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Data.gov – Also an Geospatial Datasource.
It is hard to compare American datasources with European ones, because of the different legal pre-conditions. In the USA all data produced with public resources such as taxes have to be available to the public without additional costs for usage. … Continue reading
Posted in Geodata, Web
Tagged agency, data.gov, datasource, Europe, free, geospatial data, gov, USA
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Cloudmade – An alternative Javascript mapping API
CloudMade was founded by Steve Coast and Nick Black in 2007 to provide services around open mapdata. Steve Coast is also the founder of OpenStreetMap (OSM), one of the most prominent source for free map data based on the wiki … Continue reading
Posted in GeoWeb, Webservices
Tagged API, CloudMade, free, Mobile, open source, openstreetmap, osm, web map, web-based mapping, webmap, webmaps
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Writing KML from my C# Application
geKML is a project allowing to generate KML/KMZ documents from a C#.NET application. geKML consists of .NET classes that will generate a properly formatted KML document that the Google Earth and Google Maps application can understand. The purpose of these … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Programming, Web
Tagged c#, classes, free, geKML, keyhole markup language, kml, kml files, library, write
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Free Addressdata for Austria
An open and downloadable address dataset is useful for many geospatial applications. Therefore the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz has developed a platform where users can enter own addresses for benefit of the whole community. Recently FH Kärnten has adopted this idea to … Continue reading
Posted in GeoWeb, Internet
Tagged community content, CUAS, dataset, downloadable, FH Kärnten, free, geo, openaddresses, project, user-gernerated content
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Free online GIS Book
The book “Geospatial Analysis” can freelay be accessed online. This book should be a comprehensive independent guide to principles, techniques and software tools as stated at the online. The authors, de Smith, Goodchild and Longley, are quite prominet. Topics covered … Continue reading
Openstreetmap is growing
The OpenStreetMap project is growing. The project can be compared with wikipadia. OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. It is made by people like you. OpenStreetMap allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in … Continue reading
GeoNames – A Free GeoWebservice
GeoNames is a geographical data base freely available and accessible through various Web services, under a Creative Commons attribution license. The GeoNames database contains over 8,000,000 geographical names corresponding to over 6,500,000 unique features. All features are categorized into one … Continue reading
