new jersey geographer

Yesterday, I gave an introduction to open source GIS at MAC URISA. As the meeting was about Internet-enabled GIS, I focused on server-side software. I’ve made the presentation available on SlideShare and available as a download from my website.

Here’s a listing of the programs and standards I reference in the presentation:

• Open Source Initiative
• Open Source Geospatial Foundation
• The Cathedral and the Bazaar
• MapServer
• GeoServer
  • “OpenGeo Architecture” Whitepaper
• TileCache
• OpenLayers
• Web Map Service
• Web Feature Service
• KML

Here’s the sites I referenced as examples using open source GIS:

• NYCityMap
• The White House’s Delivering on Change
• New Jersey State Atlas
• NJGIN’s Information Warehouse
• NuMaps’ DemographicDrapes
• OpenStreetMap
• GeoNames
• GeoCommons’ Finder! and Maker!

“Back in my day, we had to wait years for grainy aerial photographs taken from a biplane.”

CNN has satellite imagery of the crowd gathered on the Mall for today’s inauguration. The images are from GeoEye, who not only have a satellite that can return 42cm imagery, but a pretty cool corporate website to boot.

The NJ Geospatial Forum will have its final meeting for 2008 this Friday. The meeting will be in Building 300 of the Riverview Office Complex at 10 AM.

Atanas Entchev has posted some notes he received from the recent Municipal Users Group meeting. Worth the read.

New Jersey Geospatial Forum’s OPRA Task Force will be hosting a meeting with Government Records Council Executive Director Catherine Starghill. The meeting will take place at the Department of Community Affairs on Friday, July 18th at 10am.