Here’s the recent geonews in batch mode.
On the open source / open data front:
- The new OL3-Cesium library, integrating OpenLayers 3 and Cesium together for smooth switching between 2D and 3D
- A new book on the open source GDAL/OGR library, “Geospatial Power Tools” by Tyler Mitchell
- Not directly geospatial but for 3D, Tao3D: a New Open-Source Programming Language For Real-Time 3D Animations
- Contributing to OpenStreetMap on iOS? The free Go Map!! app version 1.3 has been released
- A NewScientist article on OpenStreetMap’s mapping in slums
- And informative, Ebola Response Map and OpenStreetMap contributor analysis
- OpenStreetMap and the most vulnerable populations, Mapping missing maps
- New entries in the excellent series, QGIS Compared: Editing data and QGIS Compared: GIS Analysis
- Using open source software, Distributed processing with noSQL databases enables fast geoprocessing of big spatial data
- The open source Mapzen, that we haven’t mentioned in a while, now has an app
- Geogeeky, an open source Conway’s Game of Life in QGIS
On the Google front:
- Here’s about the Google Maps app refresh that took place at the beginning of the month
- Multiple languages, Localization of Street Addresses in the Google Maps APIs
- Accessing more, Introducing Street View and Photo Spheres in the Maps Embed API
- And if you’re into Google Play development, Google Maps now integrated, Google Play services 6.5
- Something obvious discussed, Signed-In Maps Mean More Location Data For Google
In the everything else category:
- Nice, locate yourself with your own echos, Study Shows How Humans Can Echolocate
- eLoran still alive,World War II Tech eLoran Deployed As GPS Backup In the UK
- Upcoming OGC standard for disseminating lightweight datacubes, OGC Web Coverage Tile Service
- GeoPDF now goes OpenGeoPDF, with more OGC standards in there, warning: that’s a press release
- Autonomous cars, SMART begins live public robocar tests in Singapore
- 3D cameras for facial recognition and more, Intel Developing New 3D Camera Business
- But 3D might not be that safe for children, French Health Watchdog: 3D Viewing May Damage Eyesight In Children
- IP addresses mapping is not great, Getting Around Terrible Geolocation?
- Privacy is dead, U.S. Justice Department Accused of Using Fake Cell Towers on Planes to Gather Data From Phones (also on Slashdot)
- You see, that’s why we don’t have location privacy, Dealer-Installed GPS Tracker Leads To Kidnapper’s Arrest in Maryland
- Tracking an whole country, How Baidu Tracked the Largest Seasonal Migration of People On Earth
- Apple Maps news, Apple Hires Developers Behind Defunct ‘Pin Drop’ Mapping App
- Upcoming International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Geomatics, August 30 – September 2, Toronto, Canada
- Looking for gifts? Christmas is Coming – 5 Best GPS Watches You Can Buy
In the maps category:
- There is still unexplored territory, Satellites Spot Hidden Villages In Amazon
- Useful maps, The Plan to Map Illegal Fishing From Space
- Nice and informative, Striking Animation Shows One Year of CO2 Swirling Through the Atmosphere
- Maps of outer space, New Geologic Map Shows the Beauty of the Asteroid Vesta
- From space, Map Of 556 Asteroids That Bombarded Earth in the Past 20 Years
- Maps of alternate universes, Africa, Uncolonized: A Detailed Look at an Alternate Continent
- Still looking for gifts? Gift Guide: 10 Map Books
- The bonus link is not directly geospatial, but impressive nonetheless, how to maximize in 3D a whole apartment in 8 square meters