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FEMA launching a new way to view preliminary flood hazard data

March 1, 2013 By Editor

An update from FEMA this week… Nation-wide preliminary flood hazard data (preliminary data) issued after April 1, 2013 will be available in one centralized web address, along with effective data. Preliminary data provide an early look at your home or community’s risk to flood hazards. According to FEMA there are many benefits to viewing these […]

Filed Under: FEMA, free data, government

Sequester and Spending Cuts are Days Away – Some Poll Findings

February 25, 2013 By Editor

Indeed the budget cuts may run deep as time passes and for many in business, the topic of sequestration is on the mind – no doubt this will also be discussed by many this week at the Esri FEDUC. Harris has recent;y polled Americans on their thoughts regarding budget spending and budget cuts and to […]

Filed Under: business, government

USDA Releases the 2012 Cropland Data Layer – CropScape

January 31, 2013 By Editor

The 2012 cropland data layer (CDL) product for the Continental United States (CONUS) was released as CropScape (http://nassgeodata.gmu.edu/CropScape) on January 31, 2013. This categorized geospatial product at 30m resolution is produced by U. S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service from satellite observation data and ground truth data. CropScape was developed in cooperation with […]

Filed Under: environment, government

Web Map Tip – Seattle Parking Map, Seattle.gov

September 19, 2012 By Editor

Here’s an awesome webmap tip to share (courtesy of a tip-off I received via the Esri FB page) the WDOT Seattle Parking map from seattle.gov. This is a handy online resource showing where to park and how much it costs in the City of Seattle. Users will find parking lots, street parking restrictions, rates and […]

Filed Under: ESRI, government Tagged With: Washington, wms

City of Troutdale Oregon Makes Huge GIS strides

March 15, 2012 By Editor

An interesting GIS feature hit the latest edition of American Surveyor Magazine.  The article explores how smaller towns and cities have been reluctant to make the move to a GIS, often citing it as both too daunting and far too cost-prohibitive. From the article… As the benefits of a comprehensive GIS effort have become more and […]

Filed Under: government

Search Ethics on Data.gov #openGov #openData

March 8, 2012 By Editor

Looks like a new feature on the robust Data.gov (USA) website, this one enabling users to search for “Ethics” and related data and documents.  From Data.gov – Ethics.Data.gov brings records and data from across the federal government to one central location, making it easier for citizens to hold public officials accountable. The site is starting […]

Filed Under: government, opengov Tagged With: opendata

Canada Open Government Consultation #openGov

January 6, 2012 By Editor

The Government of Canada is promoting a new, Open Government consultation process. Open Open Gov Canada, Since the March 2011 launch of the Open Government initiative, the Canadian International Development Agency has joined the Open Data portal and posted 24 new data sets to the portal, and 33 other data sets have been added by […]

Filed Under: Canada, government, opengov

Census Bureau USA Jan 1, 2012 Population Estimates

January 3, 2012 By Editor

This year, like most other years, the US Census Bureau released some year-end population stats including an estimate of the population as of the turn of the calendar page. Some of the findings reported by the Bureau include: The US population for the United States estimated for Jan 1, 2012 was projected to be 312,780,968 […]

Filed Under: census, government

Open Source Government As A Platform and Data.gov in a box #opengov

December 5, 2011 By Editor

I’m a firm believer in the concept of Government as a platform and indeed it seems that the idea is much closer to being an accepted reality, even more so recently with the announcement via the Whitehouse blog of the US Government’s Open Government platform and an open source initiative – think data-government in a […]

Filed Under: government, open source, opengov, video Tagged With: opendata

GeospatialPlatform.Gov Launched by DOI

November 10, 2011 By Editor

Launched just today (Nov 10) by the DOI, the prototype version of the Geospatial Platform combines map-based data and tools with the latest internet technologies to deliver geospatial information in a simple, understandable package, according to the official release, users—including the public, federal agencies and their partners—can easily find federally-maintained geospatial data, services and applications, […]

Filed Under: government

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