In the case you may not have heard..... For all of you that may have missed the recent announcement of the "One Stop Initiative" for geospatial data and ESRI's coup, its worth your time to take a cruse at http://www.geodata.gov. Just get your SHP file importer all tuned-up and you have hundred of gigabytes of "public" and potentially "private" GIS data, orthophotos, statistics, and more at your finger tips....
June 6, 2003 Geospatial One-Stop Board Releases Decision on Portal "The Geospatial One-Stop Board of Directors unanimously decided on a one year strategy to implement an Internet Portal that will allow easy access and integration of digital geographic information from multiple sources. The Board agreed to the implementation strategy on June 4, 2003 following Portal demonstrations by teams from the Open GIS Consortium (OGC) and Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). When launched officially on June 30, the portal will serve to engage a broad community of current GIS users and attract new users seeking easy access to geographic information about their community. The Board of Directors represents State, Local, Tribal and Federal agencies using geospatial information to improve government services and support decision making.' "geodata.gov is a web-based portal for one-stop access to maps, data and other geospatial services that will simplify the ability of all levels of government and citizens to find geospatial data and learn more about geospatial projects underway.' "geodata.gov is part of the Geospatial One-Stop initiative, one of the 24 OMB electronic-government initiatives that will enhance government efficiency. The geodata.gov portal will accelerate the development and implementation of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) and includes state, local and tribal governments along with the private sector and academia as participants. In order to get started, please use our Quick Start Guide." Now if ESRI only was a public company.... MidNight Mapper Aka neil --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 7718
