After much thought and reminiscing about how I have explained what I do to various
people, I've come up with this:
- GIS: I search for, create and view information about the world around us.
This helps me to answer questions. With some effort I can answer any
question.
For example, how far is it from my house to grandma's? Is it quicker to walk through
the woods or jump in my car and go all the way around? Should I pack a picnic lunch,
or just bring grandma a snack based on the distance and my estimated rate of travel?
What types of predators are in said woods and where am I most like to encounter them
based on hydrography, vegetation, geology, and wildlife counts? Based on the
predator/prey ratio, are said predators like to be hungry? Hmmm...looks like the
woods is shorter...I'll just grab my cape and be going.
Cheers,
Josh C. Hickman
Exploration Geoscientist
CNX Gas LLC
http://www.consolenergy.com
PO Box 947
Bluefield VA 24605
Work: 276-988-1036
Fax: 276-988-1076
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Hodder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 3:03 PM
To: Will Mitchell; Mapinfo Mailing List
Subject: Re: MI-L Web Services (for Grandma)
How about:-
I show different things on pretty coloured maps! Like where is the nearest
shop?
Regards
Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'B. Thoen'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'MapInfo-L'"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 4:07 PM
Subject: RE: MI-L Web Services (for Grandma)
> Hi GIS friends,
>
>
>
> I was on the phone with my 90 year old grandmother this weekend, and as
has
> happened before, she basically said "Ohhhhh, I'm soooo proud of you. I
just
> wish I understood what you did."
>
>
>
> So I thought I'd issue a challenge: Who can best describe GIS to a 90
year
> old? Of course there are many terms that should not be used, and Bill's
> extract below contains many of them. I would add GIS itself as a no-no
> term. Winning entries will be posted to mitchellgeo.com (which should have
a
> bold new look in a couple of weeks).
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Will Mitchell
>
> Mitchell Geographics, Inc.
>
> 496 Congress St
>
> Portland, ME 04101
>
> ph 207.879.7769
>
> fx 207.253.5756
>
> <http://www.mitchellgeo.com> www.mitchellgeo.com
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: B. Thoen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 10:20 AM
> To: MapInfo-L
> Subject: Re: MI-L Web Services
>
>
>
> Ye gods! Who wrote that press release? That's the most impressive example
>
> of polysyllabicly gilded prose I've seen in a while! "Interoperability"
>
> really gets a workout too.
>
>
>
> "...working collaboratively to extend and "ruggedize" existing and draft
>
> OpenGIS standards. The goal is a robust and complete interoperability
>
> framework for implementation within a multi-vendor enterprise and to
>
> achieve interoperability between enterprises for geoprocessing..."
>
>
>
> - Bill
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, David Langley wrote:
>
>
>
> > Following up on a previous discussion, and to those of you that are
>
> > interested, it looks like the next release of the OGC web services (WMS,
> WFS
>
> > etc) will be based around the HTTP SOAP programming architecture making
> them
>
> > hopefully easier to integrating into your client applications via
> importing
>
> > of the WSDL file.
>
> >
>
> > http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/?duty=Show&id=8935
>
> > or
>
> > http://www.opengis.org/press/?page=pressrelease&view=20040318OWS2PR
>
> >
>
> > Cheers,
>
> >
>
> > Dave
>
> >
>
> > David P. Langley
>
> > Director of Programming Services
>
> >
>
> > Mapping Solutions, LLC
>
> > 4660 S. Hagadorn Rd.
>
> > Suite 120
>
> > East Lansing, MI 48823
>
> > USA
>
> >
>
> > Voice: (+1) 517-332-7735
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> > Cell: (+1) 517-719-6359
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> > Fax: (+1) 517-332-1329
>
> >
>
> > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > SMS: 5177196359 (@page.nextel.com)
>
> >
>
> > Visit our website: www.mappingsolutions.com
>
> >
>
> > Need cheap GDT and NavTech street-level data for North America and
Europe?
>
> > Check out Map-In-A-Box at www.mapinabox.com
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