Housing Minister Iain Wright made the announcement of a new strategy for the Ordnance Survey aimed at enhanced ease of use and licensing of geodata.
Some things will remain the same: the Ordnance Survey will continue to be self-funded and earn revenue by licensing its data. But there are five areas that will change, though details of how are still unclear:
- Promoting innovation - with an enhanced free service to allow experimentation with digital information and a clear path from this service to greater commercialisation;
- Reforming Ordnance Survey’s licensing framework - so that it is much simpler to use Ordnance Survey data and services in other applications;
- Reducing costs over time - to ensure that Ordnance Survey continues to offer value-for-money;
- Supporting the sharing of information across the public sector - to enable better public policy and services;
-Creating an innovative trading entity - to explore further commercial opportunities around Ordnance Survey data and services.
The first thing the public will see is an updated OS OpenSpace (the free for non-commercial use API to OS data) May 12.
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by Adena Schutzberg on 04/23 at 08:45 AM |
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I like to acknowledge GIS folks who achieve in their other chosen fields. I was jazzed when a GIS person won a gold in Beijing. So, in the same spirit, I recognize Elise Pittman who will receive her master’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park in geospatial information sciences in May.
She was just crowned Miss College Park and will receive a $2000 scholarship.
“One thing I would like to do is influence the younger generation toward becoming well rounded individuals, not only academically but also physically,” Pittman said. “[It] should be exciting to get out there and meet new people.”
Perhaps she can help others appreciate a geographic perspective as she serves the community.
- Gazette.net
by Adena Schutzberg on 04/23 at 07:34 AM |
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The Coloradoan gives a hat tip to GIS Alley, the cluster of geospatial organizations in Northern Colorado. It references the formal The Rocky Mountain Geospatial Cluster, an initiative founded by the city of Fort Collins and Rocky Mountain Institute in 2007 and its efforts to grow the industry.
The cluster website GIS Alley details the rich history from the area which boasts key contributors to OGC and the founding of the first GIS publication, GIS World.
by Adena Schutzberg on 04/23 at 07:08 AM |
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Michael Perkins writing at Greater Greater Washington explains how by hand, he created a map of the buses and trains that run at least every 12 minutes. He got the idea from LA, where such a map is used to market public transportation. The logic is that if something runs that often, there’s no reason for a schedule; folks can just head to the stop knowing very soon a vehicle will come by.
Anything that makes public transit easier to understand and use, especially something that’s information based and not infrastructure-based, sounds like its worth a try to me. As a regular bus user I know the local 10 minutes buses (88 and 77 are my faves) but I’m sure non-bus folks don’t know that…
by Adena Schutzberg on 04/23 at 06:00 AM |
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The Idaho State Board of Education announced Dr. M. Duane Nellis, former Provost and Senior Vice President at Kansas State University, as the next President of the University of Idaho. Nellis will start the job before the fall semester begins in August. He holds a PhD in Geography from Oregon State.
He serves on the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges Academic Officers Executive Council where he became the National Chair-Elect for the group. He served a term as President of the Association of American Geographers. Nellis was past President of the National Council for Geographic Education and he is a former President of Gamma Theta Upsilon. He is also a member of the International Geographic Honor Society. Nellis was also the past President of the Kansas Academy of Sciences. Dr. Nellis was also one of ten members of the National Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Research Universities Committee.
- UI Announcement
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by Adena Schutzberg on 04/23 at 06:00 AM |
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