Google Maps vs Apple Maps

Still a lot that is unknown...

http://blog.gisuser.com/2012/06/21/google-maps-vs-apple-maps/

ESRI: New Maps for the Fire Service

Some of you might find this info useful, especially the part about Street Map Indexing...

http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2012/06/25/new-maps-for-the-fire-service/

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