Category Archives: open source

State of the Map US @sotmus 2014, April 12-13, Washington DC

Posted on December 11, 2013 by glenn

TweetThis comes via the official SOTM website regarding SOTM 2014… We’re happy to announce that the 2014 State of the Map US conference will take place in Washington DC at the Convention Center April 12 and 13. Plan to join … Continue reading →

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Open Source Leader, Boundless, Rolls out OpenGeo 4.0

Posted on November 5, 2013 by glenn

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 →

Posted in gis, open source, opendata |

OSM Mappers take to the Streets for October 19-20 Fall #editathon

Posted on October 19, 2013 by glenn

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 →

Posted in open source, opendata, OSM |

Mashing-up Opendata for a B.C Liquor Outlet Map with CartoDB

Posted on September 20, 2013 by glenn

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 →

Posted in British Columbia, open source, opendata, opengov |

OpenGeo Rebrands as Boundless

Posted on September 19, 2013 by glenn

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 →

Posted in business, open source |

Video – Meet Steve Coast, new Head of OSM at Telenav

Posted on September 5, 2013 by glenn

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

Posted in open source, OSM |

Happy Birthday GRASS! Celebrating 30 years of GRASS GIS

Posted on July 30, 2013 by glenn

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 →

Posted in open source, opendata, opengov |

First Look at the First Firefox OS Smartphones from Mozilla

Posted on July 1, 2013 by glenn

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 →

Posted in mobile, open source, video |

Just in Time for SOTMUS, The 2013 OpenStreetMap (OSM) Report

Posted on June 7, 2013 by glenn

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 →

Posted in open source, opendata, opengov, OSM |

MapMeter from @opengeo monitors your geospatial deployment analytics

Posted on May 29, 2013 by glenn

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 →

Posted in open source, opengov |

Socrata Offers Developers and OpenData Enthusiasts Hackathon In A Box

Posted on May 14, 2013 by glenn

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 →

Posted in crowdsource, developer, open source, opendata, opengov |

Editing OpenStreetMap (OSM) Just Got Really Easy With iD Map Editor

Posted on May 9, 2013 by glenn

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 →

Posted in howto, open source, opendata, OSM |