Chris Spagnuolo’s GeoScrum posts results from the 2008 Agile Adoption in GIS survey. The survey found that 32% of organizations had adopted agile practices, but 68% said they had not. This compares to 69% of the mainstream development world that has adopted agile practices according to Scott Ambler’s survey asking the same question in 2007.

Windows Vista does not like the idea of portable GIS, at least according to Jo Cook at Archaeogeek.

A recent article in FCW caught the eye of James Fee, who discusses the idea of “open GIS” for the U.S. Navy.

Remixing web maps as demonstrated by Into the Pudding.

Some “really cool news maps” are shown by Contentious.com, highlighting maps that mix storytelling and information from National Geographic and some local cities.

Platial News and Neogeography gives us the 2007 winners of Movement Mappers, an award designed to highlight users who use social tools to do important work and spread critical messages, making it easier for people to make life-changing decisions.

 

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