On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Ian White <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
I am a lot less skeptical with regards to data.gov, for really no scientific reasons. Geospatial One Stop indeed is not a very good example of things to come. If anything, it may serve as a good yardstick in that just about any attempt would be better than it. And there is nothing wrong with the private sector setting an example for the government to emulate and even surpass. They both have their roles and objectives, and together they make for good coverage of the needs of the users and, dare I say, even bring competition and alternatives, always a good thing. I believe this is a good thing. Time will tell. > > > 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... > -- Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org/ Carbon Model http://carbonmodel.org/ Charter Member, Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org/ Science Commons Fellow, Geospatial Data http://sciencecommons.org Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- collaborate, communicate, compete ======================================================================= Sent from Lucknow, UP, India _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
