GIS_Software

July 5, 2006general, GIS_Software

QGIS 0.8 Preview 1 Released

I am SOOOOO…. behind. The move is going well, but it is definitely eating into my blog time. According to Verizon I will be without DSL for a couple of […]
July 1, 2006general, VirtualWorlds, WebMapping

Preview of Geoportail’s 3D functionality

One of our readers, Yann, emailed me with some additional information about Geoportail, the French web mapping application, and included a link to a video of a French blogger’s interview […]
June 29, 2006Data, general, Physical Geography, WebMapping

MesoStor – Online GIS data delivery system for Central America

I was going through my Caribbean GIS listserv alerts, and I noticed one about MesoStor, a project to make GIS data about Mesoamerica available online. MesoStor is part of SERVIR, […]
June 27, 2006general, WebMapping

Mark Up Your Google Maps

Quickmaps is a beta site that allows you to draw on your googlemaps. You can drag and drop a bunch of different markers, add a text label, or even draw […]
June 27, 2006general, Human Geography, VirtualEnvironments

Urban Planning – Sim City style

BBC News has a nice article about MetroQuest, a software application that uses a Sim City-like visual interface to allow users to model how urban planning decisions might affect the […]
June 27, 2006general, Navigation, WebMapping

Watch Boats In Real Time

This site, although still in beta, shows boat traffic in the San Francisco bay in real time. You can see different boats and ships move around the bay over the […]
June 24, 2006general, GIS_Software

mapz Powerful Geospatial Suite of Free GIS

Mapz has posted a great list of free geospatial tools that he uses. Where his list really stands out is the great description of each package/service. You should definitely head […]
June 24, 2006general, Human Geography, WebMapping

The Bio Mapping Project

The Bio Mapping project is an example of creative research that seeks to combine information gather about our bodies’ measurable responses to the world around us, and how those responses […]
June 23, 2006general, WebMapping

GeoPortail apparently a work in progress

I checked out the newly launched French GeoPortail, which made the news at CNN today, and was mentioned on OgleEarth and Anything Geospatial. It is at this point just a […]
June 23, 2006general, GIS_Software

MapInfo 8.5

I just realized that I forgot to blog the release of MapInfo 8.5 when I first saw it. The 8.5 release seems to have a quite a few updates, nothing […]