Category Archives: open source
Open Source Leader, Boundless, Rolls out OpenGeo 4.0
TweetThe open source hipsters and geogeeks are being treated to a release this week as OpenGeo errrrrr Boudless has announced the availability ofOpenGeo suite 4.0. According to teh company, this release brings new features and improvements, including component upgrades to … Continue reading
OSM Mappers take to the Streets for October 19-20 Fall #editathon
TweetThis week-end OSM mappers , GeoGeeks, and mapping enthusiasts will get together in about 12 cities to take a shot at updating the ever popular OpenStreetMap open data product. Using popular map editing tools, the geeks will add features, make … Continue reading
Mashing-up Opendata for a B.C Liquor Outlet Map with CartoDB
TweetAll the twitter chatter today from #FOSS4G and the hype surrounding CartoDB got me wanting to mashup some data with the awesome open Geo tools out there so I decided to go look for some data and see what I … Continue reading
OpenGeo Rebrands as Boundless
TweetIn case you haven’t heard or noticed, open source solution provider / leader OpenGeo is now Boundless – according to the company, a new corporate brand to better reflect the growing range of platforms, applications, and services the company develops … Continue reading
Video – Meet Steve Coast, new Head of OSM at Telenav
TweetHere’s a nice video from Steve Coast describing his history with OpenStreetMap and introducing himself in his new role at Telenav… “OpenStreetMap is its own reward…” read more about Steve’s new adventure here
Happy Birthday GRASS! Celebrating 30 years of GRASS GIS
TweetSome cool news from the GRASS GIS development team as GRASS turns 30! Today the Free Software community celebrates the 30th birthday of GRASS GIS! GRASS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is a free and open source Geographic Information System … Continue reading
First Look at the First Firefox OS Smartphones from Mozilla
TweetWoah, sweet! Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica will release the first Firefox OS devices, the ALCATEL ONE TOUCH Fire and the ZTE Open, soon. Individual partners will announce specifics about launches in each market soon. Firefox OS phones come with Firefox Marketplace, … Continue reading
Just in Time for SOTMUS, The 2013 OpenStreetMap (OSM) Report
TweetJust in time for the 2013 SOTMUS event taking place June 8-9 in San Fran, The 2013 OpenStreetMap Data Report – some stunning and interactive data visualizations that show how active the OpenStreetMap community is, how fast it continues to … Continue reading
MapMeter from @opengeo monitors your geospatial deployment analytics
TweetYou 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 … Continue reading
Socrata Offers Developers and OpenData Enthusiasts Hackathon In A Box
TweetThe 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 … Continue reading
Editing OpenStreetMap (OSM) Just Got Really Easy With iD Map Editor
TweetThere’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 … Continue reading
OpenStreetMap Edit-A-Thons Coming to 16 Cities
TweetA 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 … Continue reading
