|
|
You've heard of location-based services. And you’ve heard of distance education. But have you heard of location-based education? What is it and is it the next big thing in education?
Show Notes
The latest version of this free and open source product enables the discovery and use of geospatial resources and includes a new and improved metadata editor. To learn more and to download, visit ArcGIS Editor for OpenStreetMap is a free and open source add-on that enables ArcGIS Desktop 10 users to contribute to the OpenStreetMap community.It provides tools to download, store, edit, and upload OpenStreetMap data using the ArcGIS editing environment. To learn more and to download, visit www.esri.com/osmeditor .
Is it time for a global licensing framework for geospatial data? The GSDI Legal and Economic Working group thinks so and offered a presentation and a way forward at the GSDI 13 conference held in Quebec City in May. The effort aims to harmonize existing licensing without changing fundamental access policies and funding models and be compatible with the diferences in national legal systems. That's a tall order, but an important one as the world moves toward geodata sharing. Geoff Zeiss reports.