Subject: ‘web mapping’
| February 6, 2012 TileMill: Open Source Mapping Now for WindowsSoftware, Web MappingTileMill is built on open source libraries (Mapnik, node.js, backbone.js,express and CodeMirror) and uses CSS styling with its map styling language Carto to render beautiful online maps. For an idea of what you can do with TileMill, the Chicago Tribune demonstrated some of its capabilities in its Making Maps series using PostGIS, Mapnik, TileMill, and Google Maps. Demos of TileMill in action ... read more January 23, 2012 WorldMap: An Open Source Software PlatformInternet Mapping, SoftwareHarvard’s Center for Geographic Analysis recently released WorldMap, an open source mapping application designed to make it easier for researchers to upload large GIS datasets and to create online maps using thousands of geographic layers available to them from the Worldmap Library. WorldMap is built using open source software (access the WorldMap source code via github.com) and is hosted on Amazon’s EC2 cloud ... read more January 10, 2012HTML5 for Geospatial Applications | Webinar | January 31, 2012Conferences[ January 31, 2012; ] Webinar: HTML5 for the Geospatial World. Time: Tuesday, January 31, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST. You are invited to join Timmons Group staff to discuss the industry chatter surrounding web-based mobile applications, HTML5, and new browser standards for local storage and geo-location. The webinar will demonstrate actual examples using the latest web-based mobile standards and ... read more December 1, 2011 Fabric Engine: 3D LiDAR Rendering Via Web BrowsersData, Internet MappingFabric Engine enables developers to create compute-intensive web applications with comparable performance to native, multi-threaded applications. Fabric Engine achieves this by tapping into all of the processing power of the user’s computer – something that normal web-based applications cannot do. For the GIS market, this means that any web programmer can develop solutions for visualizing ... read more June 7, 2011 Every Tree Counts: Using PhillyTreeMap for Collaborative Urban ForestryGIS NewsBy Mary L. Johnson and Deborah Boyer Introduction Philadelphia, like many American cities, has a wealth of urban trees. Collectively known as the “urban forest,” these are the trees that line our city streets and river banks and adorn our urban parks and private lawns. Healthy trees improve the look and feel of city neighborhoods by ... read more April 29, 2011GIS Software ResourcesSoftwareGIS Software Packages Summary of commercial GIS software currently on the market. Find out about the commercial applications available for all operating systems. Open Source GIS and Freeware GIS Applications Learn about what open source GIS applications are available. What is the GeoCloud? A new term is emerging to describe GIS data and analytical capabilities via cloud computing. Macintosh Resources for ... read more January 3, 2011Web-based GISInternet Mapping, Link LibraryAccess to spatial data as well as advanced mapping and spatial analysis over the Internet is becoming more common. Find information about map server technology and examples of online mapping. ArcGIS Server Documentation, tutorials, and tips and tricks for using ArcGIS Server from ESRI. With this previous generation online map serving technology, you can create simple, ... read more September 8, 2010 State of Mapping APIsInternet MappingAdam duVander, executive editor of ProgrammableWeb, looks at changes coming from the “old guard” of Yahoo!, MapQuest, and Google, and reviews the advances of some of the newcomers to the web mapping field. (via The Map Room) Though the map itself continues to be important, other geographic data is having a larger impact. Providers are making ... read more November 4, 2009Cartography 2.0CartographyCartography 2.0 is a new site with the purpose of providing up-to-date information about web mapping technologies. The site authors seeks to provide an extensive knowledge base that will help answer the question, “What’s the important stuff I need to know about making great on-demand/interactive maps?” The site is edited by Dr. Mark Harrower, ... read more August 30, 2000Vector GIS Product CategoriesFeatures, SoftwareHave you ever heard of the old saying that a carpenter who only knows how to use a hammer approaches the solution to every problem using the same hammer? Like the tools used by a carpenter, GIS products have highly specialized applications. For example, you would not want to rely on an Internet mapping product ... read more |
