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Here are links to various feeds from rural fire authorities around Australia (links updated 28 December 2022)
GeoJSON and GeoRSS
JSON and RSS files with spatial data are handled nicely by GDAL, which drives the "sf" library in R.
- New South Wales (GeoJSON)
- Queensland (GeoRSS)
- South Au...
A colleague asked me about sources of free text books or publications on power distribution and generation, as one of his retired relatives was interested in staying up to date in the industry. After a bit of searching I found the following publications.
These are a good alternative to commercial...
I have created these maps for my own reference, however you are welcome to use them non-commercially. If you want to do something commercial with them then please get in touch with me.
These instructions are intended to help you start using the Endace DAG cards. They are not endorsed by Endace, and if you're stuck then you should refer to their manuals or contact their technical support people (who are quite helpful). These instructions are based on the DAG7.5G4 PCI Express card.
...The question "Which relay brand is good?" was asked on LinkedIn. A few specific answers were put forth. This is my response, which has been quite well received:
Isn't the best relay the relay that meets your specific needs in the most cost effective and reliable manner? I know this is a non-an...
The question "Does anyone know if there are guidelines or industry standard for commissioning substation LAN which focuses on Ethernet switches and possibly routers?" was asked on LinkedIn. My response was:
Yang, RFC2544 has a series of tests for benchmarking the performance of interconnect...
The question was asked "What is the basic difference between PRP (Parallel Redundancy Protocol) and HSR (High availability Seamless Redundancy)". My response was:
Very simply PRP is a duplicate network of whatever design you have (could be rings, mesh or star), while HSR is a ring network. I've se...
