<?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>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>GIS Talks from Redlands</title><link>http://gislounge.com/gis-talks-from-redlands/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/gis-talks-from-redlands/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 20:46:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Issues in GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crisis mappers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crowdsourcing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ESRI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pbs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Redlands GIS Week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vgi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Volunteered Geographic Information]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=6768</guid> <description><![CDATA[There are some interesting talks available online from Redlands GIS Week.  The event was held this past February at Esri&#8217;s headquarters in Redlands, California.  The week was focused on discussing the current and future state of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI).  Over three days, a series of workshop and talks focusing on crowd-sourced geographic data were [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/gis-talks-from-redlands/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Why GIS Doesn’t Replace the Need for Surveyors</title><link>http://gislounge.com/why-gis-doesn%e2%80%99t-replace-the-need-for-surveyors/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/why-gis-doesn%e2%80%99t-replace-the-need-for-surveyors/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:44:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John B. 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 which [...]]]></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. 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Take the Survey: Directions Media 2009 [...]]]></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> <item><title>Continuing the Google Data Debate</title><link>http://gislounge.com/continuing-the-google-data-debate/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/continuing-the-google-data-debate/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:21:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Issues in GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=2145</guid> <description><![CDATA[Paul Bissett of Weogeo.com weighs in on the recent dropping of TeleAtlas by Google and addition of parcel data to its mapping applications and API in his article &#8220;GOOG = BORG, and I Mean That in the Nicest Way&#8220;.  Bissett discusses why he believes Googles made these moves and the implications for data vendors such [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/continuing-the-google-data-debate/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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