distancefromto.net
Distancefromto is a simple and easy to use Google Maps application that measures distance between two locations on a map. Distance is measured on the fly in miles and kilometers by dynamically dragging markers to desired locations or typing in locations names for the from and to inputs. The application comes with an inbuilt geocoder, so do not limit yourself to places that are well known to the masses..
The Free and Open Source Software Learning Center (FOSSLC), which has its roots tied to the success of OSBOOTCAMP is a non-profit organization with a vision to improve lives with open source. It provides conference information, webcasts, videos and workshops that teach skills with open source software. Besides its mission to educate people who have [...]
OpenLayers has its fair share of reputation as being one of the best and widely implemented (White House’s Delivering on Change using OpenLayers) open source JavaScript library for displaying dynamic map data in a webpage. Although originally developed by MetaCarta, in November 2007 it became a project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. Written in [...]
Be it GNOME or KDE, most Linux power users prefer to have their desktops slick and geeky with screenlets, gadgets, docks or conky. But I on the other hand (cannot call myself a power user) like to keep my Ubuntu desktop clean without any visual clutter by preventing nautilus from drawing icons. It is only [...]
I’ve been planning to move this blog from Blogger for quite some time now, and I believe the time and necessity has come.
Considering the features and advantages of having a blogging platform installed on a personal domain, I have decided to go ahead with WordPress as my choice.
The transfer could [...]
Paul Ramsey, James Fee and Geoweb Guru – all have blogged about it already.
OpenGeo, the geospatial division of The Open Planning Project which provides enterprise support for open source web mapping platform have published a new white paper on OpenGeo Architecture.
The paper addresses the distinct functionalities of each of the components that make up the [...]