PostGIS REST Web Services
Editor’s Note: I moved this project to the Projects page at the top. Last month I talked about Geospatial Portal, a site I recently rolled out, that is entirely, 100%, based on REST web services - OGC WMS services for t
ESRI Offers ArcGIS Server Developers Serious Cabbage
I first spotted this on the James Fee GIS Blog.ESRI is offering ArcGIS Server developers some serious cabbage in the 2008 ArcGIS Server Code Challenge. It works like this: write some cool ArcGIS Server code, post it to A
Open Technology Group offers PostGIS & UMN MapServer Training
I picked this up on the PostgreSQL list serve: Open Technology Group (OTG) is based in Morrisville, NC. They offer lots of classes on open source software (LAMP, Linux, PostgreSQL, MySQL, PHP, etc.), and they just added
Building a .com in 24 Hours
Be ye forewarned: the articles I’m linking to here contain a small amount of profanity. I figure one or two of you might be put off by that, and the rest of you will be put off because it isn’t a large amount of profanit
Map-Making for the Masses
Slashdot pointed me to a good summary article on user-generated content and map creation. FTA: Websites such as Wikimapia and OpenStreetMap are empowering citizens to create a global patchwork of geographic information
Spatial Meta Tags
If you’re not a web geek, you might want to skip this one. I’m going to delve into some meta tags for a moment, and the audience interested in that sort of thing is probably very, very tiny. There are a ton of HTML meta
Geospatial Portal Beta
I recently deployed a new web mapping site as a beta (ala Google): Geospatial Portal Beta. I bring it up here because it uses a bunch of bits I haven't used before, and I'd like to post my happy thoughts about the whole
Mapping Extensions for Firefox
Linux.com has a great post on mapping extensions for Firefox. Here are a few highlights: Mini Map Sidebar: The Minimap Addon gives you a suite of in-built maps and mapping tools for your web browser. Create and sav
A Sensible Open Source Policy
I just ran across an AP article on a new software procurement and data format policy that I thought made a lot of sense. In essence, by April 2008 the government of the Netherlands would set a preference for open source
Using the Google Chart API
Making good charts on the web is tricky. You can’t really make anything but a bar chart in HTML, and getting that bit of coding right isn’t trivial. The most reliable method for charting is creating static images, but co