January 13, 2012 – Anything Geospatial

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 authentication with cascaded WMS servers
GeoServer: Support for loading “non-advertised” layers
GeoServer: Web Processing Service (WPS) now included
GeoServer: Better INSPIRE View Service compliance
GeoWebCache: Significantly improved UI for configuration of GeoWebCache

Source: OpenGeo Blog

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. Now with over $10K in capital raised, the Balloon Mapping Project is building a Global community of community mappers who are taking to the sky with the Balloon Mapping kits to capture imagery, stitch it together into a seamless coverage – what an awesome grassroots mapping effort! See details and check out details of their $85 Mapping Kit HERE – FYI you can also connect with the developer HERE on FB