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The province of British Columbia is the first in Canada to launch an open data portal that allows both developers and citizens to download and explore large volumes of government information. The impressive data catalog includes 2,500 sets of data, tools to conduct research and analyze statistics, as well as tools to develop custom applications. [...]
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There’s a feature in today’s Denver Post about the sickest 1% that spend nearly 30 percent of healthcare dollars. The feature outlines efforts with pilot programs and modeling experiments that are underway to understand where these patients live, and how to drive down the cost of their care. Dr. Jane Brock, medical officer of the [...]
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The National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) met June 8-9, in Washington, D.C. On the agenda were discussions on transportation for the nation, Census address and road features and parcels, and parcel data on tribal lands. There was also concern about the impact on lidar mapping technologies from new Federal Aviation Administration regulations that ban the [...]
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John Graham, president of Intergraph Security, Government and Infrastructure spoke about the rapid pace of change that has taken place over the last eight months as Intergraph is becoming integrated with Hexagon. All employees have been working on integration, new product development, and looking at opportunities under the larger organization. The pace of change is [...]
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On May 18, two reports regarding GIS and geosptial information were released from the Congressional Research Service (CRS). Collectively they summarize geospatial information, GIS, and some of the challenges for the federal role in authoritative data access and collection for non-classified data. Each were written by Peter Folger, specialist in Energy and Natural Resources Policy [...]
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Chicago is among the leading U.S. cities that is taking climate change seriously, with practical planning and action in place to combat the changes. To begin with, the city created a detailed model of changes with a century’s worth of historical observations of temperature and precipitation. The forecast showed that the city can expect “72 [...]
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Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak was in New York City this week to announce an ambitious plan to move toward a ‘Green Economy.’ The effort focuses on reducing carbon emissions and making much more efficient use of resources while improving health, education, and the income levels of residents. Malaysia is also focused on intelligent infrastructure, [...]
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The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law is holding a hearing this morning with testimony from both Apple and Google. The focus of today’s discussions is on the implications of the massive shift of the holding of private information by the private sector, and the fundamental right [...]
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