Thursday, 02 September 2010
Had a chuckle today as I was searching for navigation options
for my Galaxy S Android phone. While searching I cam across this
thread dedicated to the availability of offline maps for the google
navigation software -
http://www.google.co.za/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=3634773013544912&hl=en
Dave874 asked:
Are there any plans to make Android Google Maps/Navigation
available offline, when internet connection is not available?
I love Android Google Maps, but I'm frustrate.....
Posted by Andrew at 09:18 PM
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Thursday, 23 July 2009
We recently had a requirement to provide a layer control with
label and colour customisation for a Openlayers
based web solution with a Mapserver WMS. As part of this project we were
pleasantly surprised as to exactly how customisable Mapserver is
through the URL request to the mapserv CGI (perhaps i
shouldn't be surprised!).
What we first did is create a database driven layer control,
enabling the user to turn layers and labels on or off. The url is
.....
Posted by Andrew at 05:12 PM
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GIS | Mapserver | Open Source | WebGIS
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Christopher Schmidt announced yesterday on the OpenLayers
mailing list, the final release of OpenLayers 2.8 The email
follows.
The OpenLayers Development Team is proud to announce the release
of OpenLayers 2.8, the latest stable release of OpenLayers.
The 2.8 release adds a number of important features, the full
list of which can be found in the Release Notes, at http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Release/2.8/Notes.
Some of the highlights include:
Support for multi-layer vect.....
Posted by Andrew at 10:40 AM
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Sunday, 24 February 2008
A while back, particularly with the introduction of Microsoft
MapPoint, it was commonly believed that the need for GIS
specialists would diminish, and a GIS package would be used just
like an office product. Pre-configured datasets would be readily
available, and products would come integrated with mapping and
basic spatial analysis. In a way, that has happened to a certain
extent, but the need for specialist analysts has not waned as was
feared. In fact, this insurgence of easy to.....
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Wednesday, 09 January 2008
We have directly or indirectly been involved in Web based GIS
for quite a few years now, and it is quite interesting how the
approach has changed over time. The early days saw the reliance on
client based plugins and has slowly progressed to no reliance on
client side plugins and virtually no reliance on server side
solutions.
The Past
My first attempt at a webGIS was a custom built solution
rendering maps in SVG which essentially served as a stepping stone
until a reliable c.....
Posted by Andrew at 12:29 PM
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ESRI | Foss4G | GIS | Mapserver | Open Source | OpenLayers | OsGeo | WebGIS