Archive for June 2011





Cloud Computing Speeds Up And Simplifies the Adoption of Spatial Technology

Jun 30th, 2011 | By

Jim Skurzynski is an expert of spatial technology, computing in the cloud and on-line real estate and government technology. Skurzynski is a founder of Digital Map Products, a leading provider of web-enabled spatial solutions that bring the power of spatial technology to mainstream business, government and consumer applications. He helped start up Digital Map Products [...]



New Contributor – Jim Skurzynski

Jun 29th, 2011 | By

We are lucky to have pulled in Jim Skurzynski, President and CEO of Digital Map Products, to provide an industry perspective to help balance our normal education and research focus on Geography and geospatial technologies. Jim will bring a strong cloud perspective which we talk about occasionally on the podcast from an observer’s view, but [...]



HealthMap

Jun 28th, 2011 | By

The Globe and Mail has an interesting article today on a site called HealthMap, created by epidemiologists at the Children’s Hospital Boston which uses participatory GIS and other information mined from the Internet to quickly identify potential patterns of disease outbreaks. According to the HealthMap website partners and supporters include Google, NIH, CDC, Canadian Institute [...]



6th Anniversary Contest – Week 5

Jun 27th, 2011 | By
It is time to round-out our countdown to our 6th anniversary. Remember that you can answer each question once and that all entries must be submitted by July 10.
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