Stats Canada to Make Data Products Free and Open

Some of you may find this news interesting:

http://blog.gisuser.com/2011/11/26/stats-canada-to-make-data-products-free-and-open/

Student project possibilities...

There is an opportunity for municipalities in the region to utilize SAIT students (or other students) for small projects. I was approached by a group of students from SAIT that will be starting their final project in the new year and they are looking for the opportunity to work on a real-world project. If your municipality, or anyone else you may know of, is interested, let me know and I can give you more details and help put you in touch with some of these students.

Best Practices for Geospatial Data Sharing Released

Interesting blog posting regarding data sharing best practices:

http://blog.safe.com/2011/11/best-practices-for-geospatial-data-sharing-released-by-nsgic/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ItsAllAboutData+%28It%27s+All+About+Data%29

Transparency Demands Cost Governments (US) Money

An interesting article about the use of technology in providing more information to the public:

http://www.govtech.com/e-government/Transparency-Demands-Cost-Governments-Money.html?elq=e7829f6ada22450d832340477efb0c5e