Category Archives: GIS

Serving Maps – in the Cloud – for Free (part 3)

Posted on December 22, 2011

It was not my intention to make this a 3-part blog post series, but here it is anyway. (If you want to catch up, you can read Part 1 and Part 2 first). As I continued to work on, and … Continue reading →

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Serving Maps – in the Cloud – for Free (part 2)

Posted on December 21, 2011

(Note: This is the second part of a 3 – part blog post about setting up the OpenGeo Suite on a AWS Ubuntu server. Links to the other parts are at the bottom of this post) Starting Fresh with a … Continue reading →

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Serving Maps – in the Cloud – for Free (part 1)

Posted on December 19, 2011

My latest personal project (still in progress) is to get a true cloud-based map server up and running, posting maps from a free-tier Amazon Web Services (AWS) Ubuntu server. This has not been easy. I’ve looked at AWS a number … Continue reading →

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ArcGIS vs QGIS Clipping Contest Rematch

Posted on June 11, 2011

Round 2 in which ArcGIS throws in the towel. This is a follow-up to my previous post where I matched up ArcGIS and QGIS in a clipping contest. One of the commenters on that post expressed some concern that there … Continue reading →

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ArcGIS–QGIS Faceoff

Posted on June 10, 2011

Is QGIS a viable alternative to ArcGIS? I’ve never enjoyed working with contours. They seem to bog down my system more than any other layer type I work with. However, most of my clients are so used to looking at … Continue reading →

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