Intermap Technologies will host a free webinar on Geospatial Data in Engineering Thurs and Fri of this week. When engineers and architects design buildings and infrastructure, they can no longer do this in isolation. They […]
The OSBOOTCamp 6 will be a two day event focusing on open source geospatial software, hosted at Careton University, in Ottawa, Canada. Come and hear industry experts present talks on web mapping, GIS analysis, OSGeo […]
In GIS Development April 2008 there is an interview with Lisa Campbell, who is responsible for Geospatial Solutions at Autodesk. It is worthwhile taking a close look at this interview because Lisa gives her perspective […]
Autodesk University is occurring Dec 2-5 in Las Vegas, and I would encourage you to attend if you can especially if you like the technical side of things. Last year we had over 9 000 […]
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation OSGEO is hosting FOSS4G in Capetown, South Africa, Sep 29 – Oct 3. In February of this year South Africa adopted a national policy on open source, National Open Source […]
Under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act announced yesterday, large emitters will face caps on their emissions. In what may become a continental carbon market, large emitters will be able to buy and […]
There are many misconceptions about open source that many of us encounter, one of which is that open source developers are hobbyists working in the garage in the evenings and weekends. A recent report Linux […]
The relationship between the open source community and Microsoft continues to evolve. Last Tuesday Brad Smith, Senor VP at Microsoft, gave a presentation at this year’s Open Source Business Conference that struck quite a different […]