Maptivism can be defined as the use of maps to promote a cause. All maps tell a story and the use of geographic data and maps to accelerate attention on an issue has become more profound and globally available with the increase of crowdsourced geographic data and user friendly mapping […]
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GIS Talks from Redlands
There are some interesting talks available online from Redlands GIS Week. The event was held this past February at Esri’s headquarters in Redlands, California. The week was focused on discussing the current and future state of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI). Over three days, a series of workshop and talks focusing […]
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Not your father’s approach to geodata creation and sharing
What do the pundits say about crowd-sourcing GIS data and its future? Peter Batty assembled a group of some of the loudest voices in that debate for a panel at GITA’s recent conference. The video’s an hour and 45 minutes long but worth the watch if you’re interesting in the […]