Tag Archives: FOSS4G

DC/MD/VA Area Geo-Event Scene Getting More Active

Posted on 3 February 2012 by

There was a time only a few years ago when, if you lived in the DC/MD/VA area, planning your geo-conference schedule for the year went something like this: Register for the ESRI FedUC and then start booking plane tickets for … Continue reading →

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FOSS4G North America to Be Held In Washington, DC

Posted on 23 January 2012 by

I’m quite happy to see (HT, Glenn Letham) that OSGEO is inaugurating an annual FOSS4G North America conference this year in Washington, DC on April 10-12, 2012. DC is an appropriate place for this event because of the presence or … Continue reading →

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CartoDB + Leaflet = Easy

Posted on 13 October 2011 by

One of the biggest sources of buzz at FOSS4G was CartoDB. It is a hosted solution from Vizzuality that uses PostGIS to allow you to store your spatial data online. I got a beta account a couple of weeks ago … Continue reading →

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FOSS4G Quick Hits

Posted on 19 September 2011 by

I had the distinct pleasure of attending my first FOSS4G conference in Denver last week. Having not attended one previously, I can only rely on the opinions of others that this has been the best FOSS4G yet. For me, this … Continue reading →

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Pre-FOSS4G Roundup

Posted on 12 September 2011 by

I’m getting ready to head out to Denver for the 2011 installment of FOSS4G. It seems like my biggest problem will be figuring out how to clone myself in order to sit in every session. Open-source geospatial is such a … Continue reading →

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