Old Poll, New Poll

Well, it seems Foursquare Day‘s PR was not so buzzy, at least among readers of this blog. I posted the poll on Wednesday about the event set for Friday, 4/16 (4/16 - get it? 4 squared = 16). Almost none of the 22 readers who responded had heard about it.

Are you aware that Friday is Foursquare Day?

5% Yes, of course!
96% No, not heard that.

It does seem odd to me that a company that’s a media darling didn’t get more buzz on this. Perhaps the day before, Tax Day, overshadowed it? For an explanation of it, try this one from The Christian Science Monitor.

Anyway, let’s move along and talk about something we all love to hate: press releases. Please let us know how often you look at a list of press releases related to geospatial. Vote on the right hand side of our main page.

Old Poll, New Poll

Before the iPad launched we asked: “Will the iPad impact geotech?” Of the 60 responses:

34% A little, in specialty field work.
25% No, not significantly.
22% What is this iPad you speak of?
20% Yes, it’ll be widely used with professional and consumer geoapps.

Next up: I want to see how well a certain company is advertising it big upcoming event… vote on the right hand side of our main page.

Old Poll, New Poll

Last month, we asked: What do you think of this blog’s “tidbits” articles that provide roundups of stories on a theme? We had 62 respondents.

47% - Always read the ones in my area(s) of interest.
21 % - Love them, read them all.
21% - Didn’t realize you did that!
12 % - I skip them.

Very helpful info! We’ll take that into account as we plan for the future. And, thanks to the Tweeters who asked for the Local GIS Tidbit RSS feed. We now offer that for this, the most popular “tidbits” category.

Next up: Will the iPad impact geotech? Vote on the left side of the blog homepage.

Old Poll, New Poll

Back in January, just after the Haiti earthquake we asked: “What’s your feeling about commercial organizations that participate in kind or cash support to help in disasters and publicize those efforts?” We had 105 responses.

51% - No issues; it’s good for the planet and good business.

34% - It’s ok, but does make me wonder about their motives.

11% - Have no strong feeling.

6% - It’s pure marketing, and bothers me.

Next Up: What do you think of this blog’s “tidbits” articles that provide roundups of stories on a theme?

Old Poll, New Poll

In December we asked: Will you using the new free tools from Cloudmade Mapzen and POI Collector, to help build OpenStreetMap? 123 visitors responded:

I don’t know about them or I don’t know about OpenStreetMap - 43%
No - 40%
Yes - 19%

I wonder if after the efforts around the Haiti earthquake more people will know of OpenStreetMap.

Next up, what’s your feeling about commercial organizations that participate in kind or cash support to help in disasters and publicize those efforts?