There are always a lot of arguments about data ownership and distribution among GIS professionals. If your organization creates data (or adds value to it) should you protect it or distribute it and if so for free or at what cost? My personal opinion is to freely distribute it (unless it is sensitive or private information). However, professionally I must acknowledge that at one point someone was paying for all the hours it took to create. But what if the client is a public agency? If the tax payer is footing the bill shouldn't they have access to the data that the consultant created? The issue is very complex but interesting nonetheless. It would also be interesting to see how age and or any other characteristics define a person's standpoint on the issue. I find that younger GIS folks are more apt to data sharing since we've grown into an already data sharing friendly GIS world.
Check out this
great article on the evolution of the NYC Subway map. Men's Vogue did a piece on
subway maps that likely inspired that post.
Here's a
link to Solar One's Citysol concert series.
The
Friends of Bushwick are trying to get the McCarren Pool concert series (which will be closed for renovation next summer) to be moved to Bushwick Inlet Park. The meeting was Monday but its not too late to voice your opinion.
Lastly, the new
iPhone is great. While the average user may not be too impressed with the new release I'm very excited about the GPS capabilities. Using Google's
My Location iPhone users can now use a combination of GPS, cell towers and wi-fi to find their location.
MacRumors took
notes of what transpired at the Worldwide Developer Conference 2008 Keynote.
Check out this great article on the evolution of the NYC Subway map. Men's Vogue did a piece on subway maps that likely inspired that post.
