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Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) signed an agreement to work together to develop more integrated and adaptive water resources management information and service for the nation. Each agency has a complementary mission regarding the nation’s water resources and management [...]
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FME 2011, the spatial data extract, transform and load tool from Safe Software, takes on LiDAR point cloud data support with their 2011 release. The initial plans for the 22nd release of this powerful integration-enabling software didn’t include LiDAR data manipulation, but after talking with customers on a road tour in June the company ramped [...]
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The latest round of Google Maps innovation, with map updates that mirror the crowdsourced data approach of OpenStreetMaps (OSM), as well as the addition of parcels (a typically high-priced data set) has many data providers worried about their livelihood. The larger question here, beyond just Google’s moves, is whether online geospatial data want to be [...]
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The U.S. Geological Survey conducted an in-depth analysis of customer requirements to understand data and information needs for The National Map, conducting interviews and surveys to draw on a broad set of needs for multiple disciplines. The feedback and findings are now available in report format on the USGS website in a 42-page document that [...]
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We’ve all heard and repeated the quote that 80% of all data contains some reference to geography. It’s one of those easy to remember, and quite believable statistics that has been passed down since the early 1990s. I’ve often wondered where that quote came from, have asked several people in the past, and get asked [...]
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The Washington State Transformation Framework (WA-Trans) provides a model for aggregating different statewide data sets that might provide a good blueprint for nationwide efforts. I recently interviewed Tami Griffin, the WA-Trans project manager, about the approach that she’s taking to pull together the best up-to-date data on roads, railways, ferries, aviation, ports, and non-motorized transportation [...]
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In an op-ed piece in today’s New York Times, former White House chief of staff Kenneth Duberstein calls for a web-based tool for measuring society, saying that yearly “State of the Union” addresses don’t go nearly far enough to provide transparency and accountability of our national government. The idea is to stand up an authoritative [...]
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This column is sponsored by ESRI The approaches for spatial data infrastructure (SDI) vary widely within these continents, and particularly from country to country in North America. One overriding difference in data policy that still has broad play across regions is the fee vs. free model for data collected by the government. The United States [...]
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Alex Miller, president and founder of ESRI Canada, gave the opening keynote today at the GeoWeb Conference, stating that in his 30 plus years of geospatial work, he’s never been more excited about the prospects for the industry and what we can accomplish. His take on the GeoWeb is that it needs to provide a [...]
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There’s a great post on the ReadWriteWeb blog about Government 2.0. The point they make is that rather than having the government post web sites that are notoriously ineffective, the government should open up their data with an API for use by other sites. If the government can’t make helpful services, let others build the [...]
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