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Iranian Nuclear Sites and other Crowdsourcing GIS News

Open Nuclear Iran is a crowdsourced effort developed anonymously by concerned Iranians and experts from the arms control community to document, assess, and share information on Iran's nuclear program in an open forum. It's a CrowdMap implementation. via...Read more

Some Books for Programmers to Read

Nathan reviewed two books that I even find interesting, especially the second one: The first book I started reading was About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design. In my opinion this is a must read for anyone building software, or at least those who...Read more

Linux Yuma and other Mobile GPS Data Capture News

...the latest news appears to be the Trimble Yuma, a rugged tablet from SDG Systems that now runs Ubuntu Linux. Targeting military and industrial applications requiring data collection, inspection, and reporting from the field, the Linux-powered Yuma can...Read more

Podcast: The Value of GIS Competitions

This past week Spatial Energy and the IEEE became two of the latest organizations to announce competitions aimed at students and users of geospatial technology. Why do these keep popping up? Are they good for the geospatial industry?

Boston Residents Claim Hydrants and other Crowdsourcing GIS News

Boston's latest Code for America rollout is a map where residents can claim and name a local hydrant to shovel after snow storms. - Boston.com Esri's Ryan Lanclos writes about its new ArcGIS Add-in for Ushahidi. This add-in allows you to connect to a...Read more

Learn How Open Source Software Benefits a Successful GIS Business

Lee Mitchell  owner of G.A.I.A. Professionals spoke about starting a new GIS business on the Jan 31 American Sentinel University Webinar. I learned during a detailed discussion of her work history that she worked in some capacity for American Sentinel University in...Read more

Open Source Desktop GIS Book Updated

The Geospatial Desktop might sound like a generic book about deskotp GIS. It's not. It's about open source desktop GIS. The subtitle "Open Source GIS and Mapping" provides the important distinguisher. Furthermore it's a revision of the book originally...Read more

Safety Map: Planning Ahead for Disaster

You may have read about Depiction's Depiction Prep (APB coverage, press release). Safety Maps is another offering in the same space: a solution for coordinating in case of a disaster. But it's different. Why? 1) It has some serious geo/carto power behind it in...Read more