Chris wrote: >New Orleans has for some time been the subject of extensive GIS research >because of it precarious position below sea level. The availability of this >technology has, I feel certain, prevented or alleviated numerous problems >created by the hurricane. > I'm not sure what you mean in this last sentence... do you mean 'could have'? And I would like to know what problems could have been alleviated with GIS in this regard... Since New Orleans was built, everyone knew there would be a problem - thus the flow of drainage from the river to the lake (which is non-intuitive). Nothing was really done... more technology to study the problem doesn't really guarantee that something could be done.
Now, using technology to assure that something is done is something I agree with hands down. >I am interested in discovering similar, existing >applications for GIS in poorer parts of the world. I would also like to find >discussion/research of _potential_ uses, especially, again, in the context >of poverty. > > I beat this to death after the tsunami, as did others, and some of it was in the ARC project which we threw together. Trying to get things done is where I am focusing my efforts these days... If someone can guarantee that something will get pushed bureaucracy at this point, I'll help. If Moses had this amount of bureaucracy, he and his people would still be in Egypt. -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: Georgetown, Guyana [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
