaire d’inscription
Vous recevrez un e-mail de confirmation de votre inscription à partir du 26 octobre, sous réserve de places disponibles.
Vous trouverez le programme de la Journée sur le site Géoinformations Fichiers fonciers : Programme de la journée.
Vous souhaitez obtenir des informations sur les Fichiers fonciers du Cerema ? Rendez-vous sur le site Géoinformations Fichiers fonciers :
www.geoinformations.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/fichiers-fonciers-r549.htmlPour toute question sur les Fichiers fonciers retraités par le Cerema Nord Picardie à destination des services publics, n’hésitez pas à nous contacter par mail : fichiers-fonciers(at)cerema.fr
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DVF : l’intégration facile par le Cerema
sur Parcell'airDVF, (Demande de Valeurs Foncières) de la DGFiP est une base de données complexe à intégrer et analyser. Fournie brute par la DGFiP, elle doit, comme les données MAJIC III, être modélisée et restructurée pour pouvoir être exploitée, notamment en l’associant aux données cadastrales.
DVF recense l’ensemble des mutations immobilières à titre onéreux publiées dans les services de la publicité foncière de la DGFiP. Cette base est donc un outil indispensable à l’observation et l’étude des marchés foncier et immobilier.
Dans la continuité des travaux menés au sein du Groupe national DVF, le Cerema vient de mettre en ligne une solution pour intégrer très facilement des données sources en DVF dans une base de données.
Sous l’appellation « DVF+ » cette dernière version remplace les scripts précédemment publiés par le Cerema pour proposer:
– un modèle de donnée plus complet,
– une documentation en cours d’achèvement ,
– un programme automatique d’import vers PostgreSQL.Pour y accéder : [www.nord-picardie.cerema.fr]
Pour en savoir plus , contactez le Cerema par mail : dv3f@cerema.fr
Lire également le compte rendu d’Aline Clozel de la journée d’études de Décembre 2014 du groupe de travail national DVF : [georezo.net]
A suivre également : discussion sur le forum « données » de GeoRezo : [georezo.net]
Merci aux auteurs, Antoine Herman, Magali Journet et Jérôme Douché du PCI Foncier et stratégies foncières.
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Apparier le PCI et les données MAJIC III
sur Parcell'airLors de l’intégration dans les SI des utilisateurs d’un nouveau millésime du cadastre, l’une des tâches principales consiste à apparier les données MAJIC III avec le Plan Cadastral, gérés et fournis de manière indépendante par la DGFiP.
Les livraisons « classiques » interviennent en général courant Juin, pour une situation des données MAJIC III arrêtées au 1er Janvier de l’année en cours (ou plus exactement au 31 Décembre de l’année N-1).
Dans ce fil de discussion publié sur les forums GeoRezo, une phrase de l’un des intervenants a mérité un petit correctif.
Il est vrai que qu’un envoi en début d’année serait préférable car la situation foncière collerait ainsi mieux avec Majic (fichiers en date 01/01/N).
Non, au contraire.
Les mises à jour de MAJIC III pour l’année N-1 par les services de la DGFIP se poursuivent jusqu’en mai de l’année N environ, notamment pour prendre en compte les mutations et autres changements qui interviennent en fin d’année (délais de prise en charge, de transmissions etc…)
En Mai de l’année N, la situation au 31 Décembre précédent est reconstituée pour produire les bases servant à l’établissement des impôts locaux.
Le plan cadastral est lui mis à jour en continu, et il y a forcément, comme MAJIC III, des informations relatives à N-1 qui sont intégrées dans les premiers mois de l’année N.
Plusieurs évaluations de la meilleure corrélation possible entre MAJIC III et le PCI au 31 Décembre de l’année ont été faites (par la DGFIP, les CT etc…). Toutes aboutissent à la conclusion que la correspondance est optimale pour un plan mise à jour jusqu’à fin Avril début Mai.
D’où une livraison classique de l’ensemble de ces informations (MAJIC III au 31 Décembre N-1 et PCI à Mai N) en Mai-Juin.Les taux d’appariement des parcelles issues de MAJIC III avec celles du PCI se dégradent sensiblement si ces principes ne sont pas respectés.
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4-5 juin à Tours : Séminaire Evena : « Outils d’analyse des processus de dépôt et des évènements post dépositionnels à l’échelle de la tombe »
sur archeomatic (le blog d'un archéologue à l’INRAP)Bonjour à tous, je profite de cet extraordinaire media pour relayer l’information. Le 4 et 5 juin 2015 aura lieu un séminaire sur l’utilisation des outils et concept de la géomatique à l’échelle de la tombe… « l’archéomatique funéraire » est en route ? Séminaire de recherche du Laboratoire Archéologie et Territoires – UMR 7324 CITERES Séminaire […] -
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[QGIS + script R] Créer un histogramme circulaire des orientations de sépultures.
sur archeomatic (le blog d'un archéologue à l’INRAP)Rose des vents, histogramme circulaire, polar plot, rose diagram … a vous de choisir ! Objectif : Nous disposons d’une multitude de sépultures (enfin un shapefile..) pour lesquelles nous avons extrait l’orientation (soit sur le terrain ou dans QGIS grâce a cette méthode [wp.me] ou encore celle là [wp.me] et nous voulons représenter toutes les orientations sur […]
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#JesuisCharlie
sur Parcell'airPour la liberté d’expression !
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Quilting "Golden Light"
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.comAfter the success of the first experiment with printing one of my mom's photographs on fabric and quilting it last July (see Quilting Fuchsia), we selected seven more images and had those printed at Spoonflower's largest possible size (about 27 x 40 inches without distorting the image). I've since shipped and carried those pieces of fabric all around the United States and even into Canada, twice. Two weeks ago, I finally managed to find the time to sit down and start to quilt again—truly one of my very favourite/favorite activities.
This is the resulting quilt that I created from the photograph "Golden Light" by Elizabeth Root Blackmer (you can see the original image in the middle of her Frozen gallery at BrootPhoto.com). The image is bubbles of air trapped in the ice of a frozen pond.
