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ACCDE problems on Access 2010 (and Access 2010 SP1)

Posted by Crispin Flower 11 February 2012 Categories: Microsoft Office MS Access VBA

We’ve had a bit of bother over the past few weeks, where an Access application compiled as an .accde file in Access 2010 would not run on other machines. The error messages encountered varied... read more

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Adding files to a SharePoint document list with MS Access – how to add new files

Posted by Crispin Flower 01 February 2012 Categories: MS Access SharePoint VBA

MS Access can be a nice interface onto SharePoint. We’ve been implementing this for a client, allowing files and metadata that are managed in HBSMR (Access UI onto SQL Server database) to be... read more

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Further load testing of GeoServer and MapServer (and tilecache)

Posted by Crispin Flower 29 January 2012 Categories: CGI GeoServer MapServer

My previous load testing of GeoServer and MapServer involved requesting just one 256x256 pixel map across all the virtual user sessions. In this test, GeoServer performed stunningly well so long as... read more

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MapServer and GeoServer (and tilecache) comparison serving Ordnance Survey raster maps

Posted by Crispin Flower 21 January 2012 Categories: GeoServer GIS (general) MapServer Ordnance Survey Tilecache

With two WMS running off identical data on the same server, I thought it would be interesting to compare speeds and the map output. So I lined up a map request with identical parameters to both... read more

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Serving Ordnance Survey rasters with GeoServer and MapServer - some irks and quirks

Posted by Crispin Flower 21 January 2012 Categories: GeoServer GIS (general) MapServer OGR/GDAL Python

I’ve been preparing a tilecache of UK Ordnance Survey mapping for a couple of big projects, combining Open Data with licensed Landranger (1:50,000) and Explorer (1:25,000) mapping. The tilecache... read more

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Some notes about setting up Tilecache for the Ordnance Survey Open Data

Posted by Crispin Flower 15 January 2012 Categories: OpenLayers Ordnance Survey Tilecache

Background Increasingly we are using Ordnance Survey Open Data as a background map option in web sites, and also in desktop systems where no other mapping is available. We have so far served... read more

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How to set up a new mojoPortal site in 10 minutes

Posted by Crispin Flower 14 January 2012 Categories: IIS mojoPortal

OK you had better have a .Net 4 IIS server and a SQL server already, or this is not going to work. And if sharing the web server with other sites, you should have a host name configured and pointing... read more

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AGI Cymru Conference 2011: HBSMR Mobile presentation

Posted by Crispin Flower 13 January 2012 Categories: GIS (general) HBSMR Mobile

Held at Cardiff City Hall at the end of November, the AGI Cymru winter conference was attended by around 80 people and had a fair mix of managers and developers from different organizations around ... read more

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AGI Cymru Conference 2011: GIS in the cloud

Posted by Crispin Flower 13 January 2012 Categories: Cloud GIS (general)

Laine Skinner from ESDM presented under the ‘New Directions’ theme at the AGI Cymru Conference. Held at Cardiff City Hall at the end of November, the AGI Cymru winter conference was attended by... read more

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Map Icons

Posted by Andy Brewer 11 January 2012 Categories: OpenLayers

This site has a large selection of map icons that are free to use (credit requested) with customisable colours: http://mapicons.nicolasmollet.com/ read more

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