From “Show me my house” to “I won’t share my ZIP Code”
(1992) When I started in GIS, the most common question to me when I demoed at trade shows was “Can you show me my house?” Then of course, I couldn’t, though today any nine year old can do so on any number of websites.
(2008) Here’s a quote from a recent article describing a new geospatial app demo. “As women, we didn’t want to provide them with our zipcode, [sic] but this would have made possible for a visitor to see [a 3D rendering] of his or her home address.”
I think that speaks volumes!
by Adena Schutzberg on 11/06 at 01:31 PM |
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