Alberta Highway Symbols

I've just spent most of my morning creating Alberta Highway Symbol Icons for ArcMap. If anyone is interested in getting a particular highway symbol, or all of them, let me know and I can send them over for you.

Canada Post Files Copyright Lawsuit Over Crowd-sourced Postal Code Database

Something you might want to read about...

http://slashgeo.org/2012/04/15/Canada-Post-Files-Copyright-Lawsuit-Over-Crowd-sourced-Postal-Code-Database

MISA BC 2012 Fall Conference and Trade Show

Here's the link for the MISA BC Fall conference.

http://www.misa2012.ca/

Is anyone interested in attending since there has been a special invite for GIS people?

http://www.misa2012.ca/registration/gis/

What is the role of government in the geospatial sector?

http://geospatial.blogs.com/geospatial/2012/04/geospatial-world-forum-what-is-the-role-of-government-in-the-geospatial-sector-.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fzeissg%2Fgeospatial+%28Between+the+Poles%29&utm_content=FeedBurner

Towards a global licensing framework for geospatial data

Worth a read:

http://geospatial.blogs.com/geospatial/2012/05/towards-a-global-licensing-framework-for-geospatial-data.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fzeissg%2Fgeospatial+%28Between+the+Poles%29&utm_content=FeedBurner

ArcGIS parcel editing solution

For any of you considering or currently managing your own parcel data this might be of interest to you:

http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2012/05/16/new-video-series-helps-users-deploy-the-arcgis-parcel-editing-solution/

New Hampshire Law Promotes Open Source Software (VIDEO)

Open Data Standards are being put into law in US States such as New Hampshire:

http://www.govtech.com/pcio/New-Hampshire-Law-Promotes-Open-Source-Software-VIDEO.html

The Cost of Open Data: A Canadian Lawyer's Analysis

Worth a read...

http://www.itworldcanada.com/news/the-cost-of-open-data-a-canadian-lawyers-analysis/145426?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterfeed&goback=%2Egde_43546_member_115539396

Disaster Field Data Collection Webinar

Stefan brought the following webinar to my attention and it looks like it could be interesting for some of you:

GeoJot, is an app that converts your smartphone or tablet into a photo-based field data collection tool for disaster response. GeoJot allows users to enter attribute descriptions (name, condition, value, etc) and attach them to photographs as they are taken and then wirelessly upload the data to the office for processing through GPS-Photo Link. 

The webinar is on Wednesday, May 2 at 1 p.m. 

Click on the link for more details.

http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&discussionID=111676671&gid=2065062&commentID=-1&trk=view_disc&ut=1geidTJfH5JRc1

Canada's Open Government Action Plan

Some more info on the Fed's plan around Open Data:

http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/26458/2/

http://www.data.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=F9B7A1E3-1