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Online resources to understand and enjoy maps

Map or you will be mapped. But why? And where to start?

Maps are GREAT. Online historical maps are even better

Map or you will be mapped. And so will be your past.

Going to Mauritius? Remember to map breadfruit trees!

A couple weeks ago, an unusual request on the Mauritius Linux Users Group caught my attention, one that may interest both tourists visiting Mauritius in the next months, and everybody interested in ICT for sustainable development.

Why doesn't the City of Milan use Netlamps?

A couple of years ago I wrote about Municipalities that open their GIS systems to citizens, pointing out that what's great about Geographic Information Systems (GIS) made with Free Software, or at least based on open file formats and protocols, is the fact that not citizens can use such systems to do much more than reading maps: open GIS allow citizens to create and publish by themselves geographic data of public interest.