Here's the recent geonews in batch mode.
On the open source / open data front:
- We talked about the beta OpenAddresses in, now OpenAddresses has launched
- Here's thoughts from State of the Map US and Peter Batty's report of SofM US, including the new Vector Tiles for OpenStreetMap and discussion over licensing
- A new open source project, the missing CSW library for JavaScript: csw4js
- Using QGIS? Learn more about Composition styling in QGIS 2.2
- In software updates, GeoServer-Manager 1.6.0 released and GeoTools 10.6 Released
On the Esri front:
- Good news for standards, support for OGC GeoPackage specification in ArcGIS.
- A fourth Esri app for iPad and iPhones, Now Available: Explorer for ArcGIS on iPad and iPhone, "Explorer for ArcGIS gives you a first class experience for accessing your geospatial data on a mobile device."
- More openness at Esri, ArcGIS Solutions symbols now have a repo on GitHub, of course, don't forget about the open Maki geo-symbols
- There's an upcoming free online seminar on Arc2Earth and Using Google Maps Inside Esri’s ArcGIS
- Esri has a New Ocean Basemap
On the Google front:
- We can now browse StreetView "historical" imagery, Go back in time with Street View
- The two are slowly merging, The long history of Google Earth in Google Maps
- Interesting, a book on The History of the World with Google Earth
- In the official Google blog, The latest chapter for the self-driving car: mastering city street driving, and Slashdot discusses Google Using Self-Driving Car Data To Make Cars Smarter
- Eyes in the sky, Google Buys Drone Maker Titan Aerospace
- Ogle Earth shares an entry named What does Crimea tell us about Google?
- As there frequently is, New Google Earth Imagery – May 1, and this one too, New Google Earth Imagery – April 16
In the miscellaneous category:
- Want to understand MapBox via educational guides? Introducing Mapbox Foundations and they also have two new products, Mapbox Launches Smart Directions and Introducing Mapbox Outdoors
- In Europe? The final Copernicus Regulation has been published, "Copernicus, previously known as GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security), is the European Programme for the establishment of a European capacity for Earth Observation."
- Impacts of Ukraine, Russian sanctions have killed Canadian satellite launch
- Not the first we mention this, The Commoditization of the Earth Observation Satellite Business
- Google Glass? You can build your own, DIY Wearable Pi With Near-Eye Video Glasses
- O'Reilly has a long and informative entry on iBeacons, privacy, and security
- Also Apple-related, Apple acquired 24 companies in the past 18 months, including several mapping apps, including BroadMap, Embark, HopStop, Locationary, and WiFiSlam, along with other notable additions like 3D company PrimeSense
- And yes, Apple and Google can work together sometimes, Google's 'Project Tango' Smartphone Uses Apple's PrimeSense Technology
- MapQuest playing nice with popular open source libraries, Announcing MapQuest Plugins for Leaflet on Licensed and Open Data
- Remote sensing and mapping of citizens, Eyes Over Compton: How Police Spied On a Whole City
- If you haven't heard of 'Nearby Friends' yet, New Facebook Phone App Lets You Stalk Your Friends
- It's Facebook so it must matters? ;-) Facebook acquires activity-tracking app Moves
- A discussion regarding The Best Parking Apps You've Never Heard Of and Why You Haven't
- 3D coming to your phone? Amazon's Smartphone with 3D Capabilities Revealed in New Photos
- Based on where you live, UK Life Expectancy and Spatial Analysis
In the maps category:
- Via APB, a map of the Countries With The Worst Suicide Rates
- Wired published a story named 400 Years of Beautiful, Historical, and Powerful Globes
- Also from Wired, 18 Maps From When the World Thought California Was an Island
- An atlas, Global Renewable Energy Atlas
- TMR mentions two books about Art and Personal Mapmaking
- And if you're into poems, Map – poem by Wislawa Szymborska