http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2399&trv=1
A Google View of Data Sharing
By Joe Francica
Directions Mag
(Feb 01, 2007)
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"At the Map World Forum in Hyderabad, India, Michael Jones, chief
technologist of Google Earth, shared his views on the benefits of
standards. Google is an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) principal
member and supports efforts to encourage standards adoption. Google has
a "democratized" view of data sharing which begins with the vast amount
of information that has already been captured by those working in GIS.
Jones believes in ways to provide better access to those data. He
explained that most geospatial data today is locked away in workstations
managed by proprietary software. He was perhaps referring to those data
controlled by local and state government departments. "We have to
envision a future world where data is published," he said. "We may want
to knock on the door of the Survey of India and ask them what data they
want to share with the world." Jones' vision is to have "all" geospatial
information available to the world and indexed in a way that it can be
accessed by those who need it. "Google has a mission to allow more data
to be available and interoperable," he said. "
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