GIS_Software

May 25, 2006general, WebMapping

New Web Map Interface

Atlas, from Fresh Logic Studios offers a sweet little interface that sits atop the local.live map set. My favorite part of this site is definitely the tabbed interface. I didn’t […]
May 24, 2006general, Physical Geography, WebMapping

Worldwide Fire Maps available online

The Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) World Fire Atlas, based on a decade of Eurpoean Space Agency ESR-2 and other satellite data, is now available online at the ESA’s Ionia […]
May 22, 2006general, Programming/Dev, VirtualEnvironments

Google Earth and Virtual Worlds

Stephan over at OgleEarth links to a post by Avi Bar-Zeev, one of the Keyhole co-founders who also worked for Linden Labs (makers of Second Life), about Google Earth, what […]
May 19, 2006general, WebMapping

If the Earth were a sandwich…….

Do you think you have what it takes to be “Awesome”? It isn’t easy. There’s a test of skill and knowledge and tasty lunctime goodness. The League of Awesomeness (part […]
May 16, 2006general, Programming/Dev, WebMapping

MapCruncher – Microsoft’s new prototype mashup creator

I was checking out the Microsoft Research news, and I saw this press release about MapCruncher, a new prototype that helps users make mash-ups with MSN Virtual Earth of course. […]
May 16, 2006general, Programming/Dev, WebMapping

Telcontar offers a new AJAX-based mapping API

Telcontar, a well-known location-based services company, has announced the release of their new AJAX-based API, which is available for download from the Telcontar Developer Zone. , a free online service […]
May 15, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments

Historic Reconstruction with SketchUp

Matt from GIS for Archaeology and CRM posted a great example of how SketchUp has been used to support historic research to recreate buildings based on historic records and photographs. […]
May 13, 2006general, WebMapping

Schmap Interactive City Guides

I got an email press release the other day from Natalia at Schmap, and just now got a chance to check out the Schmap Player and Schmap Guides, which are […]
May 13, 2006general, GIS_Software

Desktop GIS list available

We have taken all of the GIS software that you have so diligently sent to us (special thanks to leszekmp) and made a long list of links. Over the summer […]
May 11, 2006Cartography, general, GIS_Software, Physical Geography, WebMapping

Amazon GIS

I haven’t highlighted a really good GIS project in awhile, so I thought I’d mention the Amazon GIS project, run by the Smithsonian Institution and other collaborators. They have spent […]