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Links List 12.12.08

On December 12, 2008 By Sean Gorman

India wants to ban Google Earth and Wikimapia. The aftermath of the Mumbai attacks created a petition to remove all imagery of India on Google Earth and similar sites like Wikimapia. Mumbai-based lawyer Amit Karkhanis filed the petition saying, “The petition is filed against the backdrop of terror attacks in Mumbai. [...]

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Map Creation Apps – Google vs. Microsoft vs. Yahoo

On April 9, 2008 By Sean Gorman

I promised Andrew a comparison of the big three map creation applications by feature and functionality, so here it goes. The story of how lightweight web based map creation applications came to be is interesting in and of itself. I think looking at how the three applications evolved historically will provide a bit of [...]

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Improving the Value of Forecasts Through an Online, Interactive Mapping Environment: The Example of Wildfire Planning

On November 3, 2007 By admin

The Utility of Maps in Hazard Forecasting

The recent wildfires in Southern California remind of us of just how important hazard forecasting has become in helping to ensure the safety and welfare of the public and the role that mapping can play in the process. Short-term forecasts of fire direction and intensity were pivotal [...]

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The state of Labor Unions

On September 2, 2007 By admin

It’s almost 125 years ago that the first workingmen’s holiday was celebrated (Tuesday, September 5, 1882) in New York. Over the next dozen years nearly 27 states recognized this holiday and in 1894, the U.S. Congress enacted it as a Federal holiday.

Among many things, the holiday has come to symbolize [...]

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Partnering with Lockheed Martin to Democratize Geospatial Capabiltities

On August 21, 2007 By Sean Gorman

One of our core missions at FortiusOne is to enable many more people to explore, create, and share maps – to democratize geospatial capabilities. Even in government markets, which have been big users of GIS tools, the expense and technical sophistication required often cause bottlenecks in the preparation of maps. Government customers are also [...]

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Forget celebrities with drug problem – this may be more serious…

On July 26, 2007 By admin

Imagine a situation where as many as 25 million people in the US could go to jail for possession of illegal substance.
On average 10% of U.S. population of age 12 and above smokes pot. If these many people were affected by an infectious disease such a West Nile or Avian [...]

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Boundaries of Booty Calls a.k.a. mapping "DC Madam Scandal"

On July 13, 2007 By admin

Geography of the escort service scandal

Among many breaking news stories this week there was one that made a splash just before the Internet release of the phone records. Since then it has been reported that several interest groups including those with particular point of view have been poring [...]

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How Much Metadata is Enough: Is there a GIS – Neogeography Middle Ground?

On June 20, 2007 By Sean Gorman

A few weeks ago James Fee wrote a blog post about a debate he had with Steven Citron-Pousty concerning the usefulness of GeoCommons. From a high level the argument came down to the GIS vs. Neogeogrpahy debate. There were great quotes on both sides like “freaking sweet” in support and “pretty worthless” [...]

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The Data Respository, Social Networks, and Geospatial Software as a Service

On December 4, 2006 By Sean Gorman

It has been an interesting week with an article in the Washington Post and InformationWeek on the launch of GeoIQ and the upcoming data repository. Thought I‘d take some time to go into more detail with what we have in mind combing the two into the foundation [...]

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