3,100 counties in the US and one shining example does not equal hope. Municipal governments have long-term agreements with ESRI et al and this will not change anytime soon. Let’s not forget the company in Redmond that is in a similar market position for desktop software. I’m all for Open Office, but it’s not going to have a significant impact.
Was at GOSCON in Portland a few years ago—I think all the shining stars from the public sector—transit, municipal government, education, etc…were there. Probably about 200 organizations represented. These guys have to push so hard to accomplish what should be easy. Apart from Brazil, TriMet (Portland, OR transit) and others, anybody with a job wants to hold onto it, and that’s why “nobody got fired for buying IBM.” -Killjoy in SF Ian White :: Urban Mapping Inc 690 Fifth Street Suite 200 :: San Francisco CA 94107 T.415.947.8170 x800 :: F.866.385.8266 :: urbanmapping.com/blog From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Turner Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 7:17 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Geowanking] Access to public geodata in California - AGOpinion Citation I was at the North Carolina GIS conference in Raleigh a few weeks ago and was very impressed by some of the work being down at county-levels. Obviously there is still a very heavy ESRI bias - but with shrinking budgets, no time for training and customized development and lack of support for true interoperability they're looking around. The most advanced use was the county of Mecklenburg - full open-stack and really good insights on the value the API's and data had on local businesses. The only issue here was the it was all done by a single, incredibly talented developer. Hopefully though through his presentations and documentation that other counties and municipalities can follow his lead - either by using "off the shelf" open tools or even utilizing public repositories to offload that work and just put up to various other systems. On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:08 PM, David William Bitner <[email protected]> wrote: I work for a government airport authority in Minnesota. We have an OSGeo Local Chapter where historically most of us have been government folks. Government GIS mingling also happens through government sponsored groups around here such as the MN Governor's Council on GIS and MetroGIS. The largest meeting for government (and business and non-profit) types in MN is the annual conference put on by the MN GIS/LIS consortium. On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:53 PM, David Fawcett <[email protected]> wrote: I work in state government in Minnesota. On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Charles Greer <[email protected]> wrote: > Brian Denzer wrote: >> > Do we have any civil service folks on this list at all I wonder? It felt at > the county that the ESRI user conference was the only place all the gvt > types mingled. > > Charles > - Show quoted text - _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org -- ************************************ David William Bitner _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org -- Andrew Turner mobile: 248.982.3609 [email protected] http://highearthorbit.com http://geocommons.com Helping build the Geospatial Web Introduction to Neogeography - http://oreilly.com/catalog/neogeography No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1986 - Release Date: 03/05/09 19:32:00
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