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 [...]
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 [...]
Tags: Open Geo, white paper
Just a quick heads up for all open-source GIS enthusiasts. Quantum GIS 1.0.1 aka “Kore” is now available in repositories for the new Ubuntu Jaunty release.
For first time users, here are steps to help you guide through the installation.
Bring up the terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal)
Edit the /etc/apt/sources.list by issuing the command sudo gedit [...]
Posted on June 06th, 2008 in Open Geo
Before we get to know what zigGIS is, it would be wise on my part to throw some light on the GIS extension for PostgreSQL server.
PostgreSQL server is an open source object relational database management system. On similar lines of ESRI’s ArcSDE and Oracle’s spatial extension, PostgreSQL can serve as a back [...]
Tags: Open Geo