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 1970′s, . . . → Read More: Globalization and the GeoWeb
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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 information . . . → Read More: V1 Magazine: Digital Cities, SDI 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 drive . . . → 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 laudable. . . . → 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 these . . . → Read More: Communications and the GeoWeb Exploring the Role of Geospatial Tools for Urban Planning Written by Matt Ball Sunday, 09 August 2009 Ken Greenberg, an architect and urban designer with his own firm Greenberg Associates, recently spoke at the GeoWeb Conference (video of the presentation . . . → Read More: Interview with Ken Greenberg Exploring the Status and Importance of the GeoWeb Written by Matt Ball Saturday, 25 July 2009 Just prior to the GeoWeb 2009 conference, Ron Lake was interviewed by Editor Matt Ball of V1 Magazine to get his thoughts about the . . . → Read More: Interview with Ron Lake about 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 why . . . → Read More: Beyond projects and documents Following the GeoWeb 2009 conference, Stephen Hui of the Georgia Straight interviewed Ron Lake for the Geek Speak column about what Galdos Systems Inc. does, GML, and the Geographic and Semantic Web. Peter Batty posted an entry “GeoWeb 2009 review“ on his Geothought blog, describing some of the things that he found interesting at the conference. |
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