Subject: ‘Data’
November 18, 2009 Geo-VolunteerismCommunity, DataThe New York Times is the latest publication to profile the various crowdsourcing efforts to collect geographic data: From Petaluma to Peshawar, these amateurs are arming themselves with GPS devices and easy-to-use software to create digital maps where none were available before, or fixing mistakes and adding information to existing ones. Like contributors to Wikipedia before ... read more  Ordnance Survey Data to be Made Freely AvailableDataA press release from the British government entitled “Re-mapping the future for Ordnance Survey – making public data public” has announced that the Ordnance Survey will “will open up its data relating to electoral and local authority boundaries, postcode areas and mid scale mapping information.” The announcement comes after a protracted battle by groups such ... read more November 4, 2009 First American Spatial Solutions and ParcelsData, GIS NewsAround the same time that Google was getting a lot of attention and flack for pushing parcel linework into their Google Maps application, First American Spatial Solutions (FASS) was also out promoting their ParcelPoint® GIS database and associated technologies. Back in June, FASS issued a press release on their nationwide parcel database containing over 120 ... read more October 18, 2009Earthquakes and GISData, Link LibraryMaps of earthquakes and faultlines can be easily accessed over the internet and through public agencies. GIS has also been used in determining earthquake hazards such as landslides and liquefaction. read more...October 14, 2009Continuing the Google Data DebateData, Issues in GISPaul 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 “GOOG = BORG, and I Mean That in the Nicest Way“. Bissett discusses why he believes Googles made these moves and the implications for data vendors such ... read more October 8, 2009Fixing the GIS Data MessData, Issues in GISJonathan Feldman of InformationWeek weighs in the on the debate about opening up GIS data and creating a uniform standard for data sharing and access in his article “How to Fix the GIS Data Mess“. In it, Feldman lays blame with the federal government, writing, “According to an article by Dr. Christopher Tucker of the ... read more August 14, 2008 Georgia OnlineFeatures, Issues in GISThe recent conflict in the country of Georgia has led to the question of “where’s Georgia?” on Google Maps. Some sources claimed that Google removed its data for Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia soon after the fighting began in South Ossetia. Currently there are only outlines of the countries with no roads, city locations or any ... read more November 1, 2007Spatial Data Quality SurveyCommunityThe Open Geospatial Consortium Data Quality Working Group has compiled a survey to assess global spatial data quality. Those that work with and create geospatial data are invited to participate. A background article describing the work of the Data Quality Working Group and the goals of the survey is below. This article was originally written for ... read more |
