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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of examples showing the use of geographic information systems - GIS - and geospatial data in the provision of egovernment services.
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- Where is Where.gov?
- A basic tenet of good government is knowing where our 'stuff' is, By Christopher K. Tucker. Federal Computer Week, September 23, 2009. "We have seen Recovery.gov and Data.gov, but where is Where.gov? Clearly, the Obama administration understands the power of place because it has already thrown interactive maps into the first two applications. Its commitment to place has even resulted in a powerful new approach to budget planning and programming, outlined in an Aug. 11 memo titled 'Developing Effective Place-Based Policies for the FY 2011 Budget'. So why do citizens, civil servants, our uniformed service members and political decision-makers, including the president of the United States, need to go to so many mapping portals to see where things are, only to come up short?..."
Added: 24 September 2009;
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- China extends rural land registration pilot
- By Jianggan Li. FutureGov, 20 September 2009. "After the successful completion of the first phase of the pilot GIS-based land registration project covering two villager groups, China has signed a contract for a second phase, involving two to three counties in the eastern Anhui province..."
Added: 21 September 2009;
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- Google Maps offers live traffic updates for Australia
- The Age, September 15, 2009. "The creators of Google Maps have taken the technology further down the information superhighway to launch a feature that allows Australian commuters to view up-to-date traffic flow information..."
Added: 15 September 2009;
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- Gov 2.0 Summit: GIS the Big Winner in Push for Open Government (analysis)
- By Tod Newcombe, Editor. Government Technology, September 11, 2009. "Washington, D.C. -- For all the lofty statements made during the first day of the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington, D.C., about opening up government and its vast reservoirs of data to improve democracy and citizen engagement, it was clear there would be one major winner: GIS..."
Added: 14 September 2009;
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- Geospatial tools offer killer app for Gov 2.0
- By Wyatt Kash. Government Computer News, September 9, 2009. "If the idea of government 2.0 revolves around using government information as a platform for enabling public discourse, then geospatial technologies are one of the killer apps, Jack Dangermond , president of ESRI, said today at the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington..."
Added: 10 September 2009;
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- Award For Aerial Survey Of Bristol Properties
- E-Government Bulletin Live, posted on Friday, September 4, 2009. "A system combining digital aerial photography with geographical information systems (GIS) to allow Bristol City Council to survey some of its properties without physical site visits has won an award from national mapping agency Ordnance Survey..."
Added: 8 September 2009;
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- Washington State GIS Transportation Repository Takes Long Road
- By Mary Jo Wagner. Government Technology, September 3, 2009. "A small GIS team at the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) seems to like a good challenge. After all, it's not every day a state DOT tries to create a single, seamless repository of transportation information covering the entire state -- from the small private road to the primary arterials -- and does it successfully..."
Added: 7 September 2009;
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- SeeClickFix - Google Maps neighbourhood issues alerting system
- This online mapping application "... encourages residents to become citizens by participating in taking care of and improving their neighborhoods. We allow anyone to: See - see a non-emergency issue in your neighborhood; Click - open a ticket describing the issue and what can be done to resolve it; Fix - publicly report the issue to everyone for resolution... Our site is a place for citizens from anywhere to give their local government a website that tracks local issues... All the map functionality is built on top of Google Maps..."
Added: 31 August 2009;
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- Full-Service Delivery of Geospatial Data Gains Steam
- By Mary Jo Wagner. government Technology, August 19, 2009. "Since 2000, traditional business has become all about the "e" - e-commerce, e-procurement, e-government -- and the tangible benefits that technology has delivered to public agencies, private businesses and residents. For spatial data managers and providers, the "e" has typically equated to geoportals -- online anchor sites offering a wealth of spatial data and map layers for users to access, view and order..."
Added: 20 August 2009;
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- Coastal erosion mapping tool now available
- By Staff Writer. Government News, 5 August 2009. "Local planners and decisions makers are now able to identify areas of coastline vulnerable to erosion with an innovative mapping tool. Launched by Greg Combet, the Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change, the National Coastal Landform and Stability Mapping tool will, for the first time, map landform and stability for the entire geomorphic coastline..."
Added: 6 August 2009;
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- Bing Maps Imagery & Map Data Release, July 2009
- by Chris Pendleton. Microsoft Bing community blog, August 4, 2009. "We just deployed 41TB of new satellite imagery, aerial photography and vector data for Bing Maps covering 189,000+ square kilometers of Earth including 12,000+ square kilometers of Bird's Eye photography. Did we get your town this time? Check out the Bing Maps World Tour to sit back, relax and watch the Bing Maps Silverlight Control take you through every new local with new data. Alternatively, you can immerse yourself into the application and explore for yourself..."
Added: 5 August 2009;
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- Spatial data supports swine flu pandemic planning in Bristol & Avon
- Public Technology, 17 July 2009. "NHS emergency planners in Bristol and the Avon region are developing their swine flu pandemic response strategy with spatial data from Dotted Eyes..."
Added: 17 July 2009;
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- Is a national GIS on the map?
- Agencies find new ways to use geospatial data, as ESRI and others promote a nationwide system, By Trudy Walsh. Government Computer News, July 13, 2009. "Government has embraced geographic information systems so thoroughly that the G in GIS might as well stand for government. Agencies big and small at the federal, state and local levels have long looked to GIS to make sense of data and how it integrates with location..."
Added: 16 July 2009;
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- Finding Your Visitors: The Geotargeting Manual for Dummies
- by Pierre Far. Search Engine People, July 10, 2009. "My mission today is very simple: to get you started with geotargeting on your websites... Geotargeting is showing your visitors different content based on their geographical locations..."
Added: 13 July 2009;
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- Welsh Ambulances to be driven by GIS routing data
- Public Technology, 22 June 2009. "Ambulance crews responding to emergencies across Wales are to use critical address and vehicle routing information from Dotted Eyes, a provider of spatial data solutions..."
Added: 22 June 2009;
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