|
Bing Maps
A web mapping service produced by Microsoft (previously Virtual Earth), similar to Google Earth/Maps. As a platform it also allows developers to create applications that layer location-relevant data on top of licensed map imagery.
|
1 Posts
1 Topics
|
Last Post by PeterC
in Basics of Bing Maps
on 27 January 2016, 11:44:30
|
|
Content Management System Plugins and Extensions
Most content management systems (CMS) have plugins or extensions that can handle maps - often simply as a link to Google Maps.
|
5 Posts
5 Topics
|
Last Post by PeterC
in MapHub
on 17 April 2016, 18:31:22
|
|
Council planning and heritage GISes
In the UK, and many other countries, local authorities use various tools for planning and managing geographical assets - and some of them have made them available to the public to integrate with other data. This is not so much a technology as an approach not may be more relevant in some areas than others.
|
2 Posts
2 Topics
|
Last Post by PeterC
in Examples of Council GISs...
on 2 February 2016, 15:31:43
|
|
Google Earth/Maps and My Maps
Google Maps is very popular for route maps, and showing points of interest. Google Earth is similar but with more imagery and control. Both link to Street View. My Maps enables you to customise a map.
|
20 Posts
19 Topics
|
Last Post by PeterC
in Historian uses Google St...
on 2 December 2017, 06:13:01
|
|
Heganoo
Personalized Interactive Mobile Maps
|
1 Posts
1 Topics
|
Last Post by PeterC
in Heganoo product informat...
on 9 February 2016, 15:45:53
|
|
Mapbox
A commercial (free for low volume) mapping platform for developers, whose building blocks make it easy to integrate location into any mobile or online application
|
4 Posts
4 Topics
|
Last Post by PeterC
in Mapbox works closely wit...
on 1 January 2017, 07:16:00
|
|
MapHub
Maphub allows you to create interactive maps - similar to Google and Bing Maps but within an Open (and currently free) environment
|
1 Posts
1 Topics
|
Last Post by PeterC
in MapHub product informati...
on 17 April 2016, 07:15:57
|
|
MapStory
MapStory is an open platform for organizing our knowledge about how the world changes over time and space
|
1 Posts
1 Topics
|
Last Post by PeterC
in MapStory product informa...
on 23 February 2016, 04:47:59
|
|
Mapzen
Mapzen is an open, sustainable, and accessible mapping platform, whose "tools let you display, search, and navigate your world"
|
1 Posts
1 Topics
|
Last Post by PeterC
in Mapzen builds open-sourc...
on 30 September 2016, 15:39:13
|
|
OpenStreetMap (OSM)
A free, editable map of the whole world that is being built by volunteers largely from scratch and released with an open-content license. Other tools can use OSM data.
|
13 Posts
13 Topics
|
Last Post by PeterC
in Alton town centre in OSM
on 30 November 2017, 14:24:40
|
|
Paper and Pen
Under this heading we include all ways of mapping not using some sort of GIS - literal paper and pen, using an image editor to add features and text to an image etc
|
2 Posts
1 Topics
|
Last Post by PeterC
in Re: Tithe Map Colouring
on 8 March 2016, 09:16:52
|
|
QGIS/GeoServer
This is the main combination we are exploring in 2016 for general use. It comes from the OSGEO (Open Source) movement and includes GeoServer for sharing geospatial data, PostGIS for storing it, and the desktop QGIS system.
|
4 Posts
2 Topics
|
Last Post by PeterC
in LizMap QGIS plugin
on 30 November 2017, 12:09:53
|
Child Boards: QGIS - or Quantum GIS, GeoServer, Boundless (OpenGeo) Suite |