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		<title>Moving on</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been almost a year since I last added a new post on mark.deblois.eu which is not good. A lot has happened over the last year, I quit from my work at Google Kenya and have setup a company called Upande Ltd. through which I consult now in GIS, webmapping and OpenSource. I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark.deblois.eu/2010/01/14/moving-on/</link>
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		<title>Loading Map Maker tiles through Google Maps API</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google Maps is one of the most popular web based mapping platforms with expanding coverage into new geographies. Recently the coverage of detailed maps now includes countries ranging from Chile to Zimbabwe to Vietnam. In order to improve maps in emerging countries, Google has launched Google Map Maker in more than 160 countries world wide. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark.deblois.eu/2009/02/27/loading-map-maker-tiles-through-google-maps-api/</link>
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		<title>Visualising your holiday trip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Haven&#8217;t we all had to look at hundreds of someone&#8217;s holiday photo&#8217;s before where you just wish they had slimmed down the selection, done some creative layout or simply just done something cool with them? With all the free tools that are out there on the web there really is no excuse these days not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark.deblois.eu/2007/11/18/visualising-your-holiday-trip/</link>
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		<title>Published two Google Maps Mapplets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post I mentioned how custom Google Mapplets can be added to your Google Maps website. I have now created two mapplets myself. The first is an overlay of the Southern African Development Corridors main transport infrastructure. The second one is a mapplet for the journeys of apostle Paul which I have already [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark.deblois.eu/2007/10/27/published-two-google-mapplets/</link>
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		<title>Google Maps Mapplets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Besides using Google Maps to find locations, businesses, etc. it is also possible to embed a Google Map in your own website. To be able to do so you do need to sign up for a Google Maps API key.
Using the MyMaps tab it is possible to add your own content to Google Maps and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark.deblois.eu/2007/10/24/google-maps-mapplets/</link>
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		<title>Google Map based on PostGIS data</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A spatial database does not store just plain records but is optimized to store and query data related to objects in space, including points, lines and polygons. Spatial databases have been around for a while now but are currently gaining popularity rapidly. Where the market was dominated by Oracle Spatial for a large number of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark.deblois.eu/2007/10/17/googlemap-based-on-postgis-data/</link>
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		<title>Installing Ubuntu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Considering installing Ubuntu on your machine?! My experience is that it is very easy to do so and a great operating system for the kind of stuff I want to be doing. Moreover, every 6 months or so a new version comes out to which you can easily upgrade. There is a huge community out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark.deblois.eu/2007/09/05/installing-ubuntu/</link>
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		<title>WMS services and Google Earth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though quite hidden, it is actually possible to add WMS services through the interface of the latest version of Google Earth. I have previously been hacking WMS requests into kml files but didn&#8217;t realize there is an easier way. For those not familiar with WMS, it stands for Web Map Service and is a standard [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark.deblois.eu/2007/07/25/wms-services-and-google-earth/</link>
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		<title>Rest of Apostle Paulâ€™s journeys now in Google Earth format</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Besides apostle Paul&#8217;s first missionary journey, you can now view the approximate route of all his journeys in Google Earth format, by clicking on the link below.
Download Google Earth file
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		<link>http://mark.deblois.eu/2007/04/02/rest-of-apostle-paul%e2%80%99s-journeys-now-in-google-earth-format/</link>
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		<title>Apostle Paul&#8217;s journeys in Google Earth format</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day whilst hearing about the apostle Paul&#8217;s missionary journeys in church, I was finding it hard to remember all the names of the places where he brought the gospel, let alone where on earth they are! And then a thought came to my mind which hasn&#8217;t left me since, why not visualize his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark.deblois.eu/2007/03/22/apostle-pauls-journeys-in-google-earth-format/</link>
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