Engaging the Citizen… if the topic of mobile and citizen engagement is on your mind then take note of a webinar tomorrow morning from Esri and CitySourced. Esri will be joined by representatives from Cityworks and CitySourced, two partners that have helped develop a methodology to integrate volunteer geographic information (VGI) into your authoritative GIS […]
You Can Petition The Whitehouse For Access to GIS Technology and Training
A new petition has been added to the Whitehouse.gov petitions resource, a public resource where people can petition the government for action. This petition is titled “Support access to geographic information systems technology and training in local governments”. Some details… Geographic Information Systems technology is becoming a foundation technology for providing services effectively and efficiently […]
WATERiD, a database on water and wastewater pipeline infrastructure to Launch Sept 1, 2011
From Virginia Tech University, details of a National WaterID database expected to go live September 2011. In an effort to address the problem of access to timely water utility and infrastructure information by State, local, and regional agencies , a national database on technologies to assess the conditions and rehabilitation of the underground pipes will […]
Jack Dangermond on Open Data, Community GIS and Geography For All
This video may be from a year ago, however, it serves as a great primer to anyone interested in Open Data, Open Gov, and making data, geography, and the science of geography accessible to all. Enjoy Jack as he delivers his presentation at Gov2.0 2010 – Jack Dangermond and Bernard Szukalski, “Open Data and the […]
Video – Accela Mobile on iPad Helps Mobilize e-Government
I had a chance at the esriuc this year to catch up with the Accela team and get a first hand look at their mobile (iOS) solutions for government. Below we have a demo of the Accela Mobile solution, designed to connect departments within local government and streamline your data collection and data management. Accela […]
B.C Canada Opens Government Data Portal To All @data_BC
Thank goodness I follow @daeaves on Twitter else I may not have even been aware that the Province of Bitish Columbia (where I live) has rolled out their open data portal at http://www.data.gov.bc.ca/ – the first of it’s kind in Canada. From the portal, DataBC will have about 2500 sets of data to start. This […]
Expert Tip on Issuemap – Check Out Who's Buzzing About it
Let us start the week off with a fine tip off about an interesting project – issuemap.org. GISuser expert contributor Learon Dalby shares with us some details of the interesting resource, designed to help users upload their data, map it and share it. Dalby comments how what he’s interested in is the buzz the app […]
