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In most of the world to date there is only one Internet, with service providers but no gatekeepers. This week that notion is under assault with an appeal to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by Google and Verizon to consider a private Internet for paid online services and a wireless network to be maintained and [...]
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WikiLeaks has released a document set of more than 91,000 reports from soldiers that detail military actions, intelligence information and meetings with political figures in Afghanistan on this website. The detailed and now open nature of these reports with their geolocation is unprecedented, and offers a rich set of geospatial data to be mined for [...]
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Jerry Johnson, GIO of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, spoke about Data.gov, outlining the intent and the progress at the Senior Executive Seminar of the ESRI International User Conference. The overall intent of the initiative is to break down the access to all the data, first with simplified access that makes it possible to find [...]
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MapQuest announced today at the OpenStreetMap (OSM) State of the Map Conference that they will embrace the open source mapping community and invest $1 million in improving OSM data in the United States. They effort has begun with the launch of open.mapquest.co.uk, which is completely powered by OSM. The move is on at MapQuest to [...]
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ColoradoOpenData.org has just been launched. The new site says that it draws from the experience of data.gov.uk and data.gov, and is organized by Colorado Smart Communities, a group dedicated to transforming Colorado government through the use of technology. The site aims to be a clearinghouse of government data and applications, and includes references to a [...]
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Across the globe open data frameworks are being adopted by governments at all levels. This movement facilitates a switch toward governing with the people, rather than controlling data and exclusively providing services to the people. It also marks a move away from the concept of a centralized Spatial Data Infrastructure. The concept of spatial data [...]
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The following is an advance summary of a talk that I’m giving this Friday at the Nevada GIS Conference in Las Vegas. The title is, “Can U-City be Our City?: How South Korea’s Vision for a Wireless Sensor City Will Impact Geospatial Practice.” You’ve likely heard of South Korea’s U-City concept, where the u stands [...]
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Upon hearing the news some months ago that each federal agency has been mandated to create an open portal to their data, I’ve been anxiously awaiting the sites from several key agencies with strong geospatial and sustainability ties. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is now among the list to have a portal, and it can [...]
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Today at 11:00am ET, U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra will launch the administration’s comprehensive Open Government Plan, furthering the President’s commitment to increasing transparency and accountability in Washington and ensuring greater access and information for the American people. This announcement will be streamed live on whitehouse.gov, and [...]
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The city of San Francisco made a move yesterday to open their data widely for public use and to encourage creative solutions that make the data more widely used by citizens. The new data site launched with a press conference and a guest column from Mayor Gavin Newsome in Tech Crunch. The stated aims for [...]
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