Podcast: The Gov 2.0 Summit and Geospatial

By Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg
September 15, 2009

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Last week's Government 2.0 Summit held in Washington DC put GIS front and center as a key tool in a vision of government as a platform for itself and for citizens to use. Why the fuss at this time over GIS, which has been a part of government at all levels for decades? What's new in this vision? What changes can we see in this new embrace of the technology?

Show Notes

ESRI is offering a free live training seminar, titled "Editing in ArcGIS 9: Tips & Tricks IV", on Thursday, September 17th. This seminar will focus on several attribute validation techniques that you can use to maintain and ensure the integrity of your GIS databases. Visit www.esri.com/training to learn more about the seminar.

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