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Fulcrum at the Esri Federal GIS Conference

Later this week we’ll be at the Esri Federal GIS Conference showcasing Fulcrum, along with some other Spatial Networks capabilities and data to a host of federal agency representatives, NGOs, GIS professionals, and others. The federal marketplace is replete with … Continue reading


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GIS in community

Last weekend I took part in the first annual WhereCamp Tampa Bay, day two of which was the unconference at the SPC Collaborative Labs. This was a wonderful networking opportunity for each participant to engage with each other in a … Continue reading


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Open Data Dialogue at WhereCampTB

During the UnConference at WhereCampTB held this past Saturday at the Collaborative Labs of St. Petersburg College, one of the topics that generated a robust dialogue involved the subject of Open Data in Government.  Ian from MapBox (a WhereCampTB sponsor) brought … Continue reading


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WhereCampTampaBay Roundup

Well, we’re happy to report that the first ever WhereCamp in Tampa Bay was held this past weekend with an Ignite [Spatial] event on Friday night, February 10, 2012, followed by an UnConference on Saturday, February 11, 2012.   The … Continue reading


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Creating Nautical Maps with Open Data

Over the weekend Tampa Bay had its first WhereCamp event, where I gave an Ignite talk about creating nautical maps with open data. In my talk I discussed a few techniques and tools I used to create a nautical slippy … Continue reading


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Growing the OSM Tampa Bay mapping group

This past weekend was the first WhereCampTB event here in Tampa, which I helped put together over the last couple of months. While there are tons of GIS users, mappers, developers, and geeks in the Tampa-St Petersburg area, there’s never … Continue reading


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Fulcrum gets a major upgrade

We’re excited to announce that we’ve released some major updates and upgrades to Fulcrum, our mobile data collection app. After releasing an initial version back in October, we’ve completely redesigned the user interface and have added some fantastic new features … Continue reading


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WhereCamp Tampa Bay

Next month marks the first ever WhereCamp Tampa Bay, the Bay Area’s first WhereCamp event for our geospatial community. This two day event isn’t your standard conference or seminar, no boring preset schedule of presentations and PowerPoint slides – it’s … Continue reading


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Mapping Experiments: Antarctica

Hi there, I’m Zac McCormick, a software engineer here at Spatial Networks. We’re obsessed with beautiful maps, and I thought I’d share a mapping experiment I did with openly available data, map projections, and TileMill. Traditional web mapping depicts Antarctica as a massive landmass at the bottom of the Earth … Continue reading


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Human Geography at the Spec Ops Summit

Last week we were at the Special Operations Summit here in Tampa, showcasing some of what we do with geospatial technology, particularly in the realm of human and cultural geography. With a dedicated “Human Geography Day” workshop devoted exclusively to discussions of … Continue reading