Podcast: A Look Back at 9/11 and GIS in NYC - An Interview with Al Leidner, New York City’s GIS Director in 2001

In this interview, Editor in Chief Joe Francica speaks with Al Leidner of Booz Allen Hamilton. Back in 2001, Leidner, was the director of New York City's GIS project at the city's Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications or DoITT and the person most responsible for coordinating geospatial technology support during the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11.

GIS Community Looks Back at 9/11

The editors of Directions Magazine have compiled a list of articles that looks back at the GIS community's response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Readers will find photos, maps and imagery from the work performed by the local and state government agencies and universities that supported recovery efforts.

The National Broadband Map: Case Study on Open Innovation for National Policy

The White House issued an Open Data during the first week of May. Last year the FCC detailed how valuable its open data policy had been to the country in a case study of broadband mapping put together by the Woodrow WIlson Center. The executive summary and a video provide an introduction...