A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 185
A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 185
February 1, 2009
Main Topic: Our conversation about geoprofiling, geodemographics, and privacy issues
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Music
News
- Two more proposals on geospatial technologies and economic stimulus – 1, 2
- Flood mapping questions
- Flood maps questioned after Pacific Northwest floods
- Buffalo City, Wisc. fights FEMA maps
- Lafourche and Terrebonne in Louisiana protest FEMA maps
- CarbonProject release update to Gaia viewer
- Indigenous groups question US geographer’s field research
- LBS overload on WIRED
Main topic
- This week we talk about the increasing power of geoprofiling and geodemographics, and touch on some of the ethical and privacy issues related to the uses of geographic information
- QGIS 1.0.0 – KORE
Web Corner
Tip of the Week
Events
- QGIS hackfest: 19-22 March, Hannover, Germany
- 4th International Workshop on Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage: 6-7 April, Venice, Italy
- EUROGEO 2009: 28-31 May, Ayvalik, Balikesir, Turkey
- 2009 Association for Gravestone Studies Conference: 23-28 June, Schenectady, NY
This week A Very Spatial Podcast is sponsored by ESRI.
The deadline to submit an abstract for the 2009 ESRI Business GIS Summit has been extended to February 13th. The Summit will take place May 4-6 in Denver, Colorado. Be part of this one-of-a-kind forum by submitting your work to share your GIS experiences and knowledge with other business professionals and industry leaders. Visit www.esri.com/bizsummit for more information and to submit an abstract.