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Release of the free GIS Cloud Publisher extension for Esri ArcMap

GIS Cloud just released a free extension for Esri ArcMap which enables you to easily push your maps from desktop to GIS Cloud. This tool will publish maps together with their data and symbology making the end result look the same as in your desktop software. The extension has been…

Apple Caught Using OpenStreetMap Data Without Attribution

CARL FRANZEN MARCH 8, 2012, 4:15 PM Talking Points Memo One major new feature of the new iPad unveiled by Apple in San Francisco on Wednesday was a new version of the company’s photo editing software iPhotodeveloped specifically for iOS, Apple’s mobile operating system. Apple showed off how iPhoto for iOS can be used to…

Open Source Mapping

I have been playing around with open source mapping software and utilities. The reason I have been doing this is because I am not able to pay licensing fees in order to experiment with online mapping and because now I can. I can because these tools have become much easier…