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“The campaign is full of flaws, as it does not involve Geographic Information System (GIS), a satellite technology launched by the PHA [The Parks and Horticulture Authority] itself in February last, to locate and monitor each and every tree to be planted so that the Authority could analyse exact rate of growth and mortality of trees.”
- Yasir Habib Khan, writing in The Nation (Pakistan) about a government effort to plant more trees.
This week two news items peaked our interest: Good Jobs First, a Washington research center, released a report giving mediocre grades to state websites that aim to be transparent about the distribution of federal stimulus dollars. One of the criteria considered? Maps. Second, is there a trend in local news related to sat nav? Is there a move away from “two techs capturing data” stories to how users can get involved with collection and update?
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