I'm with raj. Much as I'd love it to happen, it ain't going to. The irony is google (a private company) has move leverage to get the government to web publish than the government does on its own
Ian White :: Urban Mapping Inc. 690 Fifth Street Suite 200 :: San Francisco CA :: 94107 T.415.946.8170 x800 :: F.866.385.8266 :: urbanmapping.com/blog -----Original Message----- From: Raj Singh [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 12:55 PM To: Ian White Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Geowanking] Data dot gov now open This article suggests they will try to release a lot of data "so that citizens are able to analyze them and build mash-up applications." I'll believe it when I see it. http://www.govtech.com/gt/690237?topic=117673 --- Raj On May 22, at 11:30 AM, Ian White wrote: > Yeah, I don't think it's anything show-stopping. Can anybody speak to > how it's different from, say, geodata.gov (the rebranded geospatial > one > stop)? > > Obviously, data.gov is more than geo, but looking for specifics... _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
