The first thing is a question.
I have heard that one of the things that enable GIS to start in the
United States was the availability of the TIGER Shapefiles from the US
Census Bureau. Is this correct? Does anyone know where I might find some
published or online information confirming this? I'm putting together an
article on a concept I call "community Mapping" and I'd like to verify
and include this information in my introduction if possible.
The second thing is an announcement. I'm going to try and get a GIS user
group started here in the north end of the San Joaquin Valley. (It might
end up as a chapter of the OSGeo???) I've still got a lot of work to do
to get the thing off the ground, but the ball is rolling. You can visit
the website for the user group here:
www.eastdeltagis.redefinedhorizons.com
<http://www.eastdeltagis.redefinedhorizons.com/>
Right now the site just points to a wiki, but I hope to have something a
little more artistic there after the holiday break. If any wankers are
hanging out in the California Central Valley I'd love to have their
participation. This will not be a user group centered on a single
company's GIS software, which means its agenda won't be driven by
corporate dollars. I actually hope to promote open source GIS efforts at
the user group.
The Sunburned Surveyor
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