First of all, I had to find a fabric store. I was staying at my house in Nova Scotia when I finally found the time to quilt, and although I have spent extended periods of time here at the house over the past seven years (I took over the family home), I had never tried to find a place to source fabric here. I mentioned to my farming neighbour/neighbor that I need to ask his wife about a place to get fabric, and he looked at me like I was utterly obtuse. He said something along the lines of: "Everyone goes to Avonport Discount Fabric Centre over in Avonport, up behind the school—how do you not know that?" LOL.
So I asked a few more people over the next few days as I finished up my stack of work-work, and every single person (male and female) said the same thing: go there! So I did. Well, it doesn't look like much from the outside, and it shares a big dirt parking lot with the used auto parts store next door, so I was reasonably skeptical, but oh, what an epic pleasure this place is. Fantastic materials, ample supplies, helpful staff, great prices, and generally, like so many places here in Nova Scotia, a meeting place for friends and family. I've been back quite a number of times since; it's just down the road from my house—not ten minutes away!Anyway, I found the most perfect backing fabric and thread for my project at this lovely store, and had a few wonderful quilting-related conversations with the ladies there while I wandered around looking at everything.
For some odd reason, I decided to use the dining table as my quilting space (but it's just me here this time, so I'm not in anyone's way). It might seem odd, given that I made myself a quilting area in another room, but this space is always warm, and that space doesn't need to be heated, so I ended up out here. By the time this quilt was done, five of the six chairs had been moved away from the table to give me access to all sides of the quilt.
And here is the original printed image.
I started by quilting the ice bubbles with gold thread and used a twisty stitch-line within each circle to make them stand out as separate elements. You can see the backing fabric here as well, a delicious mottled teal.
Then I quilted the darker section in the upper-right quadrant with a brown top thread. I used the diagonal line that runs through the image as the dividing line between the two sections of parallel stitching, and eyeballed the entire quilt from that one line. Teal thread was used for every stitch on the back of the quilt.
I used a variegated thread for the rest of the straight lines. Again, with teal thread on the back.
Quilting so many straight lines was exhausting, but I found my rhythm after a while.
You can really see how the variegated thread looks on the binding. I used three lines of it on the binding to make this element really stand out.
I had to go back to the fabric store to find a suitable edge fabric to use for the binding, but then I found a bias tape that was the perfect colour/color, so I used that.
And here's what the back looks like.
And here it is on the bed in one of the guest rooms ... I go in and visit it often, as I take stretch breaks from work-work and think about which image I'll quilt next ...
I only had one major blooper that I had to reëngineer with this quilt. Oh, and what a drag it was! My camera apparently couldn't register so much teal, so it displayed it as greyish/grayish, but even so, there's the epic snaggle of thread. Ugh.
And here are the test scraps that I used during this project. I can't imagine throwing them out unless I have a record of what they look like. It's that, or staple them into my diary, and that gets cumbersome.
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[Whitebox GAT 3.2 – QGIS 2.x] Automatiser le calcul de longueur et d’orientation d’un polygone.
sur archeomatic (le blog d'un archéologue à l’INRAP)Objectif : Ce tuto est issu de mes pérégrinations pour résoudre deux demandes récurrentes : d’une part calculer automatiquement la longueur des tranchées de diagnostics archéologiques et d’autre part récupérer l’orientation générale de plusieurs fosses sépulcrales. Pour ce faire nous allons utiliser l’application SIG Whitebox GAT développée par le Dr. John Lindsay du département de géographie de […]
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Pause Parcellaire
sur Parcell'airCela fait quelques mois que le blog Parcell’air est inactif. Certains lecteurs réguliers me l’ont reproché, à juste raison.
C’est vrai que faute de temps, je n’ai pas pû m’y investir, et j’en suis désolé.Je vais bientôt tenter d’y remédier, car l’intérêt pour la « chose cadastrale » ne faiblit pas, au contraire.
Un nombre grandissant d’utilisateurs, des données de plus en plus accessibles, et des usages toujours plus développés… Toutes ces conditions méritent encore que des efforts de « vulgarisation » soient réalisés.PCI, MAJIC, DVF, SITADEL, PERVAL, « Fichiers fonciers » et plus… sont utilisés en tout ou partie par les collectivités locales, les agences d’urbanisme, les services de l’Etat, leurs prestataires pour la réalisation des PLU, des SCoT, les procédures d’aménagement, l’analyse et l’observation des territoires.
La compréhension de ces données est d’autant plus essentielle que, constituées pour des besoins de fiscalité locale, leurs usages, depuis plus de 10 ans, débordent largement de la seule sphère d’origine (la DGFiP). La fiscalité locale, et le droit qui s’y attache sont bien souvent peu compréhensibles pour les aménageurs, statisticiens ou observateurs du territoire…
La DGFiP l’a bien compris, et les relations qu’elle entretient avec les utilisateurs cités plus haut sont de plus en plus productives et collaboratrices.J’essaierai donc rapidement de continuer ce travail de décryptage entamé ici depuis quelques années, en abordant notamment le contenus des données DVF et « Fichiers Fonciers » qui contiennent en tout ou partie des informations issues des données MAJIC III.
Pour patienter, consulter les forums GeoRezo, et le blog SIG&UURBA, espaces incontournables de discussions autour de ces données.
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13:12
Quilting My Mom's Fuchsia Photograph
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.comMy mom is an amazing photographer. She captured this image called Fuchsia:
And this is what I recently turned it into: a quilt!
That's my mom there, Elizabeth Root Blackmer, holding the finished product.
She's printed on paper, glass, silk, and aluminum over the years, each with amazing results. The aluminum prints immediately below are absolutely stunning in person, and the silks below that were beyond ethereal.
She recently had a show at a photography gallery that included seventy of her various prints. You can view more of her work on her website: BrootPhoto.com.
It seemed time to combine our interests and print one of her images on quilting fabric. Neither of us was completely satisfied with the saturation of the print on the fabric, but for a prototype, it provided us with what we needed to know for the next time.
Here's what I started with: the image printed on a yard of fabric, a yard of solid fuchsia for the backing, and seven colors of thread.
For those who might wonder, the fabric was printed by Spoonflower. We've since put in another order and are hoping for more accurate saturation of the colors.
Here's what the original printed fabric looked like just after it had been washed and ironed. The printed image measured 25 by 40 inches, and by extension, the quilt came out measuring just shy of that.
