I blogged previously about the analysis of the contribution of spatial data to the Australian economy and to the New Zealand economy undertaken by ACIL Tasman. Alan Smart, who spoke this year at FOSS4G, was involved in […]
Sometime ago I blogged about studies in the UK and Australia that attempted to estimate the value of spatial data to national economies. At the end of August a study was released by Land Information New […]
I have just returned to Ottawa after attending a GITA Board of Directors meeting in California. I chanced to chat with Daniel Shannon of Telus about some interesting macroeconomic reports that I had come across. […]
Recently I had the opportunity to visit a very interesting company, iMapData, which is now part of ChoicePoint. These folks started out in the late 90’s doing market studies for blue chip commercial organizations. After […]