I learned this week the breadth of coordinate systems that are used to geolocate a “point” on the surface of the earth. A very nice archeological survey was done of the Skalanes peninsula about 10 years ago (as near as I can tell, it is in Icelandic). The locations of the features they catalog are given in eastings and northings from a point that I have not found documented yet. It appears to be UTM but when you use 28 W, the UTM grid zone for eastern Iceland you get kind-of-sort-of close, say within a couple of Km, but nowhere no exact. The survey team used a differential GPS, if we can obtain a copy of their database we should be able to figure-out how to convert from their coordinate system.

In other news Gail and I have finished making the hostel, ferry, and car reservations. Next up is exploring bulk airfare.

After a bit of a break from blogging we’re back. Nic and I have been puddling along with image analysis, LiDAR and the ambiance platform over the past couple of months. Recently Kellan joined us working on machine learning/feature extraction (she is also a part of the group that will be traveling to Iceland with us). Gail and I have been busy on the logistics side, we have van & car reservations, ferry tickets to Heimaey, and a few of our hostel reservations done. We have also been working with Oli on the details related to Skalanes and Gummi (Colder Climates) about the glacier work and a hike to the Laki craters.