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In the executive session on Spatial Data Infrastructure at the Esri International User Conference there rose a discussion of what SDI means in reaction to Jack Dangermond’s comment that he’d love to move beyond discussion of SDI and rather call it National GIS. A spatial data infrastructure is a bit different than a National GIS [...]
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Spatial Data Infrastructure Northwest (SDI-Now) is a grass roots initiative by the City of Springfield and NASA Ames Research Center that is working on spatial data management tools to service government agencies and the private sector. SDI-Now is working with NASA’s World Wind in an effort to use open source technologies and shared services in [...]
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The first-ever National Map User Conference is taking place today and tomorrow in Denver with a full-capacity crowd. The target was 350 attendees, but more than 400 have come, with 15 federal agencies, many states, academic institutions, and local governments. The event has been preceded by workshops, and has been an opportunity for national meetings [...]
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The Federal Geographic Data Committee has stood up a feedback site via IdeaScale for feedback on the building of the Geospatial Platform. The site contains the full Modernization Roadmap for the Geospatial Platform, and urges the review of this document before engaging in dialogue and feedback regarding the proposal. The site offers a means to [...]
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Jerry Johnson, GIO of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, spoke about Data.gov, outlining the intent and the progress at the Senior Executive Seminar of the ESRI International User Conference. The overall intent of the initiative is to break down the access to all the data, first with simplified access that makes it possible to find [...]
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MapQuest announced today at the OpenStreetMap (OSM) State of the Map Conference that they will embrace the open source mapping community and invest $1 million in improving OSM data in the United States. They effort has begun with the launch of open.mapquest.co.uk, which is completely powered by OSM. The move is on at MapQuest to [...]
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Across the globe open data frameworks are being adopted by governments at all levels. This movement facilitates a switch toward governing with the people, rather than controlling data and exclusively providing services to the people. It also marks a move away from the concept of a centralized Spatial Data Infrastructure. The concept of spatial data [...]
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Congress has approved $4.7 billion to establish a Broadband Technology Opportunities Program to expand broadband services in under served areas. Of these funds, up to $350 million is designated to developing statewide broadband inventory maps. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, an agency of the Commerce Department, is responsible for the mapping project, and details [...]
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The National States Geographic Information Council just released a detailed 32-page whitepaper with recommendations for a coordinated National Spatial Data Infrastructure. The whitepaper provides a vision of coordinated, but separate, statewide spatial data infrastructures. The idea is to enhance state initiatives with strong federal oversight and assistance as well as performance measures. Among the recommendations [...]
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