Newsletter V1 Newsletter-Vol. 2, Issue 16
Written by Vector1Media Monday, 21 April 2008 18:00
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Resources Newsletter V1 Newsletter-Vol. 2, Issue 16
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"I would approach this question differently than I might have only a few years ago. Geotechnology advances rapidly in terms of new developments and new innovations. Not long ago we may have focused on the technology itself, as the means for purchasing it. Now, I would be considering a geotechnology purchase not as an end in itself, but in relationship to my needs and goals."
"Deciding on the purchase of new geotechnology is something that I’d do by looking at the cost, expected lifecycle and maintenance expenses weighed against the contribution of the purchase toward the organization’s insight, efficiency and bottom line. Geotechnology purchases require a varying scale of commitment because there are multiple levels of cost and complexity."
Much has been written about the product adoption cycles of new technologies, such as the automobile, and more recently the cell phone, the Internet, and broadband. The book “The Next Great Bubble Boom” by Harry S. Dent, Jr. uses standard “S-Curve” diagrams to map the status of a certain technologies. This article extrapolates Mr. Dent's schema to map the status of GIS technologies while attempting to assess investment risks and benefits.
Spatial data quality relates to and is connected to many of the processes involving spatial applications. However, some people may be unaware of the relationship and why it is important. Vector1 Media editor Jeff Thurston interviewed Steven Ramage (left) and Graham Stickler (right) of the UK-based company 1Spatial who are involved in many spatial data quality applications around the globe. The result was a series of probing questions designed to get at the meaning of spatial data quality, why it is important and where it makes a difference - and how. .gif)
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