Podcast: In the News - State Stimulus Sites and User Generated Corrections

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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Podcast: First Half of 2009: State of the Industry

We are halfway through 2009. Directions Media editors have been to about a dozen user and specialty conferences in the U.S. and around the world, including ESRI’s huge event last week. What themes are emerging? What can we tease out about the future? Our editors try to make sense of five key themes they’ve identified.


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