This is absolutely amazing because it really initiates a new level of interaction between engineering design tools and Google Earth. If you think Google Earth is neat, you really need to see Google Earth augmented with […]
From time to time I plan to invite people who have an interesting perspective (based on real world experience) that reinforces some of the themes that I have been focusing on to contribute to this […]
In my last blog I outlined some alternative architectures that a large organization could implement to share spatial information. In this blog I would like to present a practical example of the spatial warehouse architecture […]
One of the scenarios that is becoming increasingly common especially in government at the national level is an IT solution for sharing data, often referred to as spatial data infrastructure or SDI. In most organizations […]
One of the neat things about MapGuide Open Source is that it is designed to make it very easy for you to build mashups. You’ve probably heard the term mashups, which refers to web applications […]
One of the key trends of recent years is the integration of geospatial technology into mainstream IT. What this means practically is that standard IT architectures, tools, and standards are now being applied to geospatial […]
Thursday I participated in the Oracle Spatial Users Conference. It seemed to me that this was the best attended Oracle Spatial User Conference yet. There were a number of very interesting talks, but two of […]
At GITA 2006 yesterday I witnessed a major milestone for the geospatial world thanks to the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Ten vendors in the geospatial arena viewed and updated shared maps. In alphabetical order, ASA, […]