It was difficult to know where to start quilting as I didn't have a plan and was just winging it. I figured that I'd begin with the small white bits and sewed them directly onto scraps of batting so that they were tamped down to something (if not, washing the quilt in the future could make a huge mess of things when the batting wads up).
Also, I wanted the white bits—which were mostly droplets—to have a slightly 3D feel to them. Here's what the back looked like with the bits of quilted batting; I then cut carefully around the shapes.
As an example of how the white islands look on the final product, here's a preview:
Then I placed a whole piece of batting on the back and started quilting the darkest color on the fabric with my darkest purple thread. This time it was the printed fabric and the batting, but still without the final fabric backing (you'll understand why when you read about my topo lines below).
Some of the light and bright green also needed this pre-backing treatment as there were islands of those colors within the fabric that needed to be captured before the more prolific colors got quilted. In the following image, the purples had also been quilted, but you can see where the greens existed as islands—unreachable from any edge.
Once the colors that existed as islands were quilted to the batting, I layered the fuchsia backing fabric to the sandwich of printed fabric and batting, and started quilting the larger swaths of color that ran from the edges all the way in and then back out again.
I'm not sure how many of you know this, but in my real life, I'm a cartographer. I love me some topo lines, so I quilted this such that the back looks like a topo map. Plus, I freaking loathe tying the hundreds of knots in the back of a quilt (I always think they look messy and I know that they will eventually come loose and unravel). As such, I quilted from one edge into the image and back out again, avoiding the need to tie knots—instead, I backstitched the heck out of each thread's beginning and ending. This is what the back of the completed quilt looks like because of this method. Dude: topo map!
So, that's why I quilted this quilt the way I did, first to bits of batting, then to a whole piece of batting, and then with the fabric backing. Also, I quilted around the bubbles as best as I could while going in and out, and used the various thread colors to create the visual texture of the piece.
Maybe you can imagine the maddening forethought it took to freehand each of these lines so that they didn't overlap at any point but so that enough of the complete layers of the quilt were actually stitched together.
Once all the quilting was done, to ensure that none of my backstitched threads were ever going to release, I double stitched around the whole edge of the image and then I cut everything away except for about a quarter-inch of white around the remaining image.
I had originally planned to add a traditional border to the quilt, but decided against it. Instead, I sacrificed a small percentage of the image all the way around to create a border by carefully double-folding the edges of the quilt all around and stitching them into place.
And once again, I'll mention how annoying I find it to tie knots, so I very carefully stitched all the way around and created all the quadruple (at least) stitching on all the corners using one freaking thread. Epic win!
So really, except for the one blasted thread that broke during quilting and that I had to repair with a knot, there is only one other visible knot in this entire quilt!
Oh, and this is where this quilt was made—in Tenants Harbor, Maine:
I've been visiting my parents for a few months and as a Mother's Day gift I painted out this room for my mom—it went from yellow and white to a light grey on all walls and ceiling, and with fresh bright white trim throughout. Before I moved her back into the room, I took it over as an office and quilting space. The light in here is awesome and her photography will look amazing in here. Or maybe some quilts ...
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21:56
Badger Afloat Again (2014 Edition)
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.comHard to believe, but it's already been two weeks since I dropped my husband off at his ship and said farewell to him for the summer and beyond. He's off again aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter HEALY—north into the seas and oceans around Alaska. This is the last picture I took of the cutter, as I stood on a beach in Washington in the pouring rain. She was sailing north and out of Puget Sound ...
I've been tracking the ship since, which is one of the very cool things you can do with this particular Coast Guard cutter (a truly appreciated rarity). She left Dutch Harbor, Alaska just a few days ago on her first mission, and it looks like she is now entering the Chukchi Sea. You can track their progress from this link:
[icefloe.net]This first research mission—which runs through late June—is to study the under-ice bloom. It's fascinating stuff if you're interested in plants or ice or biology:
[www.nasa.gov]The two other missions this year will study "Moorings" and "Oil Spill Technologies." Those are the main topics, but many other scientists are aboard as well, doing other very interesting research.
They are already in the ice as one of the recent images from the hourly camera feed from the top of the HEALY shows us. You can track the photos here:
http://icefloe.net/Aloftcon_Photos/index.php?album=2014This blog post is really just an update for those of you who want to track the HEALY and her progress in 2014. We have a whole list of other posts we are supposed to have done already (some of which we will yet do, we promise), but the past few months have been especially busy with work and also filled with trying to pack in as many adventures as we could together before he sailed away again ...
As a teaser, here's one of the images that Badger took of himself with the HEALY last year during Ice Liberty somewhere in the Arctic Ocean:
___Here's the post on (roughly) the same topic that I wrote about a year ago when they deployed. It includes some additional details about the ship and about my sweet husband:
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18:12
Alice's beads, repurposed … again!
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.comA few years ago, my Beloved Aunt Alice (my father's older sister) parted ways with the living. She was an amazing woman on so many different levels, and she touched each of us in special and unique ways; leaving every one of us believing that we had her absolute attention (and maybe rightfully so, as she had a huge heart and so much to give). We miss you Alice.
A few months after her passing, a number of us received packages in the mail that included an item of jewelry from her collection. The piece I received was a necklace that I wouldn't myself wear—I don't really wear gold-colored stuff—but after just a few minutes of looking at it, I knew what to do, and I sent an email with a photo of it to my very favorite jeweler: Jen Burrall in Portland, Maine. She replied that the red beads did look like carnelian and agreed to do a closer inspection of the piece to see what she could do with it for me. I figured that if I could wear the beads in some way, that I would be honoring Alice, but if the necklace sat in the back of a drawer for the rest of my life, that it would be sad and pointless.
Jen's jewelry has an extra-special place in my heart as my husband has been giving me pieces of hers since long before we were married. Also, she made my engagement ring, our wedding rings, and the special pins that we gave out to the twenty or so guests who attended our wedding. And each year, my collection grows ... and grows ... and grows ... (but that's another post).So, I sent the necklace off to Maine (we were living in Seattle at the time), and Jen harvested the carnelian and disposed of the garish gold balls. All that remained of the original necklace were the smaller round beads, but that was enough for her to work with. She sent me a few ideas via email and I chose one. Here's her sketch:
Not long after that, the most amazing necklace arrived in the mail. Here's the picture that I immediately took and posted to my various social media worlds:
She did it! Jen turned something basically unusable into something absolutely spectacular. And honestly, I wear this necklace quite a lot, and just about every time I do, someone asks me about it or mentions how gorgeous it is. Alice continues to be honored on a regular basis. Thank you Jen!
