ArcGIS API for JavaScript

I was recently involved in some work with the ArcGIS API for JavaScript – one of those Web mapping APIs Esri developed. I have dealt mostly with Silverlight API before, so JavaScript API was quite new for me. The experience is quite positive, though – I enjoyed working with the API. So I have decided [...]

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Good free and open source wiki

Recently I was looking for an easy to deploy wiki-like Web application for organizing some web pages for home use. After doing some research on the Internet, I found a really good wiki application – ScrewTurn Wiki. The wiki is based on ASP.NET 3.5, which makes it really easy to install on the Windows platform [...]

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Presentations with Prezi

A couple of days ago I held a workshop at the local university college about network analysis in GIS. The event went well and I received some positive feedback from participants and faculty staff. During the session, I introduced the concept of network analysis and routing to the students and demonstrated how to use ArcGIS [...]

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Counting words

I believe that learning new languages is always useful. First and foremost, you can increase your cultural competence. Secondly, you may expand the geography of your contacts. Finally, yet importantly, you can enjoy communicating with foreigners in their native language. Thanks to the Internet, numerous resources (free and for purchase) can be found. I will [...]

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Search for information

One would agree that we live in the century of information. He who owns information owns everything, so to speak. Due to the pervasive spread of the Internet, the access to information is becoming even easier. Google revolutionized the art of information retrieval.  Now ordinary users can read thousands of books and edit documents online, [...]

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Programmer’s Notepad

I am a big fan of Programmer’s Notepad (PN) software. The developer of PN, Simon Steele, is working hard on releasing new versions. It can be pretty difficult nowadays to choose a notepad with text markup options since there are dozens of them available, both freeware and for purchase. I guess it is more a [...]

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