Good Morning All!

I saw this on the GIS Café today and thought it had a message we all should be considering. The public demand for state and local government GIS data  in a format they can easily work with and understand is growing rapidly. Should satisfying this need be left to private industry or do governments have a responsibility for meeting this distribution need?

"We view the new world of GIS and GIS apps as being:
1) Flexible - this means more than just configurable apps.
2) Collaborative - centralised cloud hosted data accessible across the organization
3) Intuitive - no more tool filled unfocused apps. Access to GIS technology to all.
4) Easily extensible - every organization has unique workflows, any app need to be easily (cheaply) extended or altered. Providing the functionality your organization needs with your workflows.
5) Mobile apps need be both cross platform and cross device.
6) All mobile apps should have built in offline capabilities"

http://www10.giscafe.com/blogs/mobilegis/2014/09/26/thoughts-on-geco-conference-the-gis-industry-is-splitting/

Have a tantalizing Tuesday!

Joseph Young
Executive Director
Maine GeoLibrary
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