Lately I have been doing some work as a volunteer in the aftermath of the victorian bushfires. We have been using GIS a lot but there was always something missing during the emergency mapping and spatial analysis. This was a Spatial Decision Support System.
So what is a SDSS and how is it different from [...]
Google MapMaker is out. There are several geowiki projects, but when someone like google decides to have a go at the problem you have to take notice. First thing to note is that the MapMaker is open for a limited set of countries, one of which I have blogged about earlier. So lets see what [...]
The ASIBA last week release a set of recommendations for the Australian government. These recommendations were based on a economic study evaluating what the spatial industry in Australia is worth. A staggering 6-12 billion dollars is the figure mentioned.
But lets look at the recommendations: I quite like the aims of some of these: government [...]