Local GIS Tidbits
Crawford County Kansas was looking at tough laptops for Road and Bridge foremen to access the county’s GIS. At first their was concern they were too expensive ($1500), then cheaper ones were found ($500-700), then there was a question of the value of using GIS. “I still would rather us focus on hauling rock for roads instead of using a laptop,” Commissioner Bob Kmiec said. It sounds like no one explained how access to the GIS via the laptops would help the foremen in their work.
How do you fund a planned million-dollar renovation and expansion of the Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives at Cape Cod Community College? If you are Cape Cod Community College alumnus Adam Gamble of On Cape Publications, you team up with the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank to co-published “The 1858 Map of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, & Nantucket,” a reproduction atlas inspired by the original map. It’s really unfortunate the online version of the article about the coffee table book does not say how to buy the book or note its cost.
Taylor County, Florida is one of the many counties that has residents that will need to buy flood insurance based on new FEMA flood maps. Residents would like to dispute the findings but costs are prohibitive for the rather poor county. Local officials are asking residents to petition congresspeople to pay for successful challenges.
- WCTV
“Where’s Michele? Missing in Minnesota and Washington, D.C.” is a map created by Democratic House candidates Dr. Maureen Reed and Sen. Tarryl Clark to detail U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann travels to highlight how the sophomore representative from Minnesota has not been serving her constituents.
The City of Fargo, North Dakota’s public works director is under scrutiny due to his participation in the purchase of $100,000 of GPS equipment without soliciting bids. The contract put together by Al Weigel was with Fargo-based Epic Solutions, in which he is alleged to have a financial interest.
- Minnesota Public Radio and AP
The Department of Municipal Affairs oversees three municipalities in Abu Dhabi: Al Ain, Abu Dhabi and Western Region. The DMA published recommendations for “the creation of a cross-municipal database of geographic information. This can be shared by the three municipalities and provide access to the geospatial (GIS) data that is current, standardised and seamless.” Also interesting: the DMA has PR firm! (Impact Porter Novelli)
