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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:
Do You Think Spatially?
Listeners and readers offered answers
and perspectives.
"... Unfortunately, more and more people regard GIS as an I.T. role,
not a geographer's. It shouldn't be pigeon-holed in this manner."
- James Morris, Cardiff Council, UK
"... I've found that there is a boundary where I.T. stops and
spatial thinking commences and this is when the Geographer uses a GIS
for problem solving."
- Paul Shapley, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
"...I would like the summation of my thesis to be 'GIS AND ITS
UTILITY,
LIKE BEAUTY, IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.' ..."
- John Garner, EnviroGroup Limited
Podcast:
Why is it so Hard to Sell Geospatial Technology to the
Enterprise?
Listeners seemed to see the
same challenges and offered
their insights.
"...Does the modifier “enterprise” conjure up the image of a
simple,
low cost technology to a business manager?"
- Gary Smith, Green Mountain GeoGraphics, Ltd
"CIO Magazine Australia/Computerworld today offers up an article
called
'Six Innovative Uses for GPS During Your Business Day.' ..."
- Adena Schutzberg, Directions Magazine
"...Sometimes I think that in the paranoia-laden world of business
enterprise, a voodoo charmer may often find himself (or herself) more
welcome than a GIS analyst. ..."
- Atanas Entchev, ENTCHEV GIS Architects
"... One such [Einstein] quote that aptly describes the scenario of
this podcast is: 'The significant problems we face cannot be solved at
the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.' ..."
- Michael Cerkas, GeoAnalytics, Inc.
