Author Archives: GIS

OpenSeaMap’s Details – Your Company of the Sea

Have you ever heard the term of OpenSeaMap? Well, if you haven’t, this writing will tell the definitions for you. It’s a good thing to know about new inventions, don’t you think. OpenSeaMap is a soft ware with the open sources ways to give you the easiness to access the things related to GIS. If [...]

Google Earth 6.2

In its real essence Google Earth represents a 3d virtual glob, map, and geographical data given by the search engine giant Google who offers free and paid services. The original version of Google Earth was named Earth viewer 3d. It was the product of Keyhole Inc. In 2004 Google purchased the Earth viewer 3d and [...]

A Virtual Evolution of College Touring, “Google’s Campus Street View”

Google’s done it again! Creativity combined with the accessibility of the world wide web have been utilized by the multi faceted search engine powerhouse to create a website enabling college students to simplify touring and familiarizing themselves with campuses around the world. Google’s Campus Street View gives the ability to its users to visit and [...]

Download Modul: Aplikasi Open Source Quantum GIS untuk Pemetaan

Semakin berkembangnya aplikasi pemetaan untuk berbagai disiplin ilmu membuat developer software-software pemetaan semakin berlomba untuk mengembangkan kemampuan software-nya. Software-software pemetaan yang banyak digunakan saat ini (ArcGIS, ArcView, MapInfo, AutoCAD Map, dll) merupakan software yang dinamis, dalam arti kata selalu dikembangkan sesuai dengan kebutuhan para pengguna dalam pengaplikasian software tersebut. Kebutuhan dalam penggunaan software pemetaan, merupakan cermin [...]

Open Source GIS All the Way

Want to know about open source GIS? It’s possible it’s lying under your nose and is incorporated into your day-to-day use and yet you don’t realize it sometimes. GIS is essentially ‘geographic information system’, which is an information system designed to capture, integrate, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and display all forms of geographically referenced data. [...]