This article was featured in the ASIS&T Bulletin special edition on Information Architecture, published in July 2015. Information architecture (IA) is a mess on Wikipedia. We all know the coverage is inadequate, to say the least. In fact when Ted Nelson gave his keynote at the Information Architecture Summit this year, he mentioned looking up … Read more
Client: NYC Office of Emergency Management Date: May 27, 2014 Visit Website In 2011, I participated in the NYC GeoSymposium 2001-2011-2021, which took a look at the advances and challenges of Geographic Information Systems in emergency response since 2001. I had been working with colleagues at GISMO for many years to draw attention to the important … Read more
We live in a world where vast troves of new information are being captured every day: smartphones double as data collection devices; social media applications aggregate geographically encoded mood swings; collectively tagged photos lead to new spatial data; global volunteers charting unmapped cities in the face of disasters or create new historical climate models from … Read more
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Registration is now open for the 2013 NYGeoCON being held on November 12th-13th in beautiful Saratoga Springs, NY! The early registration rate is $185 for the entire event and $120 for one day. You can register by going to: http://www.nysgis.net/nygeocon2013/register/. Also, we have reserved a block of rooms at the Saratoga Hilton at the government rate of $104/night. … Read more
Choice. I have two daughters who I love dearly. I worry about their future and the opportunity they have for a good life. Choice to me goes well beyond healthcare decisions. It includes the right to decide: what and where to study, what job to pursue, what items to buy, who (and whether) to marry, … Read more
We got the go-ahead to hold a 9/11 Geosymposium concurrently with New York City’s Technology in Government conference, to be held in November. Stay tuned for details, but it looks like we will have a full day of presentations on Day Two of the conference, November 16. GovTech will be handling registrations and logistics for … Read more
WWW.Wow. Where else could you find TED founder Richard Saul Wurman, Yo Yo Ma, Herbie Hancock and ESRI‘s Jack Dangermond all in one place? It’s the WWW.WWW Conference, currently planned for September 18/20, 2012. The conference website describes it as: WWW.WWW will be a gathering of the greatest, most interesting & curious minds in the … Read more
pollacks@fdny.nyc.gov Please join us at the 2nd Annual NYC Arc User Symposium on Friday, June17th, 2011 at the 26 Federal Plaza Conference Center! There is no cost to attend but registration is required. Please register at: NYCArc User Group Symposium – ESRI Registration http://events.esri.com/info/index.cfm?fuseaction=seminarRegForm&shownumber=14674 Registration is filling rapidly so please register soon! Doors will open … Read more
From Michael Crino: Hi Folks, Details on the upcoming NYS GeoSpatial Summit, to be held June 16th, 2011 at the Welch-Allyn Lodge in Skaneateles, NY are now posted on the Summit website at www.nygeosummit.org. Register online today to reserve your attendance at this very special event. Registrations will be limited to the first 200 people. … Read more
