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Podcast: Government Data as Platform for Innovation
By Directions Magazine français
August 25, 2009

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Three news stories this week address (1) federal government technology change, (2) a city opening up its data and (3) a grant-funded hyperlocal website being acquired. We think they are related and provide some pointers about what technologists, politicians and citizens can expect regarding access to data, including geodata.

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You are invited to attend the “Getting Started with the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF” live training seminar on Thursday, August 27th. This seminar will teach you how to develop fast, rich, and interactive web mapping applications on top of ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Online services. You can learn more about this free seminar at www.esri.com/training.

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