Archive for November 30th, 2005




MapServer Foundation

Nov 30th, 2005 | By Sue

Monday marked the launch of the MapServer Foundation, a “nonprofit legal entity established to support the needs of the open source web mapping community.” Included among the 11 people who created the MapServer Foundation are Steve Lime, the creator and lead developer of MapServer, and Tyler Mitchell, geographer and author of Web Mapping Illustrated. The [...]

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Microsoft selects 15-meter imagery for Windows Live Local

Nov 30th, 2005 | By Sue

Harris Corporation announced on Monday that Microsoft will be using their 15-meter Global Dataset imagery for their Windows Live Local Powered by Virtual Earth. I couldn’t find a definite release date for it, but a demo application was previewed in San Francisco on November 1st, which you can read about here.
Windows Live Local will be [...]

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