June 15-18, 2025 - Advanced GIS Book Progress

Over the past ~ week I have slowly been making progress with the advanced GIS open textbook. So far I have written about 10 pages of content. Writing has been intermittent writing in 2-4 1 hours spurts per day totaling about 3 hours per day of writing. I am feeling good about the product so far, but it is amazing how what can be said in two 1-hour lectures takes 10-20 pages of writing which means several days worth of work to create a nice product! 

Other things going on, got my first oil change and tire rotation on the Forester, found out the spare full size tire needs a TPMS valve, so back to the dealership for that tomorrow. Deb and I did a nice hike on the Aspen Grove side of Timpanogos, up to the second waterfall (800 ft over 1.3 miles) with the doggos. We've been doing our usual evening walks and Debjani finally got back on her bike for the first time in 2025. Hopefully that becomes more routine. I have been riding a bit, but resting up a bit to take advantage of some cool weather forecast for Sat-Tuesday (highs in the upper 70s and low 80s). Will have to go for some big efforts or at least some MTB rides during those ideal conditions. 

Here is a snip from the textbook work: 


About 12 hours of work over this period. 

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