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<div style="font-family:sans-serif;overflow:auto;width:100%;margin: 0px 10px"><h2 style="margin: 0.25em 0 0 0"><div class=""><a href="http://technology.slashgeo.org/article.pl?sid=09/12/18/1334203&from=rss">Announcing the Public Release of MapChat</a></div></h2>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em">por <a href="http://slashgeo.org/" class="f">Slashgeo</a> por Satri em 18-12-2009</div><br style="display:none">
<a href="http://mapchat.ca/">mgleahy</a> writes <i>"We would like to announce the availability of MapChat version 2, which we have recently made available under the GPL open source license from the project's website (<a href="http://mapchat.ca/">http://mapchat.ca</a>). MapChat is an AJAX-based, multi-user Web mapping application that integrates instant-message style threaded discussions with map data accessible through an interactive Web-based interface.<br> <br>
Work on the MapChat application has been ongoing over the past four years, and development of the second version began in early 2008 with the specific objective of implementing it as a PPGIS tool for a research case study in New Zealand. With this purpose in mind, MapChat 2 includes an event logging mechanism that allows reconstruction of interactions and events that are triggered as users work with the tool. With the initial case study concluded earlier this year, and ongoing use of Version 1 and now Version 2 of the software by a community in north central British Columbia, Canada, we feel that the application is robust enough for broader use. It has significant potential as a PPGIS or collaborative GIS tool in a variety of contexts, for both research and practical purposes. While the software remains relatively experimental, it is suitable for release as source code snapshots.<br> <br>
Specific plans for future development are not yet clear. However, if anyone is interested in contributing to the project either by volunteering time (for documentation, tutorials, coding, etc.) or funding (to cover ongoing hosting/development costs, etc.), please contact the project maintainers. We look forward to hearing from anyone interested in collaborating with us."</i><p><a href="http://technology.slashgeo.org/article.pl?sid=09/12/18/1334203&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashgeo.</p></div>
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