For the past 10+ years, many people have been building catalogs of metadata for geospatial resources, such as GIS digital data, hardcopy maps and documentation, web mapping services, etc… Geospatial metadata have traditionally been created in XML-based formats, such as FGDC (for US) and ISO compatible, and cataloged by numerous systems, some FOSS [...]
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The ESRI Dilemma
I’m in bit of a quandary, and so is my organization. Maybe I’m missing something obvious, over-analyzing the situation but I am not sure what to do with ESRI. Maybe others are in the same boat as well.
For years, ESRI was the biggest name in GIS. Still is. Many members [...]
What does GEO really mean?
Have you ever done a Google search on the word GEO?
Here’s a list of what you get:
Geen Expression Omnibus (GEO)
GEO TV
The GEO Group Inc
.geo - Wikipedia entry
Global Environment Outlook (GEO)
Geocaching
W3C Semantic Web Interest Group: Basic Geo Vocabulary
The Guitar Effects Oriented Web Page
geo - Microformats
GeoPlugin - WordPress Plugin Repository
EO (magazine)
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
GEO Profiles Home
geo-* (Linux [...]
Disney needs a cartographer
I took a look at James Fee’s blog this morning. This is probably one of the most tagged personal Geo blogs I’ve seen.
Anyways, James mentions a map that Disney has on their site showing the route for a 13K and 6.5K run at the MGM studios that was to take place on October 27. [...]
My View
This will be a space where I’ll share some cool sites that I’ve happened upon. Maybe this will help me (and you) to come up with the next geospatial “whiz bang” solution!! Well, maybe it’ll just be fun!
OK. So - I’m a mother of two with a house that always seems [...]
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