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git-annex allows managing files with git, without checking the file contents into git. While that may seem paradoxical, it is useful when dealing with files larger than git can currently easily handle, whether due to limitations in memory, time, or disk space.
Open, not so much.
In a breathless blog post , Microsoft recently suggested we intentionally misled the U.S. government over our compliance with the Federal In...
The big social media properties publish research on their data, but don't release their data.
Yesterday, my HeritageCrowd project website was annihilated. Gone. Kaput. Destroyed. Joined the choir. It is a dead parrot. This is what I think happened, what I now know and need to learn, and wha…
Google Maps for the ancient world.
CrashPlan acquits itself well against Carbonite, Mozy, and the rest.
What happens when you don't negotiate data-ownership issues up front.
GeoTools is an open source (LGPL) Java code library which provides standards compliant methods for the manipulation of geospatial data, for example to implement Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The GeoTools library implements Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) specifications as they are developed.
GPS Visualizer is a free, easy-to-use online utility that creates maps and profiles from GPS data (tracks and waypoints, including GPX files), driving routes, street addresses, or simple coordinates. Use it to see where you've been, plan where you're going, or visualize geographic data (business locations, scientific observations, events, customers, real estate, geotagged photos, "GPS drawing," etc.).
"Welcome to WorldMap WARP, a tool based on the MapWarper platform being developed by Entropy Free. The tool is for digitally aligning (geo-rectifying) scanned historical maps to match today’s precise maps. Visitors can browse maps others have geo-rectified or upload their own to rectify."
D-Lib Magazine
What Makes a Dataset Citable? Before assigning a DOI to a dataset, certain criteria must be met, namely that the cited dataset has to be: Stable: not subject to modificaton. Complete: not subject to updates. Permanent: by assigning a DOI, data centres are committing themselves to making the dataset available for the foreseeable future. Of good (technical) quality: by assigning a DOI, data centres are giving it a ‘stamp of approval’, stating it is complete with all metadata made available.