<?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; Issues in GIS</title> <atom:link href="http://gislounge.com/category/current-events/issues-in-gis/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://gislounge.com</link> <description>Geographic Information Systems, Maps, GPS, and GIS Jobs</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:10:07 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator> <item><title>Watch the Where 2012 Keynote Sessions Live</title><link>http://gislounge.com/watch-the-where-2012-keynote-sessions-live/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/watch-the-where-2012-keynote-sessions-live/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:20:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Issues in GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ESRI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geospatial]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GIS conference]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[keynote sessions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[live streaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web mapping]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Where 2012]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=9972</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Where 2012 conference started this morning in San Francisco. Even if you weren&#8217;t able to make this annual geospatial event, you can still watch the Where 2012 keynotes live on Tuesday, April 3 and Wednesday, April 4 right here on this page (see below).  The keynotes sessions kick off  Tuesday morning.  All times listed are [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/watch-the-where-2012-keynote-sessions-live/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Moving Beyond Waiting for GIS&#8217; Sally Field Moment</title><link>http://gislounge.com/moving-beyond-waiting-for-gis-sally-fields-moment/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/moving-beyond-waiting-for-gis-sally-fields-moment/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:33:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Issues in GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GIS field]]></category> <category><![CDATA[is spatial special?]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=9800</guid> <description><![CDATA[To say the least, I was mildly boggled when I noticed that Slashgeo.org was running a poll on &#8220;Is Geospatial Special?&#8221; which was a followup to a January post also with the same title. I thought the insecure handwringing was beaten out of GIS professionals back when Don Meltz posted about GIS is Dead – [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/moving-beyond-waiting-for-gis-sally-fields-moment/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Distance Decay and Its Use in GIS</title><link>http://gislounge.com/distance-decay-and-its-use-in-gis/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/distance-decay-and-its-use-in-gis/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:22:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Issues in GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spatial Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[distance decay theory]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geographic concepts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geographic terms]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GIS applications]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=9785</guid> <description><![CDATA[Distance decay is a phenomenon observed between locations or ethnic groups- the further apart they are, the less likely it is that they will interact very much. 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Guyton</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Issues in GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[license surveyors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[parcel data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[property lines]]></category> <category><![CDATA[surveying]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8398</guid> <description><![CDATA[With all the readily available aerial and satellite imagery, it is a legitimate questions to ask if GIS can be used to replace surveyors to understand property issues and to resolve legal disputes involving parcel lines.  The ability to access Google Maps or a local agency’s online mapping application to look up parcel lines and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/why-gis-doesn%e2%80%99t-replace-the-need-for-surveyors/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Of Interest: Privacy</title><link>http://gislounge.com/of-interest-privacy/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/of-interest-privacy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:39:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Issues in GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geotagged photos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gps tracking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=3884</guid> <description><![CDATA[A few articles of interest that deal with privacy and geospatial technology: Mike Elgan argues that the use of satellite imagery by local governments to monitor compliance is a violation of the 4th-Ammendment protection against unreasonable searches.  As part of his opinion piece, Elgan cites the example of the town of Riverhead on Long Island [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/of-interest-privacy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Street View Legal Issues Keep Google Busy</title><link>http://gislounge.com/street-view-legal-issues-keep-google-busy/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/street-view-legal-issues-keep-google-busy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:06:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Issues in GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[legal issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Street View]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=3689</guid> <description><![CDATA[The UK Guardian reports that almost half of the sixty worldwide legal or criminal investigations against Google involve their Street View imagery.  Currently, there are 28 of them with eleven occurring within the United States.  Aqute Intelligence, a competitive analysis firm, produced a Google Maps display of some of the lawsuits against Google. [T]he search [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/street-view-legal-issues-keep-google-busy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Not your father&#8217;s approach to geodata creation and sharing</title><link>http://gislounge.com/not-your-fathers-approach-to-geodata-creation-and-sharing/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/not-your-fathers-approach-to-geodata-creation-and-sharing/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 18:15:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Issues in GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[andrew turner]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crowdsourcing gis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[James Fee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[openstreetmap]]></category> <category><![CDATA[peter batty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ron lake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[steve coast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vgi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WeoGeo]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=3237</guid> <description><![CDATA[What do the pundits say about crowd-sourcing GIS data and its future?  Peter Batty assembled a group of some of the loudest voices in that debate for a panel at GITA&#8217;s recent conference.  The video&#8217;s an hour and 45 minutes long but worth the watch if you&#8217;re interesting in the issue of collective and open [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/not-your-fathers-approach-to-geodata-creation-and-sharing/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Take the Directions Media 2009 Reader Survey</title><link>http://gislounge.com/take-the-directions-media-2009-reader-survey/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/take-the-directions-media-2009-reader-survey/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:07:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Issues in GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Directions Magazine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GIS News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Publications]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Survey]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=2674</guid> <description><![CDATA[Directions Media, an online GIS publication, has made their annual reader survey available.  The survey this year looks how readers read Directions Media and other sources of news online for GIS.  Results will be published soon in 2010.  Take the survey and you can register to win an Amazon Kindle. Take the Survey: Directions Media [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/take-the-directions-media-2009-reader-survey/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>To What End, GIS?</title><link>http://gislounge.com/to-what-end-gis/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/to-what-end-gis/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:38:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Career]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Issues in GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[future of GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=2221</guid> <description><![CDATA[Don Meltz blogs his thoughts on the myth of the GIS professional in his post, &#8220;GIS is Dead &#8211; Long Live GIS&#8220;. By comparing GIS to Word Processing, Meltz draws the conclusion that viewing GIS as a profession is outdated and that those looking to getting into GIS as a profession shouldn&#8217;t do so.  Instead, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/to-what-end-gis/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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