tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401887842279401768.post3335868250452147702..comments2008-05-12T20:53:17.099-05:00Francine Stockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13582108407242537820noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401887842279401768.post-28999437618255295442008-05-12T20:53:00.000-05:002008-05-12T20:53:00.000-05:00Seems like a great idea to me. A well-crafted map can speak louder than words or data alone.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.noaa.gov/charts.html" REL="nofollow">NOAA's charting and geodesy</A> info may help too.davidherrold.comhttp://www.davidherrold.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401887842279401768.post-8233415851328999952008-05-12T19:40:00.000-05:002008-05-12T19:40:00.000-05:00Today I was speaking with someone about the Netroots Nation '08 project. I talked about NetSquared to set the context. The person basically offered to let me put all this stuff on their website. I said quickly that I have my own website, and then went into my spiel about the recovery portal.<BR/><BR/>Which is something that I'm constantly bumping up against in New Orleans. Especially outside of the new social networks developed since the flood. When the nonprofit powers that be in our town think of the web, they think of Yahoo! The web is a place to get news and information. <BR/><BR/>The web is where they get their news and information, it's not where they put their news and information. They imagine a directory to all the official websites, or a place where press releases can be gathered.<BR/><BR/>When I hear about how we need to create a one website were people can go to get all their recovery information, I say, they already have that website. It's called Google. If you'd only publish on line, in the open, we'd all be able to find exactly what we're looking for.<BR/><BR/>Which is how today, I came across the word ecosystem. I didn't have it ready in response to the, oh, yes, you can build our website for us comment, but we can work it into the manifesto.<BR/><BR/>We're seeking support for a grassroots GIS ecosystem, and we're looking to speak for it. This instance, we're going to talk about our mashup, but we'll have plenty of opportunity to talk about the very nature of this new self-government that is tenuously held together by the adhesive of social media and social change.Alan Guiterrezhttp://thinknola.com/post/n2y3-mashup-challenge/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401887842279401768.post-69024797047299136652008-05-08T18:30:00.000-05:002008-05-08T18:30:00.000-05:00I looove the layers idea - so poetically described, too! I hope they take your advice!Megan Lubaszkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03953806511238966593noreply@blogger.com