How about "HELLO GRANDMA (She is very hard of hearing).....RICHARD.....RICHARD....YOUR GRANDSON, RICHARD....YES, I MAKE MAPS....NO, MAPS (quiet aside to myself, "well yes I do take naps").. NO, HE DIED IN 1972..." and so on?
-----Original Message----- From: Martin Hodder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 23 March 2004 06:33 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 > > > Cell: (+1) 517-719-6359 > > > Fax: (+1) 517-332-1329 > > > > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Message number: 10985 > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Message number: 10986 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 11002 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 11013
