Democratization of Geospatial Data: Putting the Public in Control

By Anosh Sethna, on January 27th, 2011%

By Anosh Sethna

Geospatial data was once a foreign term to the average consumer, but today Google Earth has resulted in the rapid growth of geospatial data as a factor in the everyday household. Google Earth uses high resolution satellite photography to create a highly user friendly virtual globe that can be used by anyone . . . → Read More: Democratization of Geospatial Data: Putting the Public in Control

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Democratization of Geographic Information: (Potentially) Shaping our World

By Erika Lampert, on January 27th, 2011%

When, in 1994, a group of computer graphics professionals developed the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), a necessity for sophisticated programming skills overshadowed its potential for greatness. Since then, the emergence of virtual globes such as Google Earth has democratized, that is to say has made easily accessible and applicable to the average citizen, this . . . → Read More: Democratization of Geographic Information: (Potentially) Shaping our World

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Democratization: Power and Responsibility

By Kiron Lebeck, on September 10th, 2010%

By: Kiron Lebeck

Reading of genocide, torture, and indiscriminate murder leaves one with a sad image that is soon forgotten, but actually seeing pictures of people affected by these atrocities leaves a permanent imprint in one’s mind. While this is an extreme circumstance, this kind of visual data has been made widely available through the . . . → Read More: Democratization: Power and Responsibility

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