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zigGIS 2.0.2 Getting Closer
Abe announced via Twitter today that zigGIS 2.0.2 will be available in about a month. This a small but significant release becuase zigGIS will now support the generic PostGIS “GEOMETRY” type. Because...
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zigGIS 2.0.2 Enhancements Announced
Abe posted today about upcoming enhancements in zigGIS 2.0.2. These changes address some of the most common feedback that we’ve heard from users. Abe has been working hard to get these changes...
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Using PostgreSQL Views in zigGIS 2.0.2
When we mapped out the way ahead for zigGIS, we knew we wanted to lay the groundwork to add support for SQL Server 2008 and possibly other database platforms. The way zigGIS was originally constructed,...
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zigGIS Tweet and Greet
After being involved with zigGIS for a couple of years now, I’m excited that Paolo Corti is going to be visiting the States next week and that Abe and I will finally get to meet him (and vice versa)....
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zigGIS Photos
Paolo was kind enough to post photos of the zigGIS team from our time in New York. You can find them here. This was the first time the three of us had met up and we had a great time. … Continue reading →
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Crazy Times – Coming Up For Air
It’s been an extremely busy few months, as evidenced by the pace (or lack thereof) of blogging. I have been hopping between customer sites, mainly helping with ArcGIS Server implementations. We’re also...
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A Look at “PostGIS In Action”
Over the past few weeks, I have been reading a copy of the upcoming book by Regina Obe and Leo Hsu titled “PostGIS In Action.” Through my work with zigGIS and some of my consulting work with Zekiah, I...
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zigGIS 3.0 To Be Open-Source
Update: zigGIS has been discontinued. Abe officially announced today that the next major release of zigGIS, version 3.0, will return to open-source. This announcement was followed up with a message on...
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zigGIS Hotfix Available
Abe announced the availability of hotfix 3 for zigGIS 2.0.5. From the announcement: Hotfix 3 fixes an issue that prevented point layers from being editable; it also includes all prior hotfixes. The...
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Gearing up for GIS in the Rockies
I finally got around to finishing my travel plans for GIS in the Rockies (personal obligations prevent me from making it out for Ingite Spatial NoCo). I booked my flight a while ago but I had been...
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Me and zigGIS
If you’ve been to the Obtuse Software site recently, you may or may not have noticed a change to the “Who We Are” page. It now lists only Abe Gillespie and Paolo Corti. Prior to my trip to Colorado to...
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Where Has The Time Gone?
It’s been four years to the day since I started this blog. This was not my first attempt at blogging but I wasn’t happy with my first one so it’s been lost to the recycle bin of history. It was …...
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zigGIS: The End of the Road
Abe Gillespie made it official today on the zigGIS Google Group: development on zigGIS will cease. I’ve been meaning to make an announcement that zigGIS has officially reached its end-of-life since the...
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Taking A Look At PgMap
When I blogged about the official end of zigGIS last week, I included a mention of PgMap, a free extension to ArcMap for direct read/edit of PostGIS data. Judging from outbound links, there seems to be...
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So, Which Is It?
Update: I pulled this link out of the comment thread below to emphasize it. It seems to answer this question for now:...
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