Via Reddit, multigesture.net has mapped all of the Wikileaks mirrors and made them available as KML files, including as lines connecting the mirror locations to the original source, as well as points with and without lab
Next year the 2010 Census data will be coming out, and shortly after that redistricting will be in full swing across the US. Redistricting for our County Commisioner districts is a very simple affair. The districts are c
The international open data hackathon is happening on December 4th. What is this? It’s a gathering of citizens in cities around the world to write applications using open public data to show support for and encourage the
If you’re a Silverlight developer, hold up your hand. Then put your face in it. After the Microsoft PDC event featured almost no talk of Silverlight whatsoever, Microsoft finally stated what Ars correctly surmised should
For a number of my OpenLayers projects I create a vector layer to hold markers and handle popups et al. I’ve found this more flexible than a marker layer, especially if you want to futz around with particular features la
Mecklenburg County’s Public Service & Information department put together a great video on our GIS Day 2010 Expo.
If you’re a Linux user, you probably caught the Phoronix post about scheduler improvements coming in the kernel. Basically it’s grouping tasks together in a way that improves desktop interactivity under system strain, wi
Gads! It would appear I forgot about my monthly Make Smarter last month. And by forgot I mean I totally saw it coming and jumped out of the way while sparring with a bunch of other projects. Never fear - the month off me
This TED Talk by photographer Aaron Huey documents in photographs, history, and statistics the struggles of the Lakota and, more broadly, native peoples in general. The map showing what the US would look like if the Fort
If you have ever been assaulted by a buzzword-wielding NoSQL proponent, this video is for you. I don’t have anything against non-relational databases for specific use cases, mind you. It’s just a tad ton over-hyped. Fair