So ... the point of this blog post is actually not about that necklace from years ago, nor about Sweet Alice. It's about the fact that my Dear Cousin Lex turned fifty this past year. Happy Birthday Sweetie! Lex was another one of us who had that extra-special bond with Alice—a bond that is just about impossible to break. It will always be there. Forever! And when we get together, we always talk about Alice and our memories of her.
When Jen sent me her completed masterpiece all those years ago, she also returned the remaining beads from the original necklace, and I've been saving them since. Waiting for a reason to somehow use them.
Lex has seen my necklace and stated her love for it. And we each sniffed a tear or two when I told her where the beads had come from and how Jen had brilliantly repurposed them for me. (From what I remember, I think she received a set of odd earrings from the estate?). So it seemed only natural that I would have Jen make a set of three necklaces with the remaining beads: one for Lex's fiftieth, one for her sister (also known as my Awesome Cousin Clare, who will also eventually turn fifty), and one for my mom, who was an integral part of Alice's life, especially in the years since moving to Maine.
So, off I sent the beads to Jen. And oh look what came back! A set of three astonishing necklaces that are clearly part of a set, but that each stand on their own.
Lex's is the one in the middle, Clare's is the rectangular one in the front, and the faceted one in the back is for my mom.
Again, it's only the round carnelian beads that are from the original necklace, but look how perfectly Jen matched them with a few other faceted carnelian beads ...
I adore Jen's twirly bits ...
And just look at those gorgeous pendants. Here they are up close:
Each of the necklaces uses a different mix of chain and hammered circles ... and yet they all so clearly belong together as a set, too.
I love Jen's hammered circles!
And those hooks!
They are stunning, Jen! Thank you so much for making yet more memories for me and my family.
Happy Birthday Lex! Cheers!
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Hot new features in OpenLayers 3
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OpenLayers 3 will be the proud successor of the widely used OpenLayers 2 map visualisation javascript library.
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2:13
Catching Up ...
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.comOof ... I cannot believe how quickly the past few months have flown by—2013 is long since gone now, and 2014 is already in full swing. And although we have done an enormous amount in that time on both personal and professional levels, as usual, I am running behind on getting out our annual New Year's Notes. For the record, it usually takes me at least the first third of each year to write all the personal bits in them and decorate the 225+ envelopes, but I really had thought that this year would be different (as I do every year; so who am I kidding?). Anyway, I am working on them today. No, really I am. I think I have finally even frozen the design (yeah, right!).
I had three different clients slip scheduled project deliveries to me today, which means that I'll be working all day and night on Sunday, but it also means that because I had blocked most of the day today to work on those particular jobs, I instead found myself with a few precious hours of unassigned time. WHA? I could have picked up one of the [literally 20] other, more-flexible-deadline projects, but I just couldn't face yet another client file when my personal piles of stuff are literally falling over with their own weight. Plus, husband is away this week/weekend so I have all those other hours to myself as well. Some would nap or take a bath or read a book ... but me? Nah. I decided to spend the time doing the most important thing to ME on my extensive lists of shit-to-do. For me, that's working on my correspondence—something that has so sadly fallen to the wayside during these insane few months. What I really should be doing is working on writing that masters thesis, but that will have to just hold its horses for one more day. I need a break!
I am sorry, peeps, for not yet responding to your lovely letters. I have a few here from early-2013 that I've been transporting around in my bag for almost a year now—very well-traveled epistles. I'll try to do better in 2014, but the fact is, I already know this will be my most stupid-busy year ever. Sigh.
So, I'm working on them ... and that's what I hope to spend my entire night on—decorating envelopes and thinking about all these beautiful letters sitting here before me from all you beautiful people.
And as I just posted to Instagram: You know it's been way too busy when you have to measure your personal as-of-yet-not-replied-to mail by the inch (this is more than two inches when squashed as tight as possible). I live for the mail but I was a terrible correspondent in those last months of 2013. Sorry guys; I'm on it!
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QGIS and GeoServer: creating styles
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In Open Source software development, there is a strong tendency to create software having precise objectives. It is thought that a good specific tool is better than a complex and complicated one.
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6:01
The Other Airstream Bench Seat Gets New Fabric (Finally!)
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.comI've had one last Airstream fabric project hanging over my head for quite some time: covering the bench seat that Badger sits on. I've had the fabric for months and months, but was squeamish about sewing around all those curves and corners. Today, in a period of just over an hour, I did the entire project from start to finish. Months and months of avoidance and it only took me an hour and twelve minutes! That'll teach me to procrastinate (*grumble*).
So ... here's what it looks like now: Awesome!
I had already covered or removed all of the other unfortunate blue-and-white-striped fabric in the Airstream, and replaced the (dare I say awful?) palm-tree curtains with new white ones, but this project eluded me. I dislike that stripey fabric so much that I had even kept a piece of black fabric draped over the seat in question for the past few months just so I didn't need to look at it. But then, because husband is away for many months, somehow various projects got assigned to The Bench where they languished ... but in a fit of cleaning and reörganizing over the past few days, I cleaned them all off and away. Then I could see those blasted stripes again, and the ridiculous blue bolsters. Arrrrgh! So today was the day.
Here's what I started with:Just pulling the cushion off made me happy. I had previously removed the television that used to be on that wall but didn't want to cut any of the cables, so that's the steampunkish cable hanging down there (it just tucks in behind the cushion).
Managing this huge piece of fabric in limited space was difficult, but I was determined to get this DONE!
And wrapping the cushion was unruly to say the least. Yes, it's all one big thing all stitched together which makes for easier management while snapped into the seat (it isn't always sliding all over the place), but it made a more difficult sewing project for me.
I made it up as I went along, and with each seam I sewed, I refitted the whole thing back over the cushion and replaced it in the space so I didn't make too many mistakes in a row. Corners had to be tucked in and sewn ...
I even cut all five slits for the snaps right the very first time (three above and two anchored below). Yay me! (Very lucky me!)
