CartoMobile, Best Mobile GIS App for the iPad? You decide…

Something in the GIS world caught my attention today and I think you GIS folks should hear this. It seems that some GIS professionals believ...

geOps OpenLayers Editor source code released! Under FreeBSD!

Here’s a little good news for GIS developers. geOps has released the full source code of their cute little geospatial editor called OpenL...

The Gough Map of Great Britain goes online!

This is a quick post to mark the online availability of the Gough Map of Great Britain, the earliest surviving medieval map of Great Britain...

VectorLock secures ESRI shapefiles, supports ArcGIS 10!

I’m taking this opportunity to give VectorLock a quick mention on this blog. What is VectorLock? Well, VectorLock is an ArcGIS extension and...

MapSpeller: World’s first GIS Spellchecker! Now supports ArcGIS 10!

I’m taking this opportunity to write a post to mark the release of ArcMap MapSpeller 3.1 extension, finally giving ArcGIS 10 users the oppor...

Pinpoint: Mapping locations with unique custom URLs. Possibly better than foursquare!

A new online mapping app has just been launched earlier today and I thought it would be great if I give it a quick mention on this blog. Com...

Marseille’s Maison de l’Emploi gets a nice CartoVista interactive map

I’m taking this opportunity to show you people a nice interactive map of Maison de l’Emploi which is located in Marseille, France. The inter...

Bedmap: Google Maps-powered Hotel Search Service. Truly exciting! Very promising!

A new online mapping service has just been launched earlier today and it caught my attention right away simply because it is different and c...

Dallas (soon, all 50 American States) Crime Maps (Heatmaps) are now available!

This is just a quick post to mark the release of some fine online crime maps or crime heatmaps for the City of Dallas, Texas. The Dallas cr...

Global Geocoding Solution for the entire world released! APIs are available! Get geocodes anytime, anywhere in the world!

This is just a quick post to mark the release of the Universal Geocoding Solution For The Entire World suite by NAC Geographic Products Inc....

3D Web Client XNavigator goes Open Source!

This is just a quick post to mark the release of 3D Web client XNavigator as an Open Source project licensed under the GNU Public License. I...

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tornado: Before & After Aerial Photos are now available!

This is just a quick post to mark the release of before and after images of areas in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that were devastated by a huge torn...

Online Maps for Politicians, Campaign Managers and their Fanatical Supporters!

I’m taking this opportunity to feature a nice mapping technology that should interest politicians, campaign managers and their fanatical sup...

2011 Africa Postcode, Administrative & Topographic Digital Vector Maps are now available!

This is just a quick post to mark the release of some of the most comprehensive postcode, administrative and topographic maps of all 56 Afri...

Japan 9.0 Earthquake once again proves that GPS can save lives and unite families! TekTrak has the story!

Here’s a touching, heart-warming story about one Japanese family who couldn’t get in touch with their daughter right after that huge 9.0-mag...

SPOTMaps Saudi Arabia now available!

This is just a quick post to mark the availability of SPOTMaps basemap for Saudi Arabia, just released by Astrium GEO-Information Services (...

GeoCalc 6.4.5 released! Now supports Time Stamped Coordinate Reference Frames

This is just another quick post to announce the release of GeoCalc 6.4.5 and the new version comes with some cool new features. What are tho...

OGC Open GeoSMS Standard almost ready! Seeks comments before it goes official!

This is just a quick post to let GIS professionals anywhere in the world know that the Open Geospatial Consortium is seeking your priceless ...

gvSIG-EIEL 1.0 RC1 released! Sweet Open Source GIS, baby!

This is just a quick post to let the world know that GIS application gvSIG-EIEL has left beta and an improved version that has eliminated bu...

High-Resolution Imagery Maps of Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, Hachinohe and Kesennuma! Courtesy of RIT

A team of researchers at RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) are currently in the process of producing high-resolution imagery maps in f...