Governments around the world have been committing to spending their way out of the current economic down turn. Many countries (such as China, the United States, and the United Kingdom) have already announced, or are planning to announce, . . . → Read More: Infrastructure for Infrastructure
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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? The recent economic meltdown in the United States and Europe has not only brought in increased government regulation in the financial sector, but has also re-invigorated the discussion as to the role and extent of government intervention in . . . → Read More: GeoWeb and eGovernance Responding to emergency events, whether caused by nature, humans, or some combination, is a primary responsibility of government. In the past several years, a number of major emergencies have high-lighted the need for better response strategies and for . . . → Read More: GeoWeb and Emergency Response For those that follow this blog, the terms WFS and WMS are likely well known. For those who do not, let’s do a brief refresher. WMS stands for Web Map Service, which is an OGC/ISO specification that defines . . . → Read More: WMS, WFS, and Community Schemas Over the past several years I have come to the deep realization that I grew up in what I would call the age of aerospace (followed hard by the age of electronics). From my earliest childhood I was . . . → Read More: From the Age of Aerospace to… ? In the past several months there has been a great deal of discussion of the merits of REST-based architectures within the OGC and the wider IT community, with adherents on both sides claiming superiority for their respective viewpoint, and . . . → Read More: KML, GML and REST “What? You don’t have a web site? Is that possible? It’s only a small company. Does not matter! If you do not have a web site, you do not exist. Period!” This seems a plausible exchange in 2008. . . . → Read More: GeoPresence While we often hear of human kind harvesting the bounty of nature or taking some of nature’s “surplus”, it should be evident that there is no such thing. Material and energy resources are moved about by various natural . . . → Read More: GeoEquilibria-There is no surplus in Nature |
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