While we quickly tweeted OpenStreetMap efforts regarding the crisis in Nepal, we haven’t posted on the blog yet, which we now do! There are numerous places where you’ll find info and status reports, but I suspect the best place to start is with the Nepal earthquake OpenStreetMap wiki page. From the page: “Our goal is to contribute to humanitarian ...

Here’s the recent geonews in batch mode. On the open source / open data front: Registration is open for the FOSS4G-Europe conference in Como, Italy, July 14-17 Anyone can now register to the FOSS4G in Seoul September 14-19 The OSGeo and the ISPRS signed a MoU You can sign the Open Letter of the Need for Open Standards ...

Supergeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, officially released SuperGIS Engine 3.3 for global GIS developers to customize GIS applications, meeting diverse demands in various fields. Lots of the components have been updated in the latest version, providing renewed and advanced data access and analysis functions such as mainstream database compatibility, table mashup, data processing ...

Here’s the recent geonews in batch mode. Slashgeo has recently been a victim of a hack and was hosting some ‘commercial’ links on a hidden sub-site — nothing users would have found out unless they were directed to this parallel site by a third-party. We addressed the issue and, while it never directly impacted the Slashgeo you’re used to, I’m ...

Here’s the recent geonews in batch mode. From the open source / open data front: Beautiful progress and maps, The first ten years of OpenStreetMap, nice progress map, and somewhat related, Mapping turn restrictions and speed limits with Mapillary (crowdsourced Street Level photos ) A new open source database, GeoWave aims at linking popular geospatial tools to “big data” ...

It has been possible to get driving directions from OpenStreetMap data for quite a while, but what’s new and major is the capability to get directions directly from OpenStreetMap, meaning more competition to Google Maps and similar services. This is also discussed over Slashdot. From the announcement: “Well, the first thing to note is that the philosophy of OpenStreetMap is not ...

Supergeo, the leading GIS software and solution provider, released the newest version of SuperGIS Server 3.2 to help enterprises share diverse geospatial data effortlessly. The latest SuperGIS Server 3.2 is optimized for developers, administrators, and front-side users. For Administrators The built-in SuperGIS Server Manager now provides a new interface to manage all the built applications. Administrators can better manage SuperGIS Server ...

The first batch-mode edition of the geonews. On the open source / open data front: There’s a new free course Introduction to Geospatial Technology Using QGIS (from Feb 23 - Mar 29) which also has content on GitHub Beautiful and simple, How to: watercolor pastel style in QGIS Announced is the FOSS4G-Europe conference, this time in Como, Italy, ...

Supergeo releases the latest update of SuperSurv 3.2 (iOS) to enhance the functionality and efficiency for mobile GIS surveyors. Having stronger compatibility with raster dataset and convenient tools for data display, collection and query, SuperSurv 3.2 (iOS) helps users to conduct field work with ease and more productivity.   SuperSurv is an efficient mobile GIS App designed for field data ...

In December we mentioned the now-successful crowdfunding initiative for The Book of OpenStreetMap, to be written by Steve Coast, the founder of OpenStreetMap. During the Holiday Break, Steve Coast participated to a live reddit “Ask Me Anything” session on OpenStreetMap, and there’s a lot of pretty interesting discussion in there. And Steve did answer my own question Here’s some snippets: ...