http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/ en-us 2008-04-08T15:34:17-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2008/04/geohack.html Starting up an industry specific blog - GeoHack Community jive 2008-04-08T15:34:17-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2008/02/community_1_mav.html I cottoned on to the current blog fest on the merits of Maven. I have been running with Maven since version 1.0; but mostly I recommend going into Maven (or any build system) with a couple of friends, nothing wastes time like a build system. Community jive 2008-02-02T12:54:17-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2007/10/java_at_foss4g.html GeoTools was really well represented at this years Free and Open Source Geospatial conference. jive 2007-10-09T10:27:05-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2007/09/foss4g_2007_2_d.html The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference is ramping up and Java should be everywhere. I have the privileged of working with a number of people doing presentations this year - and it has been great watching the GeoServer project (running Java EE) catch up to the long time king of the hill MapServer (written in C). jive 2007-09-22T12:59:39-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2007/07/jsr275_and_why.html The deadline for JSR0275 is coming up on July 8th, as one of the top users of the JSR108 (which was withdrawn) you would think GeoTools would care about what is going on ... here is why we don't: Java 1.4 jive 2007-07-05T12:40:49-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2007/06/java_gis_so_why.html Yet another project has come out, and it includes a GIS component! Problem is we are not sharing code, I wonder if our approach is wrong ... Open Source jive 2007-06-13T13:10:56-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2007/06/show_me_the_per.html One interesting thing with open source development is the lack of comparisons with proprietary solutions. I just watched this happen in the geoserver developers IRC meeting - as we look toward content for the "Free And Open Source Software for Geoinformatics" conference. Open Source jive 2007-06-12T13:50:36-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2007/02/the_code_always_2.html Part three on the road to support reprojection as part of the GeoTools Query API, now that the FeatureType is all straigtened out lets change the actual information to match. jive 2007-02-22T17:37:43-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2007/02/the_code_always_1.html One of the questions that came up in yesterdays debug hunt was this ... "what to do when the query does not match the data". Lets see what the code has to say. Open Source jive 2007-02-21T10:40:33-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2007/02/the_code_always.html Open Source jive 2007-02-20T20:45:24-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2007/01/why_should_you.html I have had to field this question a couple times in the last week; here is my answer. jive 2007-01-29T17:07:23-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2006/11/wms_tiling_or_w.html On why the "Tile Map Service Specification" is not a standard... Business jive 2006-11-02T12:11:16-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2006/10/oppsla_part_i.html The only real reason to attend a mad scene like OOPSLA is for that wack to the side of the head that shakes lose some of your preconceptions, and hopefully allows you some room for those ideas that seem to gravitate to such occasions. Programming jive 2006-10-24T21:04:08-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2006/10/alternate_layer_1.html What to do when an OGC Open Web Service is unavailable? Try another ... jive 2006-10-06T02:00:09-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2006/09/foss4g_notes_da_2.html Mostly a day of presentations, interesting contrasts between development communities and the social effects of license choice between uDig and gvSig. Open Source jive 2006-09-14T16:18:26-08:00