Posts Tagged ‘Manifold

First a disclaimer, my motivation for this post is not to discredit Manifold the software package or CDA International Ltd. I hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to post this very brief and probably flawed “analysis” based on many assumptions, with the aim to start an earnest discussion on the commercial [...]

If you didn’t get a chance to fly down to Sydney to attend the FOSSG4 conference (I certainly didn’t!), they now have video casts up of most presentations at http://blip.tv/search?q=fosslc. One I found interesting was a great video cast of the presentation by Paul Ramsey on development progress on PostGIS at the recent FOSSG4.
A great [...]

Over the past four years that I have been using Manifold on a daily basis for almost all of my professional work, I have been able to develop a good understanding of its strengths, idiosyncrasies  and weaknesses.
Even so, it is when working with other Manifold users, and specifically teaching Manifold to new users, that one [...]

Just saw this post on the forum. After a long time where the idea of a OpenStreetMap ISI Driver for Manifold was thrown around on the forum, James K. finally stepped up to the plate!
James did a stellar job, not only generating a ISI Dll for the default OSM Mapnik Tile Layer, but also adding [...]


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My name is Patrick Weber and I am a Engineering Doctorate Student at University College London. I also work for Think London as GIS Project Manager. On this site, you can find more information about me, my professional activities and my academic achievements, or have a look at my LinkedIn Profile.

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  • Rob: Summer 2007 also marks the start of the credit crunch and 'global downturn' - smaller budgets, fewer [...]
  • Muki Haklay: Hi Patrick, I like this analysis, and I would throw few other points into the thinking: 1) Another [...]
  • gustavo palminha: Hello. Its an interesting analisys, i suspected that tyou would reach results like this. we do not [...]
  • miken: scruss, common. "expensive joke", "shock-troops" and not using "layers". I have been trained in E [...]
  • Vincent Fréchette: I think this is a very good reading of the situation. [...]