As technocrats, many of us are either uncomfortable (or at least unfamiliar) with dealing with issues of politics, and in particular with concepts of the public good.  The role of government, especially for those of us educated in the . . . → Read More: Globalization and the GeoWeb

In a recent trip to China, I discovered something of the direction of the national policy of that country towards the development of the Internet.  In a speech in Wuxi, the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao spoke of the . . . → Read More: GeoWeb and the “Internet of Things”

There has been much discussion within OGC, OASIS, and ISO of late, on the issue of backwards compatibility – but much less action.  Some initiatives, such as the attempt to harmonize UML models across the various ISO specifications, are . . . → Read More: Backwards Compatibility and Open Standards

When geographic information technology was new, old time “paper map makers” (today we would call them paleo-geographers) complained that the new computer-generated maps could not draw proper symbols, area fills, or line weights. They railed against the inability of . . . → Read More: Communications and the GeoWeb

Living in a seamless world in time and space

It has become commonplace to say that the arrival of the Internet is an event as significant as the invention of moveable type, but often little is said as to . . . → Read More: Beyond projects and documents