Very Spatial shows us that we’re heading in the right direction with the ability to tell stories using mapping technologies. Location and digital narratives are combined with the Digital Storytelling series from the College of Education at the University of Houston.
A recent article in the San Antonio Express News brings the [...]
Continue Reading →Chris Spagnuolo’s GeoScrum posts results from the 2008 Agile Adoption in GIS survey. The survey found that 32% of organizations had adopted agile practices, but 68% said they had not. This compares to 69% of the mainstream development world that has adopted agile practices according to Scott Ambler’s survey asking the same question [...]
Continue Reading →It is only fitting that the day after I posted “Moving Push Pins Off the Map” I saw the post on Ogle Earth about a new geotagging icon….which is?
A GIANT PUSH PIN!
With my interest peaked we did a [...]
Continue Reading →During a late night epiphany we decided the blog had gotten a bit stale. So, to encourage a regular flow of content we figured a new look and pithy title would be just the trick. Welcome to the shiny-new, rebranded, USGS approved “Off the Map”. Now fortified with vitamins, minerals, insight, and elegant prose.
Why [...]
Continue Reading →Wanted to take this opportunity to let folks know that Chris Marentis has joined up with FortiusOne (check the new website) as our President and Chief Operations Officer. Chris was most recently CEO at Clearspring Technologies – the leading provider of cross-platform widget services. We are very excited and flattered that Chris has [...]
Continue Reading →There has been a flurry of blogging the last couple of days over a post on the “All Point Blog” that “Neogeography is not GIS“. The most interesting part has been seeing the response from friends like, Peter Batty, Andrew Turner, and Daniel Flatla, who’ve spent a lot of time thinking [...]
Continue Reading →NPR ran a story on Monday’s Morning Edition entitled “Security Officials Seek to Block Some Online Maps”. The story centered around local government officials refusing to release electronic maps of what they call “critical infrastructure,” such as water mains and fire hydrants. Specifically the story of Steven Whitaker’s futile quest to obtain infrastructure data [...]
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