I couldn't be happier with the result. It will make me smile multiple times every day for probably a month or more.
I hope you enjoy your new seat Badger. I'll show it to Makeshift if he ever gets out of bed, LOL!
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1:47
Quilted Octopus & Matching Blanket
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.comWhen Makeshift and I went to Alaska last month, we met an awesome octopus in Seward at the Alaska SeaLife Center, and we've been octopus-obsessed since. We'd been tentacle-crazy for years, but they were usually Cthulhu-related experiments, not necessarily octopus-centric. However, once we were home again, the infatuation didn't wear off, and one morning last week we got it in our heads to make a quilted octopus, and a bunch of hours later, Makeshift had one of his very own! Granted, it is a temporary ownership in that the octopus is actually a baby gift. But for the nonce—and until I managed to make the matching quilt—Makeshift had a new tentacly companion.
I'd never even considered the idea of how to make a quilted animal before, but it seemed reasonably straightforward. The biggest problem I had was that I only had a single fat quarter of the olive fabric (I later secured more of this fabric) which I wanted to use for the underside of the tentacles, and I had a very limited amount of the onion fabric (and that was the very end of it after I reserved the piece I needed for the matching baby quilt that I planned on making), so I needed to use every possible inch and not mess up. I was only going to get one shot at this.
I extended the fat quarter by a few inches on both ends of the olive fabric to match the size of the onion fabric I had, which was easy because I knew that the selvage would be hidden inside of the head. I sketched out a head shape and reproduced it on a piece of printer paper.
Then I copied the reverse of that onto the other end of the fat quarter and drew in four tentacles coming out of either head—they all twisted in and around one another to use up as much of the fabric as possible.
Then I made a sandwich of batting and the two fabrics (good sides facing).
And I cut them out.
I then took each half-topus and pinned it up so it wouldn't move around as I carefully sewed the three layers together.
And sewed them up. Here's what the other side looked like.
I had of course left an un-sewn opening so that I could reverse the half-topuses. And I worked on that for a long time ...
Once reversed it looked like this.
I sewed a stitch into all the edges to give the tentacles some additional strength and to flatten them out.
And then I quilted each of the two halves including the heads.
I laid the heads back-to-back and cut off the edges so that they were mirror images.
I had originally planned to use binding to connect the two head pieces which is why I did things the way I did, but in the end I ended up sewing the heads together from the inside, and then reversing them, which made for a much cleaner and easier-to-make product. I could have saved myself a ton of time by sewing the heads differently, and if I ever make another quiltopus, I will know how to save some time; basically though, leave the opening for reversing the tentacles at the top of the head, not within the tentacles, and then don't bother sewing the head up until you are doing it from the inside.
I used some clamp guys to mark where I wanted to stop, and sewed four lines of stitches into the head to make it wicked strong.
Then I reversed the head.
To finish him up, I decided to make a pillow to slide inside the head to give him some extra volume, and to make it removable so that the quiltopus could be easily washed/dried. I'm told that kids barf on stuff, so things should be washable, right?
So I grabbed another piece of the olive fabric—of which I had since secured another 3.5 yards during the week, and washed and dried—and traced out the head shape.
Sewed that up and left a slit for stuffing. In retrospect, I would have left the slit at the top so that the final seam wouldn't be visible when inspecting the underside of the octopus.
Hello extra pillow. Goodbye pillow. Hello awesome stuffing.
And voilà: Octopus brain!
Easy to slip in, and thus presumably easy to slip out for washing needs as well.
And here he is, sitting up, so you can really see how little fabric this project actually took (because the tentacles all sort of fit into one another when not hanging about).
So, I still had that one remaining piece of onion fabric, and now lots of olive fabric (I bought the last of what one local shop had, and found two more yards at another shop), so it was time to make the matching baby quilt.
I laid out my onions atop the olives and I had my front and back.
I'm still working on that enormous piece of batting that I bought a few months ago. A king-size, all-natural, no glues or resins monster that I picked up for a quarter of what it was worth (sale on top of sale and a coupon equals a happy mushroom!). So, here's the sandwich.
I sketched out some baby tentacles for the edges on the back-side of the onion fabric.
And then cut them out (that's three layers there: batting, olives, and onions).
I sewed all around the edges and left a few tentacles un-sewn so that I could reverse the whole thing. Which once again took forever.
But finally I had it fully reversed and all the tentacles sitting pretty.
Then, exhausted, I went to bed. The next pictures include natural light and coffee!
I sewed up the few tentacles that I had left open for the reversing process.
Then I put a stitch all around the edge to strengthen and flatten—so many twists and turns!
And then tens of thousands of stitches got placed as I quilted from the outside edge all the way to the inside.
And eventually, however many hundreds of turns later, it was done! Here's the oniony front side.
And here's the other—sucker/olive—side.
Here's Quiltopus atop his blanket, blending in just as octopuses are prone to do.
And again ...
May my new small friend enjoy these tentacly, octopus-inspired gifts as much as we enjoyed getting to know our Alaskan octopus buddy, the predominant influence behind them.
And here are three pictures of our enormous Alaskan friend and his super-cute little horns:
Thanks for the show, Thumb! You're awesome!
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5:18
Friday's Fantastic Fabric Fandango
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.comYou know how when someone you know says something like "Hey, you should check out my vintage fabric collection—I've got kind of a lot of it," you smile and think, Hey, yeah, that's cool, I have a few boxes too. But politely and excitedly say, "Yes, sure, I'd love to check it out. And yes, sure, we can barter the thing you want of mine for a few vintage scraps."
Well, Stacy weren't kidding. I was literally speechless when I walked into her vintage fabric room. Truly awesome!!!
The sheer volume of awesomeness was overwhelming at first, but then I enthusiastically dove in ... only to find that there was even more fabric than I first believed; layer upon layer of incredibleness. I had just been reading about inspiring workspaces in my new issue of Uppercase magazine, and wow, did this space inspire me! I wanted to go get my sewing machine, bookshelves, comfy chair, and quilting/crafting supplies, and move right into the middle of it all!
So, thank you Stacy for the incredible Friday afternoon adventure. And thank you for the inspiration and the awesome barter.
Here are the amazing fabrics that I got out of it:
And here's why I chose each of these delicious prints ...
