Dylan Beaudette is a Ph.D Candidate in the Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group, in the College of Ag. here at UCD. Current research topics include, but are not limited to:
- soil-landscape relationship modeling
- quantitative soil property modeling
- an online soil survey
- Soil Taxonomy related studies
- utilization of open source software in the sciences
- mapping soils at Pinnacles National Monument
- general soil survey related matters
Front yard sign survey. 
Walking around at WEF 2008. Relative time spent at any location is denoted by color (red = more time spent).
Some other things that tend to fill Dylan's time (when he sould be doing other things) include, but are not limited to:
- programming in SQL/PHP/Python/Bash/AWK
- PHP/GD experiments
- GRASS source code hacking
- reading pages on the Davis WIki and other such online time sinks
- electronics / microcontroller programming
- cartography and map making
- pointless projects 1 2
- outdoor adventuring in the central Sierra
- Hobie Cat sailing
Some things that Dylan would like to be doing:
- APRS and other HAM radio things (any other hams in Davis want to start a club?)
- working on his research
- soil science education and outreach
Your sign map is an awesome idea! You need to get on it this weekend and map out further!
Thanks! —Dylan
Dylan, a few months ago you posted on the lugod mailing list asking if people would be interested in a GRASS users group. Did anything ever come of this? I would be interested. Also, I have some questions about getting California maps that maybe you can answer. Email me at nschmalenberger at fastmail.fm . Thanks. —NickSchmalenberger
2005-11-06 18:48:32 The sign map is cool! Did you do it using GPS, or did you keep a text list, or annotate a map you carried, or ? (Now, could GRASS help with it?) —SteveDavison
2005-11-23 09:20:03 Thanks. actually I collected the data with a little GPS, while riding my bike. I kept track of yes/no in a note pad. Then I dumped the GPS locations to a text file and added the yes/no data. GRASS was used to convert this text file into a vector dataset that I could then overlay with other things like the aerial photo and bike trail. —DylanBeaudette NICE! —rocksanddirt
2007-11-12 17:11:26 That elevation map was cool. I always figured Davis had a slight slope to it. —EdWins
2008-03-05 10:16:36 Hi Dylan, I'm just responding to your comment on the La Buena Vida page. Whether HOAs serve a purpose or not in individually owned neighborhoods is a separate issue, but how would you suggest common property be managed in a development such as this? —MattCzarnowski
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