In+ersec+ion for Spatial People

Despite being on April Fool's day, this is real recent geospatial open source / open data news.

We mentioned a few times efforts related to OpenStreetMap in 3D, now the OpenGeoData blog shares news about the new major version of OSM.globe and OSM-3D: "The "osm.globe" combines the free geodata from OpenStreetMap with digital elevation models offering a global interactive 3D experience made completely from free or crowdsourced geodata. [...] It is now also possible to drape different OSM maps or satellite imagery onto the elevation model. Further the 3D globe now can be integrated into a web-site as Java applet (featuring a JavaScript API), as well as Java Webstart application or users can download and install it as Java Desktop application."

If you're like me, you'll want to take a look at the OSM-3D screenshots and maybe the videos too.

In other news:

• APB mentions the possibility that ESRI open sources the File Geodatabase API
• Here's an entry on converting a GeoTIFF color palette to the Symbology Encoding standard
• Here's an entry on OpenStreetMap and transportation
• The City of Montreal is getting ready to open its data [in French], including geospatial datasets
• The FGT blog discusses the geo-related services in the open source Data Science Toolkit
• Here's a FAQ on the integration of MapGuide Open Source and Google Maps and part 2 of the Maestro 3.0 walkthrough
• Via mapperz, if you're looking for some April Fool's fun, take a look at OpenWhateverMap.org