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Geothoughts 3: Edmonton Ascending to the World Stage as a Truly Open City | Geothink
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Canadian Geospatial and Open Data Research Partnership. Geoweb & Geospatial. Geothoughts 3: Edmonton Ascending to the World Stage as a Truly Open City. Edmonton is working to be on par with the world’s smart cities through an open city initiative that will revolutionize the life of the city’s citizens. Http:/ geothink.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Geothoughts-3 -Yvonne-Chen.m4a. Thanks for tuning in. And we hope you subscribe with us at Geothoughts on iTunes. TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO PODCAST. Edmonton is aspi...
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The Team | Geothink
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Canadian Geospatial and Open Data Research Partnership. Geoweb & Geospatial. University of British Columbia (Okanagan). University of Ottawa (Law). University of Ottawa (Law). University of Southern California. University of Ottawa (Communications). Institut national de la recherche scientifique. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. How the GeoWeb is Shaping Government and Citizen Interactions. 11-13 May 2016 at the University of Toronto.
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Geothink at the Canadian Open Data Summit 2015 | Geothink
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Canadian Geospatial and Open Data Research Partnership. Geoweb & Geospatial. Geothink at the Canadian Open Data Summit 2015. The Canadian Open Data Summit 2015. Wrapped up yesterday at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa with the City of Edmonton receiving this year’s Canadian Open Data Award a nod to the advancement of their open data and open government initiatives. The event was hosted by Open North. And a number of Geothink’s team, partners, and students were present. To start the day, Tim Davies. Two issues t...
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Geothink Publication List | Geothink
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Canadian Geospatial and Open Data Research Partnership. Geoweb & Geospatial. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. How the GeoWeb is Shaping Government and Citizen Interactions. 11-13 May 2016 at the University of Toronto. Funded by the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Grant Program and generous contributions from grant partners. Topics & Content. Refereed Publications and Conferences.
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Spotlight on Recent Publications: Exploring the Hyperbole Behind Crisis Mapping Through Chronic Community Development Issues | Geothink
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Canadian Geospatial and Open Data Research Partnership. Geoweb & Geospatial. Spotlight on Recent Publications: Exploring the Hyperbole Behind Crisis Mapping Through Chronic Community Development Issues. McGill University Masters Student Ana Brandusescu, lead author on the paper “Confronting the hype: The use of crisis mapping for community development.”. In a paper published this month, Geothink researchers critically examined the role that crisis mapping software such as Crowdmap. Each of the case studi...
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A Deeper Dive into Crowdsourcing – Geothink Summer Institute Day 2 | Geothink
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Canadian Geospatial and Open Data Research Partnership. Geoweb & Geospatial. A Deeper Dive into Crowdsourcing Geothink Summer Institute Day 2. Time for each of the seven competing teams to meet and work on their proposals in the upstairs classroom of the Environment 3 Building at the University of Waterloo during Geothink’s Summer Institute. Day two of Geothink’s Summer Institute. Began with a deeper dive into crowdsourcing led by Robert Goodspeed, assistant professor of Urban Planning. The goal of the i...
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Resources | Geothink
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Canadian Geospatial and Open Data Research Partnership. Geoweb & Geospatial. Government of Canada Open Data Portal. Government of Canada Open Data Portal – http:/ www.data.gc.ca/. Open Data Foundation – http:/ www.opendatafoundation.org/. Open Data Wikipedia – http:/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open data. EGovFutures Group Jury Konga Slideshows – http:/ www.slideshare.net/jkonga/presentations. A collection of slideshows introducing the concepts of Open Data as well as various associated branches.
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Open Data | Geothink
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Canadian Geospatial and Open Data Research Partnership. Geoweb & Geospatial. What is open data? 8220;Content or data is open if anyone is free to use, reuse, and redistribute it subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and/or share-alike.” www.opendefinition.org. What is an open data portal? We define an open data portal as an open data database resource that should consist of (at minimum) the following attributes:. Appropriate data license and terms of use (to ensure ‘openness’). Organizat...
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Geoweb & Geospatial | Geothink
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Canadian Geospatial and Open Data Research Partnership. Geoweb & Geospatial. Geoweb & Geospatial. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. How the GeoWeb is Shaping Government and Citizen Interactions. 11-13 May 2016 at the University of Toronto. Funded by the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Grant Program and generous contributions from grant partners. Topics & Content. Refereed Publications and Conferences.
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Crosspost: Green Cities and Smart Cities: The potential and pitfalls of digitally-enabled green urbanism | Geothink
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Canadian Geospatial and Open Data Research Partnership. Geoweb & Geospatial. Crosspost: Green Cities and Smart Cities: The potential and pitfalls of digitally-enabled green urbanism. The Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, BC, Canada was the world’s first LEED Platinum-certified convention center. It also has one of the largest green roofs in Canada. Image Credit: androver / Shutterstock.com. This post is cross-posted with permission from Alexander Aylett, from UGEC Viewpoints. Now have memberships...
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