Monday, June 11. 2007

Insight into GIS Professionals NewsIQ

I attended the New York State Geospaital Summit today (more on that in Directions Magazine on Thursday). During the course of the day I watched with care as the 150+ attendees listened to presentations and asked questions. Some tidbits:

- none had heard of GAMY (Google, Ask, Microsoft, Yahoo!)
- just a few had seen Google Street View
- one fellow had just learned of the MAPPS vs. U.S. lawsuit in the latest issue of ArcNews
- there's still concern about "Google et al." hiding sensitive data
- there's still confusion about licenses of mapping APIs

That confirms something I'd been thinking about lately: that while some of us hang on every new announcement, many of us in GIS are "heads down" at our jobs. Events like this one serve as a quick update, a chance to come up for air.

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I suggest that as spatial data and technologies become more integrated into not only information technology but also human endeavors in general, it is becoming more important to our individual careers and to our enterprises to pay attention to developments such as those listed in Adena's posting. If we do not, we may find that we miss details that provide hints as to our individual employability, the technological suitability of an application we're building, or the viability of a tactical or strategic decision for our enterprise.

#1 Neil MacGaffey on 2007-06-11 12:01 (Reply)

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