1. Three vintage Alaska tablecloths. Each full of errors/typos, cultural insensitivities (by today's standards), and stereotypes, but each a representative example of its time. Given that my husband has been in Alaska since July (mostly floating around in the Arctic Ocean), and given that I recently took my first trip to Alaska, my infatuation with the state is deep. These three gems themselves were worth the price of admission—oh wait, that was free. I am a lucky girl! I have no idea what I might do with these, but I can't wait to find out ...
This one is 34 inches by 37 inches:
This one is 31 inches by 33 inches:
This big boy is 50 inches by 47 inches:
2. I love anything with a vegetable on it, and this is the oddest vegetable-related fabric I've ever seen (it's another tablecloth measuring 52 inches square). The Dutch (?) rabbit with the apron is downright sinister, and the truly bizarre collection of quotations is insane—a sampling:
"Cares melt when you kneel in the garden"
"Don't get carrot away"
"24 carrot gold"
"Do you carrot all?"
and, um:
"From caring comes courage —Lao Tzu"
Wait, what? Clearly this must become a quilt, but for whom?3. How could I pass up the kind-of-creepy fish?
4. I've been octopus-obsessed since my trip to Alaska (and my run-in with the awesome octopus in Seward), and I've been drawing out octopus-inspired quilting designs in my journals since my return. This fabric make me think of the suckers on an octopus' arms, and I already know just what I'm going to do with this black and white scrap of masterpiece!
5. Well, these are mushrooms. How could I pass up a mushroom fabric? Not possible.
6. Given that my husband is in the Coast Guard, and given that because of that we will probably always live very close to the water, we are surrounded by nautical hints at every turn. This fabric will make an excellent quilt or pillows or even curtains at some point ...
7. And this bizarre pattern and color combination will make an amazing accent to a more sedate quilt or scarf.
So, that's my haul ... I can't wait to do the laundry again and get all of this washed up and dried.
Thank you dear Stacy for the fantastic glimpse into your vintage fabric world—it left me inspired and excited to see what comes out of my sewing machine next ...
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0:59
Scale Model Airstream Quilt for Badger's Birthday
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.comSo, Badger's birthday came around last month while he was still off sailing the Arctic Ocean and stomping around on ice sheets to his heart's content as part of the crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter HEALY. I knew that I would be taking a trip to Alaska to join him for a week soon after his birthday, and I wanted to make him a special quilt. I'd started quilting in June, shortly before he left, and he's missed a few of them since he got underway, so this one had to be extra-special. It took me a few days to figure out what he most loves/misses about being out to sea, but it soon came to me: HE MISSES HIS AIRSTREAM! (Duh.) So I spend a number of weeks in September working on this two-sided, openable, scale model quilt of our Airstream. I gave it to him while we were together in Seward, Alaska a few weeks ago, and he and Makeshift felt right at home beneath it. It has since been installed on the ship where it is having the trip of a lifetime (or rather, the first of what will be many to come).
Here are a few more pictures of what the final reproduction looks like. Our Airstream is 25-feet long and this quilt reaches five feet from tip to tail—a one-fifth scale model. It has flair that is specific to port and starboard sides; logos, lights, awnings, windows, water, refrigeration, furnace, outside shower, electricity hook-ups, outdoor outlets, hot water heater, et cetera ... (even the blue pull-tabs for our gorgeous blue-striped awnings are there if you know where to look). I apologize for the somewhat rumpled look, when we took these pictures the quilt had been in a very tightly-packed travel bag for a number of days.
Badger's rack (bed) on the ship is essentially a twin-size bunk, so I wanted this quilt to be able to both lay there reasonably—decorating his living space—but also have him be able to use it as a blanket to curl up with. He tested out that idea with Makeshift and it seemed to work just fine (I don't think a man has ever been happier to have unfettered access to broadband Internet before; that's his freshly loaded-up iPad mini in the townhouse I rented for us during our week together in Seward).
So, it all began as many projects do with me: a journal entry (or ten) outlining the pros and cons, problems, concerns, issues, and any other sort of drivel that comes into my mind. Hey, it gets me where I need to be—we each have our own process. And I should mention, I actually completed this quilt long before I had even had the notion for the Cthulhu quilt that came after it, and for once I managed to keep a secret from my husband (something I am notoriously terrible at!) and didn't tell him about it. [It didn't hurt that we had very limited communication pathways during the weeks that I worked on it—I surely would have blown it otherwise.]
Choosing the fabrics was easy, the swirly silver waves on the simple gray cotton was the obvious starting point for the quilt, and many of the smaller bits I even had on hand from earlier quilting projects: the blue was from Mom's Scrabble quilt, the red was from Tania's elephant quilt, the black flower fabric was used in Kasia's pink-hair quilt, and the orange was purchased for my brother's quilt (which continues to languish at the moment, unstarted) but was also used to make the eyes on Dad's Cthulhu quilt. So really, of the six quilts I've now made, only the Ripley quilt isn't represented here in one way or another.
Then, I spent a few hours outside one evening with a ruler and tape measure, carefully collecting all the dimensions and doing calculations. Exhausting work for my brain, but I rewarded myself with a glass of wine, so all was well. And only one neighbor actually stopped square in their tracks and asked what the heck I was doing this time! LOL. I love that Martha! She's a crack-up.
I input the calculations into Adobe Illustrator (my map workhorse and very close companion of mine for more than a decade) and created all the attachable pieces. I cut them out one by one by one by one by one by one ... it went on forever! But in the end I had all the bits cut out, fused, re-cut, and bonded—and all onto the correct bits of ironed fabric.
Windows in the making for the curb side.
And all the darker gray bits for the curb side ... (see my note in the Intermission below and you'll understand why all these pieces are together: re-do!).
Lights! Orange lights in the making for the front of the Airstream! And then the red ones were created for the back. And then all over again for the other side.
Here are some of the bits for the street side of the quilt.
Here's one especially awesome thing about this quilt and our couch (gaucho): The quilt fit perfectly on the only surface (besides the floor I suppose) that would hold it. Here's what it looked like when I had all the pieces placed atop, before anything was actually sewn on.
