Archive for January 30th, 2006





Global Warming debate shifts to “tipping point”

Jan 30th, 2006 | By

An article from the Washington Post online edition (free registration required) argues that, now that most scientists agree that human activity is causing global warming, the debate is now beginning to focus on the ‘tipping point’ or point of no return when we can no longer reverse the changes that are taking place. Determining when [...]



Mumbai, India deploys GIS and GPS for police operations

Jan 30th, 2006 | By

There are many examples of how quickly geospatial technologies are being adopted around the world, especially in the rapidly-growing countries of Asia. This article from The Times of India discusses the deployment of GIS and GPS technology in the main control room for the Mumbai , India police force.



Step-By-StepTutorial: Open Source Web GIS

Jan 30th, 2006 | By

mapz posted a link to an article titled “Web GIS in practice IV: publishing your health maps and connecting to remote WMS sources using the Open Source UMN MapServer and DM Solutions MapLab“, that  comes complete with a tutorial.  The tutorial is a 14 page document that walks you through downloading the software, installing on [...]