Category Archives: developers
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, … Continue reading
Video – Creating Hosted Tiled Services in ArcGIS Online
A video showing how to generate a tiled service in ArcGIS Online from ArcMap 10.1. We also show how to build a tile package for mobile use. Via http://webmapsolutions.com GISuser (http://s.tt/1yG5Y)
Developers Now Have a Complete HTML5 According to W3C
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
Environmaps uses ArcGIS tools to win honorable mention at AngelHack
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
Uber Weather for Chrome, weather on steroids!
Now available in the Google Chrome store, Uber weather (think weather on steroids). To check it out you can also fire up your Google chrome browser and hit http://uberweather.com/ for an awesome experience and be sure to hit the snow … Continue reading
Python 101 – 10 Resources to Help Introduce you To Python
I just had to share this here also as it seems that the topic of Python is constantly coming up lately… definitely a hot topic on the minds of job seekers, students, and geeks. It seems that there’s no question … Continue reading
10 Useful Resources to Get started With HTML5
If you develop web apps and services or mobile apps, or perhaps are considering porting your apps to mobile / tablet devices then there’s no doubt that HTML5 is an important consideration. And so, here’s a list of 10 articles … Continue reading
Google I/O reminder and live feed
Time for another Google I/O event and once again Google will be live streaming portions of the event so all of us that couldn’t make it to San Fran can still enjoy it, albeit without all the Google Kool-Aid and … Continue reading
Nokia Shutting Down Navteq Mobile Developer Resource NN4D
Well, with all the hooplah, reorganization, restructuring, yadayada going on at Nokia the past year or two you can’t really be surprised when you hear something to the effect of Navteq Developer resource NN4D being shut down. Well that’s exactly … Continue reading
Living Social Wants To Know Are You Hungry? You Could be Their next Intern At Hungry Academy
Here’s a very cool opportunity I learned about in a tip from Kate Chapman, The Hungry Academy. What an amazing idea, to have people compete for an internship! In a nutshell… The Hungry Academy is an intensive program that will … Continue reading
Penn Medicine Launches Crowd Sourced Competition to Build National Heart Map to Save Lives
AS someone who’s had a heart incident in the past I can assure you that an initiative like this is a HUGE effort that could have potentially live saving implications… So, how do you start the process of building a … Continue reading
Intergraph and DigitalGlobe offer a geospatial challenge
An interesting competition being offered up to the ERDAS user community from Intergraph and DigitalGlobe. The competition challenges the user community to exploit tools from ERDAS and imagery from DigitalGlobe. Enter the challenge to get free imagery for your study … Continue reading
