The amount of information being generated about our planet is increasing at an exponential rate, but it must be easily accessible in order to apply it to the global needs relating to the state of the Earth...
A top Thai meteorologist, tasked with issuing tsunami alerts to avoid a repeat of the 2004 Indian Ocean disaster, said Thursday he would quit, complaining of a lack of government support though the government has installed 79 warning towers along the coast, which are linked to the National Disaster Warning Centre in Bangkok...
We have just announced the theme and dates for the second Map World Forum...A Promise for a Sustainable Planet Earth- 10 -13 February 2009. It is an attempt at sounding the clarion call to all like minded souls who are struggling to keep Gaia alive. The Herculean task that all of us have (- and I surely do not hint at the logistical issues of hosting the conference), force me to slightly modify Robert Frost: "The woods were lovely, dark and deep... I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.” Recycle, Reuse ..are the important tenets for sustainability. Let us at least begin with strongly advocating the reuse of geo-spatial data...
2. PENTAGON curtails Google Mapping
Late last week Google found itself on the end of an ear bashing from the US Defence Department after the impetuous search engine giant was found to have filmed detailed ground level footage of its military bases and uploaded them onto Google Earth and Google Maps!
3. How to be in with the IT crowd
Cabinet office minister and long-time IT enthusiast backs making public data available for re-use
Dr.
Hrishikesh Samant
