The Berrien County, Michigan, Geographic Information System (GIS) is holding a seminar to introduce its new GIS provded by Schnieder Corporation. The session is free (I think), but using the GIS is not.
The cost of using the GIS website is $15 per day or $50 per month plus a processing fee compared to the previous website price of $10 per hour plus a processing fee.
- Niles Star
There are allegations the tourism board in Joplin, MO is handing out maps to encourage visitors to the tornado ravaged area. Officials say the map was created to respond to direct requests, rather than to promote such visits.
- Joplin Globe
Moscow has spent 20 billion roubles on its own map, hoping it will be used to crowdsource data on streetlight outages and the like. It should be online next month at atlas.mos.ru. The city feels maps from Google and Yandex can't do that job. I think Esri is doing the mapping.
Sergei Scherbina, Deputy Director at ESRI CIS- Moscow map service developer says the Moscow informational site will be updated frequently with more information and services for users.
Open data proponents are wary of the new map and how embeddable it may be.
- RT
The City Council of Bainbridge, GA has an agreement with the University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government to develop a GIS (Geographic Information System) for the City. The $45,000 will put 7,300 parcels online in about four months.
by Adena Schutzberg on 01/19 at 02:59 AM |
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"We don't have any numbers yet or statistics of the economic impact, I haven't calculated that yet but from what I can estimate, it's been at least a $500,000 economic impact since June of 2010," [Jenna] Dill [Athens County Convention and Visitors Bureau Marketing and Sales Manager] said.
Geocachers who complete the Athens trail receive an official Athens geocoin. That seems to be one draw, though only 200 people have completed the trail. There are some 80 caches in the area.
- WOUB
by Adena Schutzberg on 01/12 at 07:06 AM |
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Residents [of Reynosa, on the Mexico side of the Texas/Mexico border] are now using social media and Google Maps to report drug dealers in their neighborhoods.
An anonymous group of Twitter users launched the project a few months ago but it's now surging in popularity.
In an email interviews with Action 4 News, the creators of the map said they are asking people to report drug dealers using the #reynosafollow channel of Twitter.
Officials have their own reporting channel.
- Valley Central
The McCreary County [Kentucky] Tourist Commission is looking for local mappers. The goal?
to “map” trails for tourists who may share their particular interest — such as hiking, off-roading, crafting, coal history, photography, etc. The resulting maps can then be developed into itineraries available on the county’s tourism website for self-guided tours.
“We need information for all kinds of trails,” County Tourism Director Ginger McCartt-West told The Record. “It doesn’t have to be an outdoor experience.”
A grant enables the effort and volunteers can use helmet cameras to make first person videos for the county website.
- McCreary Record
A class at UC Berkeley is mapping doggie amenities vs number of babies in San Francisco's Mmission District. Have any input?
- Map via Mission Local
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