Louisiana Rep. Hollis Downs, of Ruston, introduced legislation that transforms the Lincoln Parish Geographic Information System Commission into a GIS district. Sounds like semantics, but it’s more than that.
The legislation formalizes the entity meaning it can receive grants and will continue on. The current Commission has a year to year existence. Further, now that it’s a political subdivision, the seven sponsoring agencies are required to fund it.
Even the governor’s office was behind the change; they see the district as a model for other parishes.
The seven agencies share hardware, software and information and after 16 years have invested $2.5 million into the system.
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by Adena Schutzberg on 07/06 at 06:00 AM |
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Tim O’Reiily tweeted about a new exhibition at the City Museum of New York profiled in the New York Times. It’s a project that recreates the natural history of the island of Manhattan, aka Manahatta. Is this an article I’d read or exhibit I’d attend? Not necessarily. But, include it in a “GIS” conference, and yes, I’d attend the presentation. I did; at the NYS Summit in 2008. And it was memorable.
How many presentations at today’s events are really that memorable? Not so many. Which are memorable? One characteristic of the really memorable ones, so far as I’m concerned: presentations where we are not talking to ourselves. This was one of those. Consider that when putting together your conference program; I know we are doing that for the Location Intelligence Conference.
by Adena Schutzberg on 07/06 at 06:00 AM |
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