Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

OGC WMS Certification

Autodesk has just announced the certification by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) of Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise 2007 for its WMS 1.1.1 implementation. “This product complies with the OpenGIS® Web Map Service, Revision 1.1.1, (WMS 1.1.1). […]

No Picture
Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

Care of Durians

For those of you who are durian fans, my colleague Keshav Sahoo has provided some advice in the care and handling of durians. Regarding the odor, the trick is to throw away the outer, spiky […]

Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

Durians

I promised some of my friends back in Ottawa to return from Bangkok with a “no durians” sign.  Here it is.  For those of you not familiar with durians, they’re a large, spikey fruit that […]

No Picture
Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

Cost of Data

Mike McGill from Digital Globe gave a very interesting and germane presentation at MapAsia 2006.  If you are not familiar with Digital Globe, they are the folks who are responsible for the Quickbird digital imaging […]

Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

MapAsia 2006

I am at MapAsia 2006 in Bangkok this week and it looks like there is a good turnout.  I must admit that the opening of the exhibition was one of the most unique openings I […]

No Picture
Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

MapGuide Open Source 1.0.1

MapGuide Open Source 1.0.1 was released last week.  I would suggest that the most interesting thing about this release is that it is the first release to be bundled with Web Studio, the web-based open […]

Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

GeoWeb 2006

GeoWeb 2006 is the outgrowth of an annual conference that used to be called GML Days, but GeoWeb is now much broader than strictly GML.  It is also now supported by GITA, which opens the […]