In the July/August 2009 edition of Geoconnexion International there is an article by Tracey Stone that outlines the impact that CAD, BIM, GIS, and 3D convergence is having on city planning and management. She includes an […]
The GeoBase dataset which includes political boundaries, all roads, CanVec data, inland water network, and satellite imagery is in the process of being imported into the OpenStreeMap database. The intention is to import all […]
There’s an interesting article by Neil Brooker about how different technologies including model-driven design, GIS, and 3D visualization developed in the gaming world in coalescing to create a more holistic view of the cities where […]
According to an Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) study The Substantial Consumer Benefits of Broadband Connectivity for U.S. Households, approximately 66.6 million households used broadband in 2008. Dial-up users have decreased to 10.5 million households in 2008. […]
I blogged recently about the W3C Geolocation API which is progressing through the W3C standards process. Google Maps is using this API as of last week to identify your location. When you bring up […]
GeoWeb 2009 is taking place July 27-31, 2009 in downtown Vancouver, BC Canada at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue and will focus on Urban Environments. This year it includes an academic track on […]
At SOTM09 in Amsterdam Andrew Turner announced that his company GeoCommons was open-sourcing their geocoder. You can get the LGPL-licensed code on GitHub and also see Andrew’s lightning talk presentation announcement on Slideshare.
The Razaksat satellite was successfully separated from the SpaceX Falcon 1 lauch vehicle about 48 minutes after liftoff at Kwajalein at 3:35 GMT (11:35 pm EDT). This is the first succesful launch of a satellite […]