You may have missed this one unless you happen to be following the activities out of this year’s FOSS4G in Minneapolis. OpenGeo has announced the release (Beta) of an interesting analytics tool billed as MapMeter. Simply put, Mapmeter sits on top of GeoServer, either within the OpenGeo Suite or standalone, and makes it possible for […]
Socrata Offers Developers and OpenData Enthusiasts Hackathon In A Box
The cool crew from Seattle-based Socrata are providing government users, opendata enthusiasts, developers, and others with a very cool OpenData resource in the form of a “hackathon in a box” – a toolbox of resources, documents, tools and other handy items of interest to anyone getting involved in an opendata hackathon or similar event. Need […]
Editing OpenStreetMap (OSM) Just Got Really Easy With iD Map Editor
There’s no arguing that OpenStreetMap (OSM) has exploded in use and popularity, heck, just look at the basemap layer options in any online web mapping services and you’ll see OSM as an option. Often considered the wikipedia of the mapping world, OSM is a fabulous basemap option for anyone and perhaps coolest of all, OSM […]
OpenStreetMap Edit-A-Thons Coming to 16 Cities
A whole bunch of OSM mappers will be getting together next week (April 20) in a cool effort to help build out the basemap in a cool event designed to spread the word and get a whole bunch of edits made. Sixteen cities across the country have signed up, including mapping parties to be held […]
Opening up Colorado With Open Data and Hackathons
I’ve been spending a little bit of time sniffing our OpenData resources, open government portals and related efforts (if you have details of a useful Open Government resource, portal or repository please share HERE). While doing so I’ve also stumbled onto some interesting resources and events. I’ve noticed that Colorado has some hacking going on […]
Your Very Own Balloon Mapping Kit from PublicLab
Balloon mapping, you’ve seen and heard about this cool, crowd-sourced effort to capture aerial imagery and low-altitude aerial photography. Well now, thanks to PublicLab (an awesome effort) you can buy your very own balloon mapping kit for just $95. These tools are being developed to provide a low cost, easy to use, and safe methods […]
Nominations Ending for Open Source for America Awards
Nominations for the Open Source for America Awards closes on Friday, March 22 so you better get your nominations in people! Each year, Open Source for America recognizes individuals, projects, and deployments that support its mission to encourage free and open source software adoption in the U.S. government. Categories 1. Individual Award: a contributor who […]
State of The Map USA, San Fran June 8-9, 2013
Looks like Geogeeks will be converging on San Fran this June for another SOTMUSA – State of the map USA. The organizing committee, via their blog, have invited geeks to plan to connect with other mappers, skill up on mapping, learn how to work with OpenStreetMap data, hack on the latest OpenStreetMap improvement from June […]
Create and Share Awesome Maps Quickly with Mapbox
There’s no question that we are all data collectors, many of us data hoarders but what to do with all that awesome data? Well, naturally the geographer in me wants to create a map. Indeed there’s plenty of choices out there when it comes to map authoring tools including ArcGIS online, Geocommons, Google maps and […]
OpenStreetMap among 6 media innovation ventures to share $2.2 million
Some interesting news here as Six media innovation ventures that make it easier to access and use information on local communities, air quality, elections, demographics and more received a total of $2.22 million today as winners of the Knight News Challenge: Data. From the project… “OpenStreetMap, a media innovation venture that collects open, street-level mapping […]