Hello and welcome. Who am I and what is this blog ? My name is Peter Schwarz, and I am the owner of Integrated Productivity Tools (henceforth – IPT) and host for this blog. The blog is intended to do three things: Make announcements regarding IPT products and other...
Drawing the World and Building It
Last week I continued in my quest to identify suitable data providers for my own application use. Because of the limited capacity of OpenStreetMap (OSM) and other free data servers to accommodate high request volumes I decided to investigate commercial vendors. What I...
This Data is Not for Sale
As a small business bringing new untested products to market, I have to be mindful of a capped budget and the need to minimize expenses. Therefore whenever I can acquire something for free I take it. In this way I’ve acquired software tools, templates, advertising and...