Aw shucks. Like many people I was shocked and delighted with ESRI’s announcement that they would enter ArcGIS Server in the annual FOSS4G WMS shootout. “ESRI supports interoperability with the OSGeo and open source com
My horrific Metadata Navigator hack garnered a lot more interest than I expected, so in addition to patching a couple of bugs some users pointed out (thanks folks!), in the 1.1 release I added an interactive map preview
There’s a lot of stuff in the Make Smarter department this month, so let’s jump right in. I ran across a couple of really good Python resources available online this month. Dive Into Python 3 by by Mike Pilgrim is due ou
I share TED Talks here from time to time, though usually the subject matter isn’t geographic in nature. This one by Carolyn Steel is geographic in nature, and it’s a very interesting look at how ancient food routes shape
While OpenStreetMap is continuing to hand data vendors their posteriors, some things, like Google Street View, would seem difficult for the crowd to replicate. Perhaps not for much longer. I just ran across this in Wired
What follows is notable news and happenings that I want to purge from my bookmarks folder. It will be a combination of things you already know spiced with things you probably won’t care about. I apologize in advance. Ope
oh snap! In the if-you-can’t-beat-them-shove-a-tube-down-their-throat-and-plant-eggs-in-their-chest department, Google has released Chrome Frame, an open source plugin that drops Chrome’s HTML (WebKit) and JavaScript (
Linux Journal posted a nifty Python trick to quickly share files on your network. It should work anywhere that Python does (i.e. anywhere). Just CD to the directory you want to share and type: python -m SimpleHTTPServer
Slim pickings in the make smarter category this month, but I did run across a few items you might find useful. First up is Ignite, a podcast series from O’Reilly Media. From their web site: If you had five minutes on sta
I’ve been resisting sharing a project here for two reasons. First, it involves metadata. Metadata is absolutely one of the most important and valuable things you can do. Like paying taxes. Second, what I did is such a to