http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2009/08/03/312/do-you-see-spiders-making-government-data-truly-open/ ...Jason Birch's geospatial ramblings Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:23:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2009/08/03/312/do-you-see-spiders-making-government-data-truly-open/comment-page-1/#comment-67186 Jason Birch Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:24:13 +0000 http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/?p=312#comment-67186 Thanks Dale. I'm not holding my breath, but am convinced it is the right way to go. Most government web apps output record-specific report pages, so making them link-able and link-ed shouldn't be too hard. There's a huge gap between not too hard and done though. Thanks Dale. I’m not holding my breath, but am convinced it is the right way to go. Most government web apps output record-specific report pages, so making them link-able and link-ed shouldn’t be too hard. There’s a huge gap between not too hard and done though.

]]> http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2009/08/03/312/do-you-see-spiders-making-government-data-truly-open/comment-page-1/#comment-67185 Dale Lutz Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:27:58 +0000 http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/?p=312#comment-67185 Hey Jason, I really think you are onto something here -- this is an almost revolutionary approach to making spatial data more available, findable, and useful. It will be interesting to see how quickly other governments implement this, and where it will all lead. If nothing else, it will give those Google guys a real workout as they get fed a whole huge pile more of the world's information to "organize and make universally accessible and useful". Hey Jason, I really think you are onto something here — this is an almost revolutionary approach to making spatial data more available, findable, and useful. It will be interesting to see how quickly other governments implement this, and where it will all lead. If nothing else, it will give those Google guys a real workout as they get fed a whole huge pile more of the world’s information to “organize and make universally accessible and useful”.

]]> http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2009/08/03/312/do-you-see-spiders-making-government-data-truly-open/comment-page-1/#comment-67184 Jason Birch Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:17:52 +0000 http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/?p=312#comment-67184 Andrew Turner has a <a href="http://highearthorbit.com/geoweb-standards-where-we-are/" rel="nofollow">great segment on the geospatial web formats</a> that can be used to start publishing your geospatial features are web pages: Andrew Turner has a great segment on the geospatial web formats that can be used to start publishing your geospatial features are web pages:

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