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Your Source for Geospatial Technology Thursday | March 20, 2008

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Podcast: Maps in the News and News in Maps - A Conversation with
Amy GahranPodcast: Maps in the News and News in Maps - A Conversation with Amy Gahran

Adena Schutzberg speaks with Amy Gahran, a conversational media consultant and content strategist based in Boulder, CO, about maps and the media. The conversation ranges from how to pitch map-focused stories to the press to how to best serve journalists in this technology age. Schutzberg and Gahran also point out some "boo-boos" they've found and highlight great uses of maps in the media.


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Murphy Addresses the "Big Lie of Government" and China's Threat to the U.S. Economy at GITA Conference
Readers raised questions about Murphy's comments.

"Mr. Murphy is stated to be a career politician. With this in mind, he can not possibly understand the concept of the private market and therefore understands only one revenue stream...Taxes. ..."
- Jamie, Big Government

"It isn't the Big Lie of Government - it is the Big Lie to Get Politicians Elected. It is not the government, but certain politicians who have forced their colleagues to abandon good sensible government and frequently tell their constituents that, if elected, the constituents won't have to foot the bills for other parts of the nation. ..."
- Linda, civilian

An Expedition into the Abyss of Addresses: The IEE Conference Exposes the Achilles Heel of the Location Intelligent Enterprise
A reader pointed out that there's more to the problem than just database issues.

"Beyond addresses being incorrectly entered, typographical errors, unconventional abbreviations, etc., poorly implemented addressing conditions also cause significant problems. ..."
- Burt Ray Simpson, AddressAccess.com

New Dimensions in Spatial ETL: Safe Software's FME User Conference 2008
A reader offered more information on Radius Studio and FDO.

"... Readers can find out more about Radius Studio and FDO here on our OSGeo page. ..."
- Steven Ramage, 1Spatial


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Oracle's Location Intelligence Podcast Series (#2): Putting the Pieces Together
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