Clinker, a software development ecosystem
Recently I discovered Clinker, a so called Software Development Ecosystem. Mysteriously there is no definition for Development Ecosystem on Wikipedia yet but a close definition could be: A set of tools...
View ArticleOpen alternatives to Google Maps
Lately there was a not much surprising news about Google products and services. Among other things Google has changed the Google Maps API use policy and will charge to those users that exceed some...
View ArticleGreedy and Nongreedy Matching in a Regular Expression
This questions has come to me many times so it is time to write a post that acts as a reminder. Currently I have a string like ftp://user:password@server/dirA/dirB/file and what i want is parse it to...
View ArticlePresentation tools in the browser
With the arrival of HTML5+C33 the browsers are getting more attention because the new possibilities. One example of the possibilities are the proliferation of frameworks, tools and libraries to create...
View ArticleAnimated marker cluster strategy for OpenLayers
Yes, this posts talks about my implementation of a cluster strategy that animates clusters when changing the zoom level. So, if you are one of those don’t like to read the blog posts from others and...
View ArticleTaking web page screenshots
Recently I have worked on system that requires to take web page screenshots. Not only a screenshot of the whole page but of a concrete element. Looking on the net I have found many solutions for this...
View ArticleCreating static maps in OpenLayers using PhantomJS
Many times in a web mapping application it is desired to save a picture with the current map information. Those who works with Google Maps API has also the Static Maps API, which works similarly than...
View ArticleArchitexa product review
Architexa product is an Eclipse plugin from Architexa.com company. As their web site say: Architexa helps you understand and document large/complex Java code bases within Eclipse and allowing to create...
View ArticleRandomatic, to generate random sequences
This is my own implementation of a tool to generate random character sequences: Ranomatic !!! Allow uppercase, lowercase letters, numbers and other non ASCII characters Easy to use Mobile ready Related...
View ArticleGenerate and host your own raster tiles customized with Mapbox Studio
If you have never saw maps hosted in Mapbox platform you would probably agree on the quality of its designs. The business of Mapbox is to host and server geospatial data. For this reason, all the great...
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