GIS Lounge has a neat little post that outlines the differences between some common map projections, including why they exist, and some advantages and disadvantages.
O’Reilly Radar has a post that talks about the recent decision of the US government to open source its data.gov portal as an open government data platform.
Programmable Web have an interesting post that talks about Garmin making a switch to Bing Maps, and how their users demanded Google Maps. In keeping their users happy, they are now offering both Bing and Google to their customers – a costly mistake. It’s a good review of how a seemingly small switch can enrage your users and end up costing money.
Google Maps Mania has some info on the recent updates to the world-wide real-time ship finder. A great resource for any ship spotters out there, or anyone interested in the way real-tie info can be delivered through a Google Map.
Another post from O’Reilly Radar is all about ‘Why cloud services are a tempting target for attackers.’ Indeed, this is one of the biggest concerns when moving to a cloud-hosted solution for your data, so it’s worth a read.
Directions Magazine has a comprehensive, detailed article on how the Québec Ministry of Public Safety is leveraging open source and open standards. To quote: “This approach helps make it possible for many organisations to work together to quickly locate any incident, analyse hotspots, make simple geospatial requests and maintain a ‘common operating picture’ during incidents by updating geographic features in real-time.”
A new, worldwide, attractive and free atlas has launched over at www.spotzi.com. The atlas contains 500 maps across 9 different categories, with maps containing information about hurricanes, earthquake hazards, central government debts and twitter users. Information is collected from thousands of datasets and is updated daily.
