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This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first.

Web Mapping

If simply adding a free Google Maps API in your site isn't sufficient, we can customise a web mapping app tailored to your needs, it's a question we get asked more and more. However everyone's requirements are different. This post is a simple first step intended to...

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Big maps and multiple page maps

There are some common reasons why you might want a map which is larger than even a big poster-size page, for example: You have a wall in the office and you want to cover it with a physical printed map of your operating area. Your area of interest is large...

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We’re all living in cuckooland..

So laments the title track of Welsh rockers Budgie's 2006 album "You're All Living in Cuckooland". Unless you've lived under a heavy rock for most of the 21st century, it's impossible to escape the almost constant media coverage of radical Islamist atrocities, sadly...

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Postcode geography – never a dull moment!

It might not sound like the most riveting subject to discuss over a BBQ beer or plonk, but there's more to it than most of us might think. With Australia's record breaking immigration rates over recent years and consequent eye-watering population growth, all those new...

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