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From Esri ArcNews: In 2008, the secretary of the US Department of the Interior (DOI), Dirk Kempthorne, addressed the audience at the Esri International User Conference and announced that as part of a larger US government initiative to make its data more available, all Landsat scenes in its archives would be available for free. This […]
Google I/O, a conference where many Google products and services have been introduced (Android, Google Wave, Google TV are three of them), begins today and we’re already hearing about some of the services that will be announced. So we thought it would it might be useful to compile a ist of some of the most […]
The Atlas of Global Development is published by the World Bank and was featured in a UN Pulse blog post on Monday. The new 3rd edition [is] a comprehensive guide to the most critical issues facing our changing world presents a comprehensive overview of the world and its people at the start of the 21st […]
Digital Archiving: "A Memory of Webs Past"
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Maps, Preservation, Publishing, Resources
|From an IEEE Spectrum Article by Ariel Bleicher: Since the ancient Sumerians compiled the first collections of inscribed clay tablets, many peoples have attempted to preserve documents, ephemera, and even the flotsam of their political, economic, and social tides. But perhaps no nation today tackles this endeavor as thoroughly as France, one of the few […]
The Deciders: Facebook, Google, and the Future of Privacy and Free Speech It was 2025 when Facebook decided to post live feeds from public and private surveillance cameras, so they could be searched online. The decision hardly came as a surprise. Ever since Facebook passed the 500 million-member mark in 2010, it found increasing consumer […]
New: Westchester County (New York) Launches Online Digital Archives
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Management and Leadership, Maps, Patrons and Users, Resources
|From Westchester.com: More than 9,000 historical photographs and maps stored in archival vaults have been digitized and placed online as part of the newly launched Westchester County Archives’ Digital Collections. “Every aspect of government needs to be continually improving,” said County Executive Robert P. Astorino. “This digitization project is an example of how technology can […]
In a Note on the Copyright.gov Web Site, Maria A. Pallante, Acting Register of Copyrights, Writes: Copyright markets are fundamentally important to the economy. The core copyright industries constitute 6.4 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, contributing nearly $890 billion to the overall economy. These industries help stimulate overall economic growth, employ millions of […]
Direct to the Complete Article from Computerworld The 22 Tools Organized Into These Categories: Data cleaning Statistical analysis Visualization applications and services Code help: Wizards, libraries, APIs GIS/mapping on the desktop Web-based GIS/mapping Temporal data analysis Text/word clouds Social and other network analysis Here’s a Chart Listing All of the Tools
Canada: A New Digital Collection: IslandArchives.ca From U. of Prince Edward Island
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Libraries, Maps, Resources
|This resource was officially launched on April 18, 2011. Direct to the IslandArchives.ca From the About Page: The Island Archives Centre will protect and offer access to all of PEI’s contributions to our local and national heritage via a digital context infinitely more useful than that provided by traditional tools. Contributions to the “official word” […]
About the United States Coast Survey: In 1807, President Thomas Jefferson established the Survey of the Coast to produce the nautical charts necessary for maritime safety, defense, and the establishment of national boundaries. Within years, the United States Coast Survey was the government’s leading scientific agency, charting coastlines and determining land elevations for the nation. […]