Using QR Codes to Deliver Maps Electronically - cartographers are tapping into technology in the form of Quick Response Codes (QR codes) to help promote, sell and deliver maps electronically. Ted Florence discusses QR codes, what they are and how they are useful for maps and map producers.
Data.Gov Celebrates Third Anniversary - The first national open data site, Data.gov led the way in opening government data around the world. Now 30 countries host open data sites and they are key tools in the global open government movement. Growing from 47 datasets in 2009 to nearly 450,000 datasets today, Data.gov reaches across 172 federal agencies to bring data to innovators, developers, analysts and citizens across the nation. Data.gov also recenty launched their community developer portal.
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Autodesk has officially announced the release of Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise 2007, their new commercial web mapping platform enabling developers to quickly publish maps and spatial information to the web. Additionally, welcome the arrival of Autodesk MapGuide Studio 2007, the new authoring tool that allows developers to quickly and easily to create and build MapGuide-based applications -- expect English versions to be available July 3.
Building on MapGuide Open Source, MapGuide Enterprise offers users even more value including:
Oracle, SQL Server connectivity
Commercial-grade projection support
Additional language support
Mapguide Enterprise 2007 offers users broad platform support including provisioning for deployment on Linux and microsoft Windows, enabling application development with Microsoft .net, php, and Java.
Some of the coolest features users will find right out of the box include enhanced stylization with true color support, enhanced labeling, support for transparencies, a web-based site administration environment, and best of all... rapid application development in a wizard-driven environment with the new Autodesk MapGuide Studio 2007.
Create DWF or AJAX viewing environments
A nifty web-based site administration environment is provided
Using QR Codes to Deliver Maps Electronically
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