Chris Stines is Planetizen's former Editor and the founder of Urban Insight, a leading digital agency. Chris has 25 years of experience in technology consulting and urban planning and has served as a consultant to public sector state, county, and local agencies, Fortune 500 private firms, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
2004 Geospatial Technology Report
The <a href="www.gita.org">Geospatial Information & Technology Association</a> has published their sixth annual survey of organizations implementing <br /> geospatial information technologies. While the full report is $145, <a href="http://www.gita.org/resources/geo_report/gtr_excerpt.pdf">a free excerpt from the Executive Summary</a> is available online. <br /> <br /> One interesting question posed by the report: Given the strong interest in "Web-based GIS, could the industry be preparing for a dramatic increase in outsourcing of GIS to third-party providers enabled by the Internet? The ASP (application service provider) model, which some longtime industry experts feel was ahead of its time, could well experience a serious boost from these developments.
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Jane Jacobs: The Twilight Of Civilization
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