A geospatial career journey
So I’ve actually noticed a surprising uptick in traffic related to zigGIS lately? We also had someone asking about ST-Links on the zigGIS mailing list last week. Clearly, there’s still a level of interest out there for the problem that zigGIS was designed for. ArcGIS reading SpatiaLite natively, thanks to OGR and Ragi Burhum Along … Continue reading Still Jonesing for zigGIS? Try this OGR Plug-In for ArcGIS.
Abe Gillespie made it official today on the zigGIS Google Group: development on zigGIS will cease.
If you’ve been to the Obtuse Software site recently, you may or may not have noticed a change to the “Who We Are” page. It now lists only Abe Gillespie and Paolo Corti. Prior to my trip to Colorado to talk about zigGIS at GIS in the Rockies, I informed Abe and Paolo that I … Continue reading Me and zigGIS
Abe announced the availability of hotfix 3 for zigGIS 2.0.5. From the announcement: Hotfix 3 fixes an issue that prevented point layers from being editable; it also includes all prior hotfixes. The hotfix is a free upgrade and is highly recommended for all users. Please go to http://pub.obtusesoft.com > My Order. After logging in you’ll … Continue reading zigGIS Hotfix Available
Update: zigGIS has been discontinued. Abe officially announced today that the next major release of zigGIS, version 3.0, will return to open-source. This announcement was followed up with a message on the zigGIS Google Group. A snippet of that message is here: We have some exciting news. The next version of zigGIS will officially return … Continue reading zigGIS 3.0 To Be Open-Source
Paolo was kind enough to post photos of the zigGIS team from our time in New York. You can find them here. This was the first time the three of us had met up and we had a great time. We had some discussions about the way ahead for zigGIS and there are some big … Continue reading zigGIS Photos
After being involved with zigGIS for a couple of years now, I’m excited that Paolo Corti is going to be visiting the States next week and that Abe and I will finally get to meet him (and vice versa). The three of us will be meeting at the Lolita Bar in New York City at … Continue reading zigGIS Tweet and Greet
When we mapped out the way ahead for zigGIS, we knew we wanted to lay the groundwork to add support for SQL Server 2008 and possibly other database platforms. The way zigGIS was originally constructed, it used the PostGIS geometry_columns table to discover available spatial tables. This has worked well but we came to realize … Continue reading Using PostgreSQL Views in zigGIS 2.0.2
Abe posted today about upcoming enhancements in zigGIS 2.0.2. These changes address some of the most common feedback that we’ve heard from users. Abe has been working hard to get these changes implemented and released in a timely fashion. Testing will begin shortly. In addition to the flexibility that Abe describes, these changes also begin … Continue reading zigGIS 2.0.2 Enhancements Announced
Abe announced via Twitter today that zigGIS 2.0.2 will be available in about a month. This a small but significant release becuase zigGIS will now support the generic PostGIS “GEOMETRY” type. Because ArcGIS expects homogenous feaure classes, zigGIS will ask the user to choose a geometry type for the the specified GEOMETRY-typed column. So, if … Continue reading zigGIS 2.0.2 Getting Closer