Category Archives: developer

Province of B.C, Canada forges ahead with OpenData initiatives

Posted on February 24, 2013 by glenn

This week a special Open Data Summit took place in Vancouver, B.C where about 120 government folk and stakeholders took part in the discussion around the topic of OpenGov and Open Data. In a report from the event, it was … Continue reading →

Posted in British Columbia, contest, developer, howto, opengov |

Opportunity – 2013 IEEE Data Fusion Contest

Posted on February 6, 2013 by glenn

Recently, the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society announced plans for its 2013 Data Fusion Contest. The Contest, which helps connecting students and researchers around the world, evaluates existing methodologies at the research or operational level to solve remote sensing … Continue reading →

Posted in contest, developer, environment, events |

OpenData Day B.C and other Dev Events of interest

Posted on January 29, 2013 by glenn

To start, a couple of developer tips to share. An interesting effort and competition from the USGS as they issue a call to developers in a search for hackers, mashup artists, devs, geogeeks and others to help in App-lifying and … Continue reading →

Posted in developer, events |

Hey Developers, GeoGeeks and Hackers, help Amplify USGS Data

Posted on January 25, 2013 by glenn

An interesting effort and competition from the USGS as they issue a call to developers in a search for hackers, mashup artists, devs, geogeeks and others to help in App-lifying and Enhancing USGS Earth Science Data. USGS scientists are looking … Continue reading →

Posted in contest, developer, usgs |

Dev Tips… Hackathons and Meetups for Jan 2013

Posted on January 15, 2013 by glenn

A couple of Geeky, Dev tips for those interested… Are you thinking about mobile yet? If not then what are you waiting for? Remember Blackberry? Well, Blackberry Dev wants to help developers port from iOS to Blackberry and has shared … Continue reading →

Posted in developer, events |

Dev Tip – Python Scripting for ArcGIS

Posted on January 11, 2013 by glenn

Python is indeed a hot topic and having Python skills can really help kickstart your career in GIS and programming, particularly for the recent grad. One of the most popular features we rolled out over the past few months on … Continue reading →

Posted in books, developer, ESRI |

Louisiana Tech Council and New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee inviting developers to New Orleans

Posted on January 10, 2013 by glenn

An interesting developer event / opportunity from the Big Easy as developers are invited to participate in the Codemkrs SUPER Challenge. Codemkrs SUPER Challenge will turn ideas into apps in a two-day event on Camp Street, January 11-13. Developers are encouraged … Continue reading →

Posted in developer, events, sports |

Developers Now Have a Complete HTML5 According to W3C

Posted on December 18, 2012 by glenn

Yes indeed, the HTML5 specification is now complete according to the W3C.  The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) published today the complete definition of the HTML5 and Canvas 2D specifications. Though not yet W3C standards, these specifications are now feature … Continue reading →

Posted in developer, developers, html5 |

Environmaps uses ArcGIS tools to win honorable mention at AngelHack

Posted on December 12, 2012 by glenn

Esri Canada has congratulated a Canadian developer, Environmaps, for winning an honorable mention at the recently held AngelHack competition. From Esri… The app leverages ArcGIS, Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) solution, integrated with open-source software and consumer-oriented maps. Through the … Continue reading →

Posted in arcgis, Canada, developer, developers |

Fishery Analyst Online Maps spatial patterns of fishery dynamics

Posted on December 4, 2012 by glenn

Here’s details of a very clever webmapping service from Mappamond  and VIMS – Fishery Analyst Online (3.0). According to the developers, Fishery analyst Online was born as a web adaptation of Fishery Analyst for ArcGIS Desktop. The latest application was … Continue reading →

Posted in developer, environment |

Google Rolls Out Android Maps API v2 – including 3D Maps

Posted on December 3, 2012 by glenn

Today via their maps dev blog, Google announced details of the new Google Maps Android API v2 – some noteworthy customers using the API include Trulia, Expedia, and FlightTrack.  A number of new features and functionality are included: Maps API … Continue reading →

Posted in android, developer, google |

Mobile Tip – Open StreetMap (OSM) Editors for iOS

Posted on November 27, 2012 by glenn

There’s no arguing that OSM is all the rage… we’re now seeing OSM as a basemap layer in many web apps and services and the momentum is getting stronger it seems. With the increased attention on OSM there’s also a … Continue reading →

Posted in apple, developer, iphone, mobile, OSM |