Our hope is this: we are also the first generation ever to view this globe from outer space. We are the first generation that actually has the ability through technology like G.I.S. to map every single parcel of this planet and understand how it fits and how it works together. And we are the first generation of human beings ever to make real that vision that Teilhard de Chardin saw of that "Noosphere" - of that network of human intelligence and kindness that can come together in order to create that new and better tomorrow.
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley speaking at Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Luncheon in New Dehli, India. The text was published in CityBizList Baltimore.
by Adena Schutzberg on 12/13 at 06:41 AM |
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The European GIS publication reports the United States Patent Office will issue patent #7,912,880 entitled "Computerized National Online Parcel-level Map Data Portal" (NPDP™) to Boundary Solutions, Inc. (BSI) of Mill Valley, California.
"This patent is for locating a street address by displaying the boundary of the parcel in which it is located within a national multi-state database. The claims of the new patent are directed to monetizing this process."
The company page on the patent says to come back on March 21 for details. I found nothing on USPTO website on the patent but here's the application for the patent from 2009. BSI also has a 2006 patent (updating a 2002 patent) on a similar invention (press release).
- GeoConnexion
by Adena Schutzberg on 03/18 at 03:00 AM |
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