OpenStreetMap Mapping Party Phoenix December 6 and 7
There will be an OpenStreetMap mapping party this weekend in Phoenix, AZ December 6th and 7th. Brandon Aguirre from Cloudmade will be here to coordinate things, and Gangplank will host it in Chandler, AZ.
If you haven’t been to a mapping party before you’ll want to come along and bring a friend. There is quite a bit of work that needs to be accomplished in Phoenix on OSM so there are tons for everyone to do.
The invite is below and don’t forget to RVSP:
Make Your Mark on the Free World Map! Join me at Gangplank’s offices Saturday, December 6 and Sunday, December 7 from 11:00am-4:00pm for an OpenStreetMap Mapping Party where we’ll get more of the things you want added to the map of Phoenix! Since OpenStreetMap is both free and Free, you can do really cool things with the data. (check out www.opencyclemap.org and www.openrouteservice.org for examples). At the party we’ll loan you a GPS unit and show you how to use it so you can then go out and map a section of the city. At the end of the day we’ll show you how to get that data into OpenStreetMap so you can begin mapping your community’s bikeways, hiking trails, park paths and anything else you choose!
For more information check out the following: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org http://www.openstreetmap.org
RSVP HERE! http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Phoenix/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1382243/
Google Revises Their Update to the Google Maps API Terms of Service
The latest Google Maps API TOS is available here. Google had just updated their TOS back in early November to clear up some questions around the use of API on free sites (this TOS only applies to the free API, not the Google Premier). The changes were welcomed by all, but one section appeared to some people to suggest that by using the API, you were giving Google a license to your data. Ed Parsons blogged about the situation?so you can follow more what the problems were there, but this latest update seems to remove that section (Ed has it on his blog) that people were worried about.
OK, now back to getting the house ready for the family invasion tomorrow.
The turkey in my fridge did not receive a pardon from the president.
GWB is already using his pardons. He isnt getting a chance to pardon my turkey.
Google Revises Their Update to the Google Maps API Terms of Service
The latest Google Maps API TOS is available here. Google had just updated their TOS back in early November to clear up some questions around the use of API on free sites (this TOS only applies to the free API, not the Google Premier). The changes were welcomed by all, but one section appeared to some people to suggest that by using the API, you were giving Google a license to your data. Ed Parsons blogged about the situation?so you can follow more what the problems were there, but this latest update seems to remove that section (Ed has it on his blog) that people were worried about.
OK, now back to getting the house ready for the family invasion tomorrow.
The turkey in my fridge did not receive a pardon from the president.
GWB is already using his pardons. He isnt getting a chance to pardon my turkey.
ESRI Releases Version 1.2 of the ArcGIS JavaScript extensions for the Google Maps API and Microsoft Virtual Earth
Those who use the JavaScript extensions for Google Maps and Microsoft Virtual Earth can now update their script tags that reference the API to 1.2. The ESRI ArcGIS Server Blog has all the details.
Virtual Earth example:
[http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/jsapi/ve/?v=1.2](http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/jsapi/ve/?v=1.2)Google Maps example:
[http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/jsapi/gmaps/?v=1.2](http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/jsapi/gmaps/?v=1.2)ESRI Releases Version 1.2 of the ArcGIS JavaScript extensions for the Google Maps API and Microsoft Virtual Earth
Those who use the JavaScript extensions for Google Maps and Microsoft Virtual Earth can now update their script tags that reference the API to 1.2. The ESRI ArcGIS Server Blog has all the details.
Virtual Earth example:
[http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/jsapi/ve/?v=1.2](http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/jsapi/ve/?v=1.2)Google Maps example:
[http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/jsapi/gmaps/?v=1.2](http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/jsapi/gmaps/?v=1.2)ESRI Releases Version 1.2 of the ArcGIS JavaScript API
The ESRI ArcGIS JavaScript API has been updated to version 1.2. The ArcGIS Server Blog has the details. Remember to update your code with the new version:
<script src="http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/jsapi/arcgis/?v=1.2" type="text/javascript">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href=http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/jsapi/ arcgis/1.2/js/dojo/dijit/themes/tundra/tundra.css>