Old Poll, New Poll

Update: Actually set the new poll this time! Oops!

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A month ago we asked: What single factor besides pure functionality most influences your selection of a geospatial software app? With just 13 votes it’s hard to take the results too seriously, but here they are:

Ease of Use/Interface - 62%
Data format support - 16%
Support for standards - 16%
Something else - 8%
Speed - 0%
Cross platform support - 0%
Extensibility - 0%
Print/output capability - 0%

On to the next poll: How important is it that a job candidate be familiar with more than one GIS product/platform? Vote in the lower right hand side of our main page.

Podast: Geo and the Economic Downturn

Whatever you choose to call the current economic situation, it’s clearly impacting everything, worldwide in one way or another. This week we look into the crystal ball to think though the impact on the geospatial technology industry. More that one company in the industry has seen its stock not just fall but plummet; some are cutting jobs. But what about those in government positions? What about software vendors? Consultants? What’s the prognosis for gadgets and phones? Join us to see if you agree with editors’ perspective.

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Quote of the Week

“She [Catherine Litvack, executive director of the Crossroads of the American Revolution Association in New Jersey] said the groups are trying to arrange with Google Earth to snap a photograph of the light show.”

The light show in question will be on Tuesday night and will cover 108 miles from Beacon, N.Y., to Princeton to mark the day 225 years ago when the last British troops boarded ships in New York harbor and sailed away, leaving behind a free nation. Xenon spotlights will be mounted atop spots that approximate the sites of Revolutionary War beacon fires (map). Tuesday is one of the Evacuation Days celebrated in the United States. Here in Massachusetts we celebrate when the troops left Boston on March 17 (also St. Patrick’s Day).

- The Daily Record