In+ersec+ion for Spatial People

This is news from over two weeks ago, I'm still in catch up mode (hope to be done later today).

Slashdot discussed a ZDNet article named Facebook kills Places, but emphasizes location sharing more.

From the article: "Although Facebook says it is phasing out the mobile-only Facebook Places, it is now letting you add your current location to anything (status update, photo, or Wall post), from anywhere (regardless of what device you are using).

You no longer need a smartphone to share your location (those clunky computers can be used as well!). Furthermore, adding your location to your Facebook content is not limited to the present; the company wants you to share your location as part of your past and future as well. Here’s how Facebook breaks this down:

• Where you’ve been. Remember where you were in your favorite photos.
• Where you are now. If friends are nearby, they might just meet you there.
• Where you’re going. Friends who have been there can give you tips or even join in the plan."

Slashgeo.org has its own Facebook page, but at the moment it's only used to share the geonews with our users using Facebook.

We mentioned the project two times earlier this year, and now GeoNode 1.0 has just been released.

From their about page: "GeoNode is an open source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data. The project aims to surpass existing spatial data infrastructure solutions by integrating robust social and cartographic tools.

At its core, the GeoNode is based on open source components GeoServer, GeoNetwork, Django, and GeoExt that provide a platform for sophisticated web browser spatial visualization and analysis. Atop this stack, the project has built a map composer and viewer, tools for analysis, and reporting tools.

To promote collaboration, the GeoNode is designed on Web 2.0 principles [...]"

There's a demo if you want to experiment what it's all about.

ikiMap (www.ikimap.com) is a free web service which allows its users to create and share their maps.

The objective is to combine the concept of a social network together with the use of cartography and maps.

Users can create their own maps (by uploading files in KML, GPX…formats or directly by drawing on the map), vote for other users maps, add comments, create groups of friends, theme channels and more! Users can actually label the map as private and grant access to it only to certain people.

ikiMap is a free service, and it's based on freeware:

* OpenLayers (http://openlayers.com/)
* MapServer (http://mapserver.org/
* PostGIS (http://postgis.refractions.net/)

There are more info about ikiMap on:

• Blog: http://ikimap.blogspot.com/
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/ikimap
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/ikiMap/200361580929
• Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/ikimap

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Geoff introduces Project Butterfly, an Autodesk Technology Preview tools that allows you to edit AutoCAD drawings over the web.

From the entry: "With Project Butterfly, AutoCAD users can share and work on DWG files with colleagues and clients from any computer with an Internet connection.

Project Butterfly also allows you to create designs using your browser. You can save your design as a local drawing file, or as long as you have created it via the cloud, you can leave it in the cloud, which means that you can share DWG files with others in distant locations without the need to transmit files.

Anyone can access Project Butterfly. You don't need to have AutoCAD installed, and you don’t even need to have a Project Butterfly account."

See also previous AutoCAD-related stories below.Story imported from the previous Slashgeo.org Slashcode site, user comments have not been migrated. For more information, please read Welcome to the new Slashgeo.org!. Thank you for your understanding.

Geoff introduces Project Butterfly, an Autodesk Technology Preview tools that allows you to edit AutoCAD drawings over the web.

From the entry: "With Project Butterfly, AutoCAD users can share and work on DWG files with colleagues and clients from any computer with an Internet connection.

Project Butterfly also allows you to create designs using your browser. You can save your design as a local drawing file, or as long as you have created it via the cloud, you can leave it in the cloud, which means that you can share DWG files with others in distant locations without the need to transmit files.

Anyone can access Project Butterfly. You don't need to have AutoCAD installed, and you don’t even need to have a Project Butterfly account."

See also previous AutoCAD-related stories below.