Recent Tweets- New Jersey has become Wonderland and Chris Christie is our maniacal, "infallible" Queen of Hearts. "Off with his head!" #nj #edu #drpa #fb
- @lanyrd awesome! keep up the good work!
- While the Places feature on @lanyrd is great, it really needs to be ordered by distance from my location. Map optional. #gis #geo
- Added #macurisa 2010 to Lanyrd, a directory of conferences. http://lanyrd.com/2010/macurisa/
- @rasputinaxp Indiana Jones wannabe.
Category Archives: Government
The “Danger” of Creative Commons
Am I upset that an anti-rail group used my picture for their own use? Not really. The Internet is founded on sharing information. Continue reading
Posted in Government, In the News
Tagged Flickr, Glassboro, Government, infrastructure, photography, redevelopment, senate, train
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Equality in Data: Should personal addresses be redacted?
Just because you have a hammer doesn’t mean you’re going to start hitting people with it. Intentionally crippling a web service and reducing accessibility should always be seen as a major step backwards. Continue reading
Posted in Data, Government, In the News, OPRA, Privacy, Technology
Tagged FOIA, Internet, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, opra, Privacy
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State Planning hasn’t changed all that much…
Encourage development in and around our cities. Preserve areas of environmental importance, such as the Highlands and Pinelands. Plan accordingly for agriculture. Continue reading
Posted in Government, New Jersey State Atlas, Planning
Tagged new jersey, New Jersey State Atlas, Planning, State Plan
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Ogle Earth on redaction of images from Google
Today, Ogle Earth has posted an excellent article on images from Google Earth that have gone missing. The imagery is of an area in Pakistan. Apparently Dianne Feinstein commented that the US military has been using a base in Pakistan … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Google Earth, Government, In the News
Tagged Data, DigitalGlobe, Google Earth, Government, redaction, satellite
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New Jersey Public Schools GIS Data
Point locations for public schools in New Jersey is now available in personal geodatabase form. The dataset, created by the Office of GIS with information from the Department of Education, is available for download through NJGIN.
NJGF Municipal Users Group Meeting
Atanas Entchev has posted some notes he received from the recent Municipal Users Group meeting. Worth the read.
Posted in Events, Government
Tagged municipal gis, New Jersey Geospatial Forum, user groups
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GIS and the expectation of privacy
GIS is considered by some to be an invasive technology. Even though some of the “invasive” data like lot lines and ownership are in the public domain, the easy access to large data stores of personal information is a cause … Continue reading
OPRA Task Force Meeting July 18 in Trenton
New Jersey Geospatial Forum‘s OPRA Task Force will be hosting a meeting with Government Records Council Executive Director Catherine Starghill. The meeting will take place at the Department of Community Affairs on Friday, July 18th at 10am.