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Excerpts from letters and comments from the
previous week (or so) appear on Thursdays. Follow the links provided to
read the full comments.
We welcome your praise and criticism
via our comments tools provided along with articles on the website, or
via e-mail.
Podcast: GIS,
GDP, ROI, and the Macro and Micro Economic Impacts of Spatial
Information
A reader provided an example of a successful public/private partnership for GIS
data development.
"... MassGIS and Mass Department of
Transportation as well as our E911 program have worked with NavTeq
[sic] to update the Massachusetts Road network. ..."
- Johanna
Meyer, Mass Emergency Management Agency
Commercial Imagery Strategy Focused on
End-user
A reader offered another comment on this article by Jeff Leonard and
Lynn Mueller, which was reprinted from the NGA's
Pathfinder.
"I see two factors that contribute to the
problem [of the NGA serving users outside the federal community]: 1)
DOD is weighted to RemoteView, which reads NITF much better than
GeoTIFF, and 2) software manufacturers either offer less than stellar
NITF support (ESRI) or charge extra for it (ERDAS)."
- JOD,
UVM
Microsoft Readies SQL Server
CTP-5 with Spatial Datatype Support
A question and a comment from readers of Joe
Francica's article about Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 (code named
"Katmai").
"When is a public beta? This is just for those in
selected beta program?"
- John
"... Keep delaying it [the
release date] SQL Server Development team, we prefer solid but late to
flakey and coincides with the marketing push ANYTIME. ..."
-
Dave
Ed. note: The latest CTP is available to all for download at its website.
Geography
Awareness Week 2007
A reader from the National Geographic
Society provided more links.
"...
[At the website dedicated to Geography
Action! and Geography Awareness Week 2007] , viewers learn about
Geography Awareness Week, find resources for celebrating geography, and
links to other websites that highlight geography and this year's theme
of Asia. ..."
- Sheryl Hasegawa, National Geographic
Society
