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DeliciousPodcast: Why Isn’t a Map our Gateway to the News?
Another new offering which "displays local news on a map, along with context from social media,” prompts our editors to ask if a map is the right "index" to the news. Many news portals have tried using maps as "the" or "a" window into content, but it's just not caught on. Why not? TapIn is the new kid on the block; Topix was there before it. Will either succeed?
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Towards a Global Licensing Framework for Geospatial Data
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.
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