a cool set of common chemistry components written in HTML 5, javascript and Canvas tag:

Link: http://web.chemdoodle.com/

Labels: api, html, javascript, open_source, opensource, software_tools, utilities

TomTom Announces an Open Source GPS Technology: According to OStatic, European company TomTom (which recently settled a patent agreement with Microsoft) has announced a new open source format OpenLR for sharing routing data (relevant points, traffic information...) in digital maps of different vendors, to be used in GPS devices. The LR stands for Location Referencing. They aim is to push it as an open standard to build a cooperative information base, presumably to operate in a similar fashion as its current TomTom Map Share technology, in which end users provide map corrections on the fly. The technology to support the format will be released as GPLv2. Does that make OpenLR a GPL GPS?'


link: OpenLR - Open, Compact and Royalty-free Dynamic Location Referencing

Labels: gadgets, geolocation, maps, microsoft, open_source, opensource

Cartagen - a framework for dynamic mapping

Using JavaScript and HTML5's canvas element, Cartagen takes data (including OpenStreetMap data) and renders it in the browser. This provides significant advantages over image-based mapping systems like Google Maps, because maps are generated on the fly, meaning that data can be mapped in real-time without needing extensive server-side rendering.

Cartagen uses Geographic Style Sheets (GSS), which is a JSON- and CSS-based stylesheet language for styling maps. GSS can specify how the map in rendered, including fill and stroke color, widths, labels, outlines.

source: http://code.google.com/p/cartagen/
link: http://cartagen.org/ | warcraft map demo

Labels: development, framework, Frameworks, html, javascript, maps, mashup, mashups, open_source, opensource, software_tips, tip, Web Development, web_development

as we posted 2 month ago about the nominations for sourceforge community choice awards 2009 we want to present you today another candidate, a popular brainstorming and gtd tool called Xmind.


http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmind3/
vote fpr xmind for cca09
http://www.xmind.net/

Place Your Vote

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Listing: Open Source Ticket Tracker Software

Labels: collaboration, e-business, open_source, opensource, software_tips, software_tools, tip, tracking, utilities

As we posted in the past about Interesting Open Source Social Networking Application, we want to complement the list with a new one so called Dolphin - Smart Community Builder. The product id brtought to you by Bonnex and has a free edition with backlink credits.

keyfeatures are

• Online Dating
• Social Network
• audio/video communication(video chat)
• Music Player, WhiteBoard, Shoutbox....
  

Labels: community, networking, open_source, opensource, social_software, web_apps

Jetpack is a newly formed experiment in using open Web technologies to enhance the browser, with the goal of allowing anyone who can build a Web site to participate in making the Web a better place to work

As with all Labs experiments, Jetpack is an open source project and everyone is welcome to participate in its design, development and testing.

The add-ons community for Firefox is arguably one of the largest with 12,000 add-ons.

Labels: mashup, mashups, mozilla, open_source, opensource

OpenGoo is an Open Source Web Office. It is a complete solution for every organization to create, collaborate, share and publish all its internal and external documents. You and your team can create and collaborate on:

* Text documents
* Spreadsheets (coming soon)
* Presentations
* Task Lists
* E-mails
* Calendars
* Web Links
* Contacts

url: http://opengoo.org/

via [smashingapps]

Labels: collaboration, open_source, opensource, web_2.0, web_apps

Most content on the web today is in 2D, but a lot of information is more fun and useful in 3D.

With O3D, Google has presented a new technique for three-dimensional objects and animation in your browser.

O3D is an open-source web API for creating rich, interactive 3D applications in the browser. This API is shared at an early stage as part of a conversation with the broader developer community about establishing an open web standard for 3D graphics.

Introducing O3D
code.google.com/intl/de/apis/o3d/

Labels: api, fun, games, google, mashup, mashups, open_source, opensource, web_2.0