The EPA has released version 4.0 of their BASINS software and data package. From the EPA’s BASINS web site:“Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources” (BASINS) is a multipurpose system that integr
Mecklenburg County and the Visualization Center of UNC Charlotte have partnered to develop a 3D model of Uptown Charlotte.Using a variety of data sources such as building plans (paper - ugh), LIDAR data, oblique photogra
Most people are aware of the ongoing genocide taking place in the Darfur region of the Sudan.Google added high resolution imagery of Darfur to Google Earth, taken by DigitalGlobe in January-March 2006, and the United Sta
The Google Maps API blog had what I think was a big announcement this past Wednesday. The Google Maps API will now support both KML and GeoRSS.The long-standing problem with the Google Maps API was that you could only a
I picked up this tidbit on a PostgreSQL mailing list. The French IGN (Institut Géographique National - their national mapping agency) has chosen PostGIS/PostgreSQL as their spatial database repository for their national
Everybody knows about Google Earth, but not as many people seem to know about NASA World Wind.World Wind is a totally free, open-source project sponsored by NASA that has quite a bit in common with Google Earth. They ar
Let me begin by saying that I know less about design review software than…..anyone in the world. What I can tell you is I regularly watch developers bring in several rain forests worth of rolled-up e-size bundles (often
Let me start out by saying this is the 100th post on The Programming Consultant Newsletter. It seems like I should have some sort of fanfare or general celebration in this post, but I’m not sure how one really does cele
Quantum GIS, or QGIS, has released the final 0.8 version of their desktop mapping product.QGIS is “…a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows.” It’s l