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	<title>GIS Lounge - Geographic Information Systems</title>
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	<description>Information about GIS, GPS, cartography and geography</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>ArcNews Survey</title>
		<link>http://gislounge.com/arcnews-survey/</link>
		<comments>http://gislounge.com/arcnews-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ESRI is looking for feedback on the newly redesigned ArcNews publication.  ArcNews is published quarterly with stories about GIS implementation using ESRI&#8217;s suite of software.  The survey takes about 8 minutes to complete.

2008 ArcNews Reader Survey

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		<title>Mapping Sites Being Investigated by China</title>
		<link>http://gislounge.com/mapping-sites-being-investigated-by-china/</link>
		<comments>http://gislounge.com/mapping-sites-being-investigated-by-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Issues in GIS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Privacy Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Min Yiren, vice head of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, claims that there are 10,000 illegal mapping web sites in China.  Google, among others, is being investigated as part of an effort to get rid of mapping sites that don&#8217;t depict borders according to the requirements of the Chinese government.  Additionally, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GIS Interoperability Elusive</title>
		<link>http://gislounge.com/gis-interoperability-elusive/</link>
		<comments>http://gislounge.com/gis-interoperability-elusive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 21:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Issues in GIS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Government Computer News reports (Where GIS gets lost) that while almost 70% of United States government agencies are using some form of GIS, most agencies have developed their GIS data independently which often creates compatibility issues when using data from other agencies.  Currently, there is no uniform standard for data creation and sharing among [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Google Earth over GIS Software in Archaeology</title>
		<link>http://gislounge.com/using-google-earth-over-gis-software-in-archaeology/</link>
		<comments>http://gislounge.com/using-google-earth-over-gis-software-in-archaeology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Google Earth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Anthropology.net has a post about the publication in the Journal of Human Evolution entitled &#8220;Google Earth, GIS, and the Great Divide: A new and simple method for sharing paleontological data&#8221; that advocates the use of Google Earth over GIS mapping applications for its ease of use in sharing archaeological and paleontological data.  The entry makes the preliminary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PowerPoint Based Presentations for GIS</title>
		<link>http://gislounge.com/powerpoint-based-presentations-for-gis/</link>
		<comments>http://gislounge.com/powerpoint-based-presentations-for-gis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[GIS Techniques]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Link Library]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reference]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Find ready-made and available for download PowerPoint presentations online. PowerPoint presentations can be valuable tools in presenting GIS ideas or as educational materials.  
GIS Day PowerPoints
Click on the &#8220;PowerPoint Presentations&#8221; link to access the PowerPoint files available for celebrating GIS Day.   
GIS Instructional PowerPoints
PowerPoint presentations by Dr. Parameter from the Environmental Science Institute from the University of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Mortgage Maps</title>
		<link>http://gislounge.com/online-mortgage-maps/</link>
		<comments>http://gislounge.com/online-mortgage-maps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Mapping]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States GIS and Data]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve has released dynamic maps showing subprime and alt-A mortgage loan information across the United States.  While the concept is very interesting, it seems that the Flash application was developed with little understanding of cartographic principals.  The chloropleth maps are available at the ZIP Code level but the pop-up statistics only show information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Privacy in GIS Issues</title>
		<link>http://gislounge.com/privacy-in-gis-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://gislounge.com/privacy-in-gis-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Link Library]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Privacy Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The increase of GIS usage has brought with it a rise in public concern over privacy. The proliferation of easily accessible public information via the web is one of the reasons.  The availability of not only aerial and satellite imagery but also street level imagery has also raised questions about the balance between the public&#8217;s righto [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earth as Art</title>
		<link>http://gislounge.com/earth-as-art/</link>
		<comments>http://gislounge.com/earth-as-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Remote Sensing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[World GIS and Data]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Earth Day!
The USGS and NASA jointly maintain the &#8220;Earth as Art&#8221; website which brings to the public stunning images of the Earth taken by the Landsat-7 satellite and the Terra Satellite&#8217;s Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER). The site was originally created in 2002 by the USGS National Center for EROS in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USGS Releases New Shake Maps</title>
		<link>http://gislounge.com/usgs-releases-new-shake-maps/</link>
		<comments>http://gislounge.com/usgs-releases-new-shake-maps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Data]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Geological Survey has released updated National Seismic Hazard Maps for the United States.  From the press release:
Earthquakes remain a serious threat in 46 of the United States. For some  areas such as western Oregon and Washington, the new maps contain higher  estimates for how hard the ground will shake [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter in 3D</title>
		<link>http://gislounge.com/twitter-in-3d/</link>
		<comments>http://gislounge.com/twitter-in-3d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now you can see all your Twitter messages mapped across a globe.  TwittEarth is a Flash application that pinpoints Twitter messages as they pop up around the world.  The globe spins in response to new geolocated Twitter messages every 10 seconds.  Either login in to post your own messages or simply space [...]]]></description>
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