<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>GIS Lounge &#187; Community</title> <atom:link href="http://gislounge.com/category/community/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://gislounge.com</link> <description>Geographic Information Systems, Maps, GPS, and GIS Jobs</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:27:18 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Help Map Medical Locations in Libya</title><link>http://gislounge.com/help-map-medical-locations-in-libya/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/help-map-medical-locations-in-libya/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:12:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crowdsourcing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GISCorps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[openstreetmap]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8873</guid> <description><![CDATA[With the help of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), GISCorps, and the Stand By Task Force (SBTF) (an online volunteer mapping community), the WHO has been trying to map out all the medical facilities within the embattled country of Libya.  The project is an ongoing effort and a call for help has gone out in a memo to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/help-map-medical-locations-in-libya/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Help Support Geospatial Professional Atanas Entchev</title><link>http://gislounge.com/help-support-geospatial-professional-atanas-entchev/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/help-support-geospatial-professional-atanas-entchev/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:47:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[atanas entchev]]></category> <category><![CDATA[deportation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geospatial community]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8197</guid> <description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Atanas Entchev&#8217;s daughter, Christina, has published a post about his detainment by immigration officials as well as a call for support.  Please help if you can.I&#8217;m posting this to help spread the call for letters of support for fellow geospatial professional Atanas Entchev.  Many of you may be familiar with Atanas Entchev who is [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/help-support-geospatial-professional-atanas-entchev/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>GIS Conversations</title><link>http://gislounge.com/gis-conversations/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/gis-conversations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:35:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GIS debate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LinkedIn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=7774</guid> <description><![CDATA[More and more, social media platforms such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and Facebook are dominating when it comes to fostering debate about GIS issues.  Comments on geoblogs are being shuttered in favor of conversations on social media sites.  Forums, too, have declined in popularity.  Only a handful of forums have regular and lively debates such [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/gis-conversations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Site News: Forum Closed</title><link>http://gislounge.com/site-news-forum-closed/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/site-news-forum-closed/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:28:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Forum]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Site News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=7548</guid> <description><![CDATA[After a year of hosting a forum on GIS Lounge, I have made the decision to close it down.  While the forum has received a decent amount of initial posts, relatively few of the posts receive replies.  Couple that with a spam to 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for the purpose of networking and debating GIS [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/geoconnectpeople/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>August 2011 GIS Conferences and Events</title><link>http://gislounge.com/august-2011-geospatial-conferences-and-events/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/august-2011-geospatial-conferences-and-events/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:54:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[august conferences]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geospatial conferences]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geospatial events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis conferences]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis events]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=5363</guid> <description><![CDATA[August 5 &#8211; 6 International Conference on Health GIS &#124; 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<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been wanting to try out a membership with URISA (Urban and Regional Information Systems Association) but haven&#8217;t because of the normal $175 annual member dues, URISA has a deal for you.  For a limited time, URISA is offering a $20 initial membership fee for the rest of the year.  The $20 gets you [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/urisa-membership-deal/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Call for Input: GIS Skills and Employment Survey</title><link>http://gislounge.com/call-for-input-gis-skills-and-employment-survey/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/call-for-input-gis-skills-and-employment-survey/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:07:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis employment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GIS skills]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jobs in gis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[salary survey]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=7342</guid> <description><![CDATA[Are you currently employed in the field of GIS?  Help contribute to this study about the state of GIS employment and the skills needed to succeed as a GIS professional.  The survey will be open until the end of September with results published in October of 2011 on GIS Lounge. To be notified when the results [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/call-for-input-gis-skills-and-employment-survey/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>GIS in Imagery: 2011 Esri UC</title><link>http://gislounge.com/gis-in-imagery-2011-esri-uc/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/gis-in-imagery-2011-esri-uc/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:59:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kristina Jacob</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2011 Esri User Conference]]></category> <category><![CDATA[esri uc]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GIS in Imagery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kristina jacob]]></category> <category><![CDATA[san diego]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=7282</guid> <description><![CDATA[The 2011 Esri International User Conference brought over 14,000 attendees to San Diego again this year under the theme &#8220;Understanding Our World&#8220;. Kristina Jacob, a GIS specialist and photographer, captures moments from the conference as part of the GIS in Imagery series. To submit photos for consideration to the GIS in Imagery series, please visit the submission [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/gis-in-imagery-2011-esri-uc/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Traffic Mapping for Carmageddon</title><link>http://gislounge.com/traffic-mapping-for-carmageddon/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/traffic-mapping-for-carmageddon/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:52:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[405 closure]]></category> <category><![CDATA[carmageddon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crowd-sourced traffic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[traffic map]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Waze]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=7265</guid> <description><![CDATA[The upcoming closure of the 405 freeway in Los Angeles as part of a freeway expansion project has put this car-centric city on high alert.  Crowd-sourcing traffic app Waze is joining in on the effort to help keep LA traffic moving.  In a partnership with local TV station abc7, Waze has launched several mapping efforts to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/traffic-mapping-for-carmageddon/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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