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OGC and OSGeo Sign Memorandum of Understanding | OGC®

January 10th, 2009 · No Comments · FOSS4G, Geographic, OpenSource, standards

This is a good thing for both the standards setting community and the open source community: OGC and OSGeo Sign Memorandum of Understanding | OGC® With respect to goals and objectives, both communities have an obvious  natural affinity. I’m encouraged to see this finally happened.

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Linux.com :: Serving and styling maps with Geoserver

September 28th, 2008 · No Comments · FOSS4G, Geographic, linux

Here’s another sign (as if we needed one) that geospatial information is rapidly merging with mainstream IT. Linux.com published a nice article on getting started with Geoserver. Linux.com :: Serving and styling maps with Geoserver

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KML is now an OGC spec…

April 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Geographic, standards

Yep, that’s right. It was Announced today. KML is now an OGC specification, and no longer a proprietary Google spec. Good news all around. Here’s the link.

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