I'm jumping ahead, but again, check out how once things were actually attached to the two sides, they fit perfectly—two-pieces-across—on the privacy curtain bar between the living space and the bedroom. This quilt was made to be made in this Airstream!
So, returning to our regularly scheduled program ...
Then I had to figure out how to best attach all those bits. I decided on an awesome stitch that looked like it would cover up the edges completely so they wouldn't fray in the wash, as well as hold strong for many years to come. And so began the sewing-on of bits ...
It took SO LONG to sew on all those windows using that thick, complicated stitch, but I love how they came out.
There was so much more measuring and math ...
I added a darker grey stripe along the bottom of the trailer just like it really has, and added the wheel wells, too.
And then the "chrome" strip that runs between the aluminum above and the grey below needed to be created and attached. I even sewed it to match the horizontal grooves in the real-world strip.
Then I decided to make the riveted door frame out of a piece of binding. I thought I could use what I call the Asterix stitch—cuz he put up with Obelix—to adorn it. Natch!
I needed a bit more bite so I added a long scrap of paper to the mix. All the better for the feed dogs to grab.
My theory worked and the paper tore away easily enough, leaving me with a long piece of "riveted" binding.
Getting the curve just right and sewing it on took a miracle, but it worked! Here's what came out of the experiment that night: Success!
I also used that same Asterix stitch to create the (curved) lines of rivets that run top-to-bottom and end-to-end along the Airstream.
Then, I took a break from the main parts of the quilt and figured out how to make the awnings! Always with using up every scrap! This batting remnant from the eggplant quilt got cut down to be used inside the awnings.
The smaller awning arms for the two sides (different lengths for each of course) were easy enough, but the awnings that run the whole span of the Airstream were almost five feet long on this quilt; that took some careful maneuvering.
But I got it. And look at the cunning little blue pull-tab. :)
So, much later (after the quilting was completed) I attached the awnings, but since I'm discussing them here, I'll add the relevant pictures to this section.
So, as an aside—or maybe by means of an Intermission if you are actually reading this—someone I know said that I should add more "screw-ups" to my quilting blog posts. Well, here's one: I thought I was going to be able to use the reverse side of the grey fabric (which was a nice solid grey, not some faded number), and had made all the original grey pieces in that fabric, but check out how it just disappeared into the sparkly fabric, not effectively showing off the particular component. I tore them out and went on the hunt for a darker grey. Believe it or not, grey is not a particularly popular color and it is actually incredibly difficult to match.
I worked and worked on the first side until all of the little bits were added and then I cut the shape out. Then, I had to start all over again with the other side (which is arranged in a completely different way, but thankfully, is lacking a [very difficult to sew] door).
After both sides were fully decorated with their accoutrements, I had to quilt them. Another set of almost-disasters occurred during this phase, but all the major ones were somehow averted.
The first sandwich began.
With something this big I knew I had to quilt top-to-bottom (a million times) and start from the middle. It was a major concern that the layers of the quilt sandwich didn't shift because I was working with less than a half-inch of wiggle room. Wiggle wiggle woo!
Even so, it barely fit rolled up in the crook of my machine. And I was very careful to quilt around every one of the elements, which meant I had to go back with different thread colors and quilt into those separately; all the black and dark grey bits got their own attention ... it felt downright Sisyphean.
I wanted to include all of the pieces that attach to the outside of the Airstream, so I had to create the logos. The tiny little logos. Crazy-town! Ours is an Ocean Breeze model, so it has an extra palm tree logo in blue and silver by the door (under the traditional International logo): Nailed it!
And the International logo sits by itself on the street side.
Two quick things I should mention that I realized about our aluminum home simply by making this quilt that I hadn't known before: (1) there's an International logo on the street side (cool), and (2) there's a grounded power outlet right next to my chair outside, where I have literally been sitting and said to myself (or maybe written in my journal), I wish there was an outlet out here! Well, there is! (Badger will have know this all along [duh!] and will laugh at me when he reads this clear lapse in aging brain power; he'll make an excuse for me though, and say that it must have looked like Cracker Barrel sign, lol.)
So, the binding. SO MUCH BINDING! I needed more than 30 feet of it! And in two colors: silvery-grey for the body and the darker grey for the base. I was so glad that I had invested in a new iron before taking on this quilt.
Ooops, not quite enough clips for the first side ... maybe I'll make another small investment in these useful grabby guys.
The "sunglasses" which wrap around the front of the Airstream were easy enough to add, but I had to put them on after the binding was secured so that they would show the illusion of "wrapping" around the silver shell, also, I gave them depth by adding some padding, just like they have in real life.
And then I had to devise a final solution: a fabric hinge to attach the two pieces of the quilt. I came very close to messing this up about a hundred times, and almost quilted the whole thing together in reverse—that's one of the main problems with too many exceptionally late nights in a row while on deadline: brain-rot.
But in the end, it all came out just fine. I decided not to attach the wheels as they seemed somehow dwarfed by the rest of the structure, even though I remeasured a number of times. I thought about making larger ones but they wouldn't sit right, so I just left them off—and now that just looks normal to me.
And so you have managed to make it to the end of this blog post (wow—thanks for reading/scrolling!). Here are two more views of the finished quilt: curb side and street side. These images may make the quilt look small, but really, for a badger, he has a significant wing-span.
Also, if you've seen the Cthulhu quilt post and the picture of my Dad peeking out from on top of it, this isn't a meme; Badger did the same peeking thing with this quilt before Dad even received Cthulhu (he was in the mail, winging it from Alaska to Maine at the time), and the two haven't seen one another's pictures (Dad will when this gets posted of course, and Badger will when he gets some good Internet again).
Happy Birthday my love ... I hope your makeshift Aluminum Loaf is keeping you comfy.
Can't wait to see you again.
Hugs, Mushroom -
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Cthulhu Quilt [Hat/Helmet] for Dad's 70th Birthday
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Happy Birthday Dad!My Dad is a very difficult man to buy presents for. He'd say he isn't because he has an Amazon Wish List, but he's going to buy that stuff for himself in the end anyway (if he still wants it). I did very well last year with the Mystic Order of the Elder Gods fez; it's a thing of beauty and a tribute to American craftsmanship, and he wears it very well!
