In an effort to keep the public informed and make data available to them during the recent wildfires near Colorado Springs, CO the company turned to open source as a solution. Their blog goes into details of how they luckily, had already been working on a system designed for rapid web publishing and thus managed […]
The Open Source Public Tree Inventory Platform – OpenTreeMap
Ok, this one is simply too cool not to share! Imagine a complete, open source solution for developing, deploying, and managing an urban tree inventory/management system – enter the OpenTreeMap open Source Solution. Designed with institutions, government, and public agencies in mind (although the public at large is more than welcome to take part) OpenTreeMap […]
Foursquare Uses OpenStreetMap OSM and MapBox Streets For New, Pretty Maps
Yep, that’s correct, foursquare is now touting OSM as the basemap of choice! Announced today on the official foursquare blog (reserved usually for only BIG news) foursquare seems to think that the OSM maps are pretty and thus will be treating users to the sweet OSM maps that are maintained and updated by the legion […]
Webinar To Look At Open Source Geo Solutions For Small Business
Here’s details of a webinar that should appeal to many. The focus of the event is hot topics such as free tools, and open source software, with a focus on the small business owner. Some details… GIS professionals thinking about taking their careers to the next level and starting their own business need to tune […]
OpenGeo Announces Release of Suite 2.4.4
The very busy and growing OpenGeo team has just this week announced details of the release of OpenGeo Suite 2.4.4 – recall the OpenGeo Suite is 100% Open Source and now the entire source code library has been migrated to GitHub. Some more details from the OpenGeo blog as updates include: GeoServer: Added Basic HTTP […]
Grassroots Mapping Takes to the Air With Balloon Mapping KiskStarter
I haven’t Kick-started a project yet, but when I do I’ll definitely be turning to Kick Starter for help with the launch! Case in point, check out this Balloon Mapping Kit project – An Open Hardware project in Portland, OR by Mathew Lippincot – gaining traction and community funding via the popular social funding platform. […]
Recap from a HackDay Event, Tips and loads of OpenData, OpenGov links
I managed to free up a Saturday and spent it at a local HackDay event here in Victoria. I’ve provided a run down of what we did, what hackday was all about, what we worked on, and shared loads of resource and weblinks useful to others planning a hack of their own including opengov links, […]
Open Source Government As A Platform and Data.gov in a box #opengov
I’m a firm believer in the concept of Government as a platform and indeed it seems that the idea is much closer to being an accepted reality, even more so recently with the announcement via the Whitehouse blog of the US Government’s Open Government platform and an open source initiative – think data-government in a […]
Business Value of OGC Standards Survey – You Could Win an iPad2
A reminder comes our way via our friends at the OGC as they ask the Geo industry to take part in a survey (note, there’s 2 separate surveys, one for technology users, the other for technology and solution providers and consultants). About the survey – The OGC Business Value Committee will use a summary of […]
FOSS4G Visible tweet Event Stream
Not at FOSS4G.. no worries, enjoy the Visible Tweet stream below (Flash required)… A reminder that the popular FOSS4G Open Source Software conference is taking place in Denver, CO. You can catch the social updates via the Twitter hashtag #FOSS4G – see also YouTube, Flickr for updates via the tag FOSS4G2011. The Official FOSS4G website […]