Tag Archives: open source
Android 2.2: CyanogenMod v6 makes progress
The open source community can show their first successes in terms of Froyo-based builds. A very early version of the CyanogenMod v6, based on Googles open source operating system Android can be downloaded. The adjustments to the newest Android version by … Continue reading
Posted in Android
Tagged 2.2, 6.0.0, Android, canyongen, cyanogenmod, Froyo, mod, open source, v6
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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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Google’s G1 vs. Apple’s Iphone – Decide on features not on design
The first Andoid phone was officially announced by Google, HTC and T-mobile. There was not really a “WOW” effect during the presentation. The design is well known from the first Android presentations and the features could have been expected. Here … Continue reading
Opensource, OpenLS and OpenStreetMaps for a OpenRouteService
Open Source GIS solutions gain more and more attention in the Geoinformation sciences community over the past years. Now there are numerous usable and stable Open Source libraries and tools for spatial data management, customization and visualisation available. Open Source … Continue reading
Posted in GeoWeb, Research, Web
Tagged GIS, ogc, open source, openls, openstreetmap, osm, routing, standards, web service
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Must it always be Google Maps?
To visual geographic content most of the people I know use Google Maps. But must if always e Google Maps? in my opinion NO! Currently there are great alternatives out there, where you can do a lot more than with … Continue reading
Posted in GeoWeb, Software, Web
Tagged alternative, geoserver, geoweb, mapnik, open source, openlayer, qgis, tilecache
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Geotree a new service of Geonames.org
In the beginning of this year Geonames.org has released a new Service called Geotree. This service structure Country information and other spatial information in a tree view, which can be accessed together with a map. Currently (March 2008) version 1.2 … Continue reading
Posted in GeoWeb, Web
Tagged geonames, geotree, geoweb, geowebservice, Location, Maps, open source, Webservice
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User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS
I’m currently looking for some interesting open source or freeware GIS desktop software. To answer the question about an alternative for ArcGIS, Intergraph Geomedia or MapInfo I will introduce some alternative freeware GIS tools. The first application I found on … Continue reading
Posted in GIS
Tagged Desktop, desktop software, Eclipse, Freeware, Geoinformation, GIS, Internet, Java, open source, udig
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