But this year is his 70th birthday ... so something significant needed to be designed/developed/created. My Dad isn't really a quilt person—it takes an act of magic to keep a darn napkin on the man's lap (if we do end up giving him one, he inevitably stands up and dumps it on the floor anyway, so we mostly don't bother unless fancy company is around who might notice that a setting is lacking a face wipe). But he does love to watch his obscure episodes and movies, and often I think he might want company or might possibly be chilly in the 50-degree room where his monitor is (we don't have a TV, we have a "monitor" that plays DVDs and streams video). So, for a month I was trying to imagine a quilt-like thing that I could make him; something fun and yet maybe useful.
Finally, on the first page of a new journal, on the day before his actual birthday, it came to me and I drew it out: a Cthulhu Quilt! A lap blanket (a cotton codpiece if you will) that might keep him warm (or at least the popcorn bowl better balanced), and provide a smattering of company.
Within the hour I had the fabric ironed and was cutting out tentacles! Luckily, I already had all the fabric I needed in my fabric box and it had previously been washed and dried. I had purchased all of the remaining three-plus yards of this incredible onion print fabric from a nice lady at a tiny quilt shop in Port Townsend, Washington a few months ago with a quilt for my brother's new baby in mind, but I hadn't gotten around to making it yet. And I had two types of orange fabric that were also originally destined for two other quilt ideas, but that also hadn't yet been used, and I even had the green and orange thread that I'd need, and the batting. This quilt was magical from the start!
This is only the sixth quilt I've ever made, and I've never done one that was more fabric-art than blanket-type-thing. So I was totally winging it.
I started out by making a sandwich of fabric and batting for the tentacles.
Then I cut out curvy strips that I imagined would make good tentacles.
One of the two green spools of thread I had on hand was from my first quilt—the RIPLEY quilt—which used a bizarre gradated green thread. I still had quite a lot left so I used it to sew the thousands of inside tentacle stitches.
To make the tentacles, I took the fabric that was on the bottom of the sandwich and put it on the top, front-to-front, with the batting beneath.
The I sewed the three layers together.
Reversing the tentacles was much more time-consuming than you ever might have imagined. If the tentacles were wide, it wasn't so bad, but if narrow, they took forever and a certain amount of swearing was expressed. (Makeshift, cover your ears!)
The two most useful tools I had during this phase were a bone burnisher and the pen for my drawing tablet. With the burnisher on the inside and the pen helping to guide the sleeve from the outside, I managed to get the tentacles reversed one after the other.
It did rather feel like I spent my entire afternoon skinning hagfish (aka slime eels), but it was worth it as the door to the Airstream became progressively covered in tentacles ...
Then I switched to a darker green thread and added a stitch all the along the outside of each of the tentacles, helping to give them some additional strength and uniformity as well as a bit less floppiness.
And then, by the end of a the first very long day, I had completed the tentacles. They took at least twice as long as I ever might have imagined, but they looked awesome!
Oh wait, then I couldn't sleep, so I started playing with ideas for the eyes. A while later I had constructed these lovelies. Completely winging it once again ...
Makeshift was especially pleased.
I should also mention that I broke my first needle! Crunch and Snap! Quite the surprise when it happened. And a rite of passage I suppose. Lesson learned: No matter how awesome those metal clips are, you must remember that one end is longer than the other, and the longer end should be on the TOP of whatever you are sewing. Otherwise, your sewing machine needle will hit one and snap apart in a blaze of terrifying glory. Thankfully, I had 100 spare needles waiting. Turns out, sewing machine needles are incredibly cheap when purchased in bulk (I paid $16 for 100 on Amazon—those are cunning little pouches of 10 each).
The next day I started working on the two sides of the head. Somehow, overnight, I had gotten in my head that this quilt should be able to be worn as a HAT. Don't ask my why, it was just very clear to me that this needed to happen ... (Bad Makeshift!!!)
A sandwich of fabrics and batting began the back side. I chose an orange fabric to line the inside of the head.
Smaller tentacles were cut out of the sandwich.
The fabrics were re-sandwiched and prepared for sewing.
Note how all of the clasping-pins are long side ON TOP this time.
Tentacles sewed.
Ends snipped away and edges also cut down a bit to make for easier reversing.
And then, much later, the tentacles had been reversed. Note to self: Long thin tentacles are almost impossible to reverse successfully. And one of them got completely buggered up. But in fact, the anemic little deformed tentacle might even be my favorite. So Cthulhu!
I was much smarter about the front of the head—the tentacles are much wider.
So I sewed the head tentacles, reversed them, added a stitch all around the outside and then started attaching the long tentacles. Again, long sides UP with the metal monsters.
Also, I attached on the eyes ...
More tentacles added ... seventeen in all ...
Makeshift was totally enthralled with Cthulhu ... it was a bit of a love affair for a few days.
The back and front of the head were quilted ...
Then, Makeshift demanded that Cthulhu have wings. So I made some ...
Makeshift spent quite a lot of time that day trying to fly ...
Wings were attached.
The two sides of Cthulhu's head were shaped and cut, and then sewn together with some binding.
Makeshift pleaded to keep Cthulhu ... but alas, their friendship will have to exist via the Interwebs.
At that point, I was rushing to get out the door to start my trip to Alaska—planning to meet up with our large-sized Badger in Seward when his ship pulled into port—so Makeshift and I ended up in a hotel room in Seattle for the night. The room had two large beds, so they took over one of them while I attended to some well-deserved beers at the bar.
And then we were in Alaska with our beloved Badger!
We made him wear Cthulhu as a hat in a sweet church-cum-cafe in Seward that we frequented quite a lot during our week together. As usual, he was a very good sport about it.
And we made him model it, too (I laughed for WAY too long):
Then Cthulhu got mailed from Seward, Alaska to rural Midcoast Maine. I knew he'd probably fuck up the works, but I had no idea he'd shut down the government nor that he would take two extra days to arrive (the Express Mail money-back guarantee meant I collected my refund with no trouble, so although the government is still askew, I have my $40 back in my pocket = essentially free shipping and money for another QUILT!).
But then he did finally arrive in Maine!!!
(The following pictures—as well as the two at the very top of this post—were taken by my mom of my dad with Cthulhu; delayed but unharmed.)
Happy Birthday Dad! May Cthulhu keep you warm and amused for decades to come.
Love,
Kate
