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Intergraph representatives introduce Intergraph's Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) offerings. Topics include the business needs for SDI, what makes up an SDI, the importance of industry standards (OGC/ISO/INSPIRE) in SDIs and some early SDI implementations. On the panel are:
David Holmes - Strategic Marketing Director
Johann Jessenk - Government & Transportation Industry Manager
Roger Harwell - GeoMedia Web Product Manager
Ken Hodges, Nielsen Claritas' Chief Demographer, discusses the American Community Survey (ACS) and the differences in the type of data that it will provide, how to interpret the data and its importance in providing current demographic information.
Using state-of-the-art applied demography for small area demographic estimates, Ken Hodges, Nielsen Claritas' Chief Demographer, talks about the methodology used to compile data to measure rapid growth areas.
Lynn Wombold, Chief Demographer and Data Development Team Manager with ESRI, provides valuable insight on how demographic trends, such as housing, income, and employment, are impacting the U.S. population. —Published June 24, 2009
Shelli Stockton, Industry Manager of Facilities Management at ESRI, previews the facilities management events and activities at the 2009 ESRI International User Conference.
Christopher Thomas, government industry solutions manager at ESRI, discusses how government organizations can better manage their fleets using ArcLogistics, ESRI's routing and scheduling solution.
Christophe Charpentier, product manager at ESRI, discusses the latest version of ESRI StreetMap Premium, an enhanced street dataset that works with ArcGIS Server or ArcGIS Desktop to provide geocoding, routing, and high-quality cartographic display.
Jian Lange, ArcPad product manager, and Elvin Slavik, lead ArcPad developer, talk about new capabilities, performance improvements, and quality enhancements in ArcPad 8.
Last August, John Graham took the helm of Intergraph's Security, Government and Infrastructure Division (SG&I), which provides geospatial technology products and services. Graham spoke to Editor in Chief Joe Francica about his evaluation of the worldwide geospatial marketplace as he looks to restructure his division to work with a more global perspective. He also commented on the competitive landscape in the GIS sector, as well as how the company continues to see opportunity in spite of the current economic downturn.
Journal News Removes Interactive Gun Permit Map
The Lower Hudson Journal News has been under fire for publishing a map of gun permit holders in two counties in New York State before Christma. (APB coverage 1, 2, podcast). On Friday January 18 the paper removed the interactive map. Why? Publisher Janet Hasson gave answers in a media statement and in a letter to readers.
In a statement in response to The Poynter Institute (a journalism school) she argued:
With the passage this week of the NYSAFE gun law, which allows permit holders to request their names and addresses be removed from the public record, we decided to remove the gun permit data from lohud.com at 5 pm today. While the new law does not require us to remove the data, we believe that doing so complies with its spirit. For the past four weeks, there has been vigorous debate over our publication of the permit data, which has been viewed nearly 1.2 million times by readers. One of our core missions as a newspaper is to empower our readers with as much information as possible on the critical issues they face, and guns have certainly become a top issue since the massacre in nearby Newtown, Conn. Sharing as much public information as possible provides our readers with the ability to contribute to the discussion, in any way they wish, on how to make their communities safer. We remain committed to our mission of providing the critical public service of championing free speech and open records.
In a letter to readers published on Friday she wrote:
So intense was the opposition to our publication of the names and addresses that legislation passed earlier this week in Albany included a provision allowing permit holders to request confidentiality and imposing a 120-day moratorium on the release of permit holder data.
She goes on to say that during the 27 days the map was online any one interested would have seen it and that the data would eventually be out of date. She also noted that the paper does not endorse the way the state chose to limit availability of the data.
The original map/article still includes a graphic - but it's a snapshot, a raster image, with no interactivity. Says Hasson in the letter to readers:
And we will keep a snapshot of our map — with all its red dots — on our website to remind the community that guns are a fact of life we should never forget.
I continue to applaud the paper for requesting the data via a Freedom on Informat request, mapping it, keeping the map up despite threats and criticism and now responding to state law. I think the paper did a service to the state, to citizens and to journalism.
- via reader Jim and Poynter
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