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15/08
IGIC board member Anna Radue, Indiana University UITS, attended the ESRI International User's Conference in San Diego, CA last month. When she came back she shared with me the following two presentations from the keynote and plenary sessions:
(1) Maryland's Governor Martin O’Malley presented on the State's themes - “One Maryland, One Map”, and “State of Maryland – Leading the Way to Transparent Government Using GIS”. The Governor gave a very informative presentation at the opening regarding using GIS to manage government.
(2) Hernando DeSoto, an international economist who has pioneered the development of cadastral systems in the developing world. He argues that parcel boundaries are the foundation for the market economy – “something which sticks out to organize everything else”.
Anna told me that these presentation were of specific interest to her because they made her step back and reflect on what we are doing here in Indiana.
I feel these presentation both mirror and reinforce Indiana's statewide efforts in the development of the IndianaMap and our current data sharing initiative with local government. But they can also challenge us to do more!
Thanks to ESRI, we can view many of the presentations from the 2009 UC at the following link: http://www.esri.com/events/uc/agenda/plenary.html
Direct links to the two presentations Anna recommended are below:
Governor Martin O’Malley's Presentation
Hernando DeSoto’s Presentation
(1) Maryland's Governor Martin O’Malley presented on the State's themes - “One Maryland, One Map”, and “State of Maryland – Leading the Way to Transparent Government Using GIS”. The Governor gave a very informative presentation at the opening regarding using GIS to manage government.
(2) Hernando DeSoto, an international economist who has pioneered the development of cadastral systems in the developing world. He argues that parcel boundaries are the foundation for the market economy – “something which sticks out to organize everything else”.
Anna told me that these presentation were of specific interest to her because they made her step back and reflect on what we are doing here in Indiana.
I feel these presentation both mirror and reinforce Indiana's statewide efforts in the development of the IndianaMap and our current data sharing initiative with local government. But they can also challenge us to do more!
Thanks to ESRI, we can view many of the presentations from the 2009 UC at the following link: http://www.esri.com/events/uc/agenda/plenary.html
Direct links to the two presentations Anna recommended are below:
Governor Martin O’Malley's Presentation
Hernando DeSoto’s Presentation
07/08
In the Summer 2009 issue of ArcUser Magazine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN is highlighted for teaching students how to use off-the-shelf GIS data and software to support their classes in soil science. Purdue University professor Darrell G Schultz and assistant professor Phillip R. Owens use IndianaMap data available from the Indiana Geological Survey and the Indiana Spatial Data Portal at UITS to access orthophotography, digital elevation model, soils, and others data to teach their students. The full story can be viewed at http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0609/purduedirt.html .