Open standards for sharing electric power usage data

Change is coming...

http://geospatial.blogs.com/geospatial/2011/12/open-standards-for-sharing-electric-power-usage-data.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fzeissg%2Fgeospatial+%28Between+the+Poles%29

Free Processing Tools for ESRI software

For those of you with Arcview licenses, these tools can expand your processing options and for those with ArcEditor or ArcInfo there are still some useful tools here:

http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2011/nov/14/news2.html

Pictometry Launches New Sketch Verification Report for Assessors

Some of you have access to Pictometry data and might find this interesting:

http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2011/dec/07/news2.html

Metadata Tips and Tricks

Further to our discussion at the last Technical Committee meeting, I found a free, 60 minute Tips and Tricks training seminar on the ESRI training website on Metadata.

http://training.esri.com/gateway/index.cfm?fa=catalog.webCourseDetail&courseid=1272

Oregon, Montana, Utah and Colorado Partner to Share GIS Data in the Cloud

A parnership of US States has decided to store GIS data in the Cloud. Read more here:

http://www.govtech.com/technology/Oregon-Montana-Utah-and-Colorado-Partner-to-Share-GIS-Data-in-the-Cloud.html?elq=84b8f2d77e2f4767ba69f5061933df16

URISA Webcasts

Some of the URISA webcasts may be of interest to you, especially the one called "Tools for Developeing Good Addresses" being held on January 18, 2012.

http://www.urisa.org/urisaconnect

Stats Canada to Make Data Products Free and Open

Some of you may find this news interesting:

http://blog.gisuser.com/2011/11/26/stats-canada-to-make-data-products-free-and-open/

Student project possibilities...

There is an opportunity for municipalities in the region to utilize SAIT students (or other students) for small projects. I was approached by a group of students from SAIT that will be starting their final project in the new year and they are looking for the opportunity to work on a real-world project. If your municipality, or anyone else you may know of, is interested, let me know and I can give you more details and help put you in touch with some of these students.

Best Practices for Geospatial Data Sharing Released

Interesting blog posting regarding data sharing best practices:

http://blog.safe.com/2011/11/best-practices-for-geospatial-data-sharing-released-by-nsgic/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ItsAllAboutData+%28It%27s+All+About+Data%29

Transparency Demands Cost Governments (US) Money

An interesting article about the use of technology in providing more information to the public:

http://www.govtech.com/e-government/Transparency-Demands-Cost-Governments-Money.html?elq=e7829f6ada22450d832340477efb0c5e