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Essays on Geography and GIS

Posted: September 18th, 2008, 10:32pm CEST by Caitlin

Tags: Issues in gis

ESRI has a “GIS Best Practices” series that was launched last year to document successful case studies in a variety of industries. The series continues to be added and contains essays on a variety of subject matters including public safety, conservation, and logistics. The latest release is a compilation of past ArcNews articles entitled “Essays [...]
How Maps Shape Information and News

Posted: August 11th, 2008, 2:12am CEST by Caitlin

Tags: Issues in gis

Leslie Rule from the MediaShift Idea Lab (PBS.org) tackles the issue of “How Maps Shape Information and News”. Her post was triggered by a video created bty Alisa Miller on “Global News 2.0″ which looked at “How the news shapes the way we see the world, and why Americans seem to know less and less [...]
Mapping Sites Being Investigated by China

Posted: May 7th, 2008, 8:09pm CEST by Caitlin

Tags: Issues in gis

Min Yiren, vice head of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, claims that there are 10,000 illegal mapping web sites in China. Google, among others, is being investigated as part of an effort to get rid of mapping sites that don’t depict borders according to the requirements of the Chinese government. Additionally, [...]
Google Sued over “Street View” for Alleged Privacy Invasion

Posted: April 4th, 2008, 9:01pm CEST by Caitlin

Tags: Issues in gis

A couple living on a private road in Pittsburgh is suing Google for invasion of privacy. According to a post on the Smoking Gun, Aaron and Christine Boring accuse Google of an “intentional and/or grossly reckless invasion” of their seclusion and privacy since they live on a street that is “clearly marked with [...]