GeoWorld   Issue Date: October – 2009, Posted On: 11/24/2009

In this edition of his ongoing column on Building the GeoWeb, Ron Lake talks about living in a period of constant, and accelerating, change. Ron proposes the use of “model-based thinking” as a . . . → Read More: Building the GeoWeb: Grappling with Change

Monday, 09 November 2009

Read Ron Lake’s column in V1 Magazine – Digital Cities, SDI and the GeoWeb discussing the implications of moving towards Digital Cities.  Ron explores what a Digital City might be, the role of SDIs and the GeoWeb, and the impact of . . . → Read More: V1 Magazine: Digital Cities, SDI and the GeoWeb

Issue Date: April – 2009, Posted On: 5/1/2009

Read Ron Lake’s article discussing the interconnectedness of global resources, and whether and how geography might impact the economic and political success of nation states.

The full article is available in GeoWorld’s Building the GeoWeb column for April . . . → Read More: GeoWorld: Key Connections: Geography, Politics and the Economy

Wednesday, 04 February 2009

Ron Lake's column in V1 Magazine discusses Google Ocean and the visualization framework that it provides. At the same time, Mr. Lake points out the need to take the next step for . . . → Read More: V1 Magazine: GeoWeb – Shaping Geographic Awareness

Issue Date: January – 2009, Posted On: 2/1/2009

According to Ron Lake, many people believe we now stand on the edge of an economic precipice, a state unknown in the lives of most of us—and perhaps . . . → Read More: GeoWorld: Can the GeoWeb Rescue the Economy?

By Joe Francica , Editor-in-Chief and Vice Publisher, Directions Magazine

February 19, 2009

An article in the February 2009 edition of Directions Magazine reported on the Map World Forum, held in Hyderabad, India. Ron . . . → Read More: A View from Over There – India and NSDI

17 November 2008

The cover story of the November/December 2008 issue of Backbone magazine featured an article by Ian Harvey: "The Geoweb is remaking mapping, the Web and perhaps your own corporate Web site" based on . . . → Read More: Backbone Magazine: Map your world – the GeoWeb

Issue Date: October – 2008, Posted On: 11/1/2008

If one looks at most SDIs today, notes Ron Lake, they heavily emphasize a "librarian view" of the software-infrastructure element (i.e., the primary points of focus are metadata . . . → Read More: GeoWorld: What’s an SDI? Can It Support Emergency Management?

Issue Date: August — 2008, Posted On: 9/1/2008

Building the GeoWeb by Ron Lake

This is Part II in a series of “Building the GeoWeb” columns comparing the schema constructs found in Keyhole Markup Language (KML) . . . → Read More: GeoWorld: Exploring Schema Constructs in KML

Issue Date: May – 2008

Building the GeoWeb by Ron Lake

Many languages, including Keyhole Markup Language (KML) and Geography Markup Language (GML), use schema constructs to express a data model. "Building the GeoWeb" will . . . → Read More: GeoWorld: Exploring Schema Constructs in KML