Portable GIS 1.2 Released
In the GIS-in-my-pocket department, Portable GIS 1.2 has been released. Much like other Portable Apps, Portable GIS is a self-contained stack of open source GIS software for Windows, including GRASS, QGIS, FWTools, Postg
Google Hosts Popular JS Libraries on CDN
In the Google-loves-me department, Google is now hosting common Javascript libraries on its Content Distribution Network (CDN). A CDN is a system of distributed content on a large collection of Internet servers on which
Google Earth Goes Browser
Microsoft’s Virtual Earth did it. NASA’s World Wind Java did it first. Now Google Earth is doing it too. Google has released a browser plug-in for Google Earth along with a Javascript API. You can download it here, and O
QGIS 0.10 Released
From Slashgeo:Quantum GIS (QGIS to you and me) 0.10 “Io” has been released. The release includes:140 bug and stability improvementsNew toolbar graphics (very nice)Improved digitizing, including better vertex editing and
Inkscape 0.46 Released
I have talked about GIMP a lot, but I haven’t mentioned Inkscape as much. I’ve been using it a lot more lately, and since they just made a new release, I thought I’d bang on their drum a bit.From the web site:[Inkscape i
OpenLayers 2.6 Released
In the ohboy-ohboy-ohboy department, OpenLayers 2.6 has been released.OpenLayers is a great open source (BSD) JavaScript mapping library used by a lot of projects, including Geospatial Portal. It’s like the Swiss Army Kn
Updates to Google Maps and Virtual Earth
Slashgeo linked to a good post on a number of updates to Virtual Earth. Among the updates:Export your nav points to your GPS device via KML, GPX, or GeoRSS.They have a improved 3D city models for a few select cities (Den
Google Joins the Cloud
“Cloud computing” is the new buzz term in programming circles these days. It describes a kind of grid computing. From Wikipedia (paraphrased): In general, the label suggests that function comes from "the cloud" -- often
GeoWebCache - A Great New WMS Tile Cacher
The good folks at the Open Planning Project have released a Java-based tile caching engine, GeoWebCache. From the web site: GeoWebCache is a cache for WMS tiles implemented as an HttpServlet? in Java. It is run through a
Linux Unscathed in PWN to OWN
Last year, CanSecWest, the “world’s most advanced conference focusing on applied digital security”, held a contest called PWN to OWN.* Basically they set up a couple of Apple Macbook Pro laptops and attendees could conne