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DigitalEarth.org
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By robhranac , Section New Scoop Sites []
Posted on Mon Feb 10, 2003 at 12:00:00 PM PST
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DigitalEarth.org was conceived of
as a
Slashdot for the Digital Earth. We use the term Digital Earth as a
catch all for talking about the environmental information infrastructure, which
includes technology to connect geographic data, environmental models, and
visualizations. We don't envision the Digital Earth literally, i.e. as a
monolithic system or entity; rather we view it as the process of connecting
together information about the planet.
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DigitalEarth.org is just a weblog.
It is not an organization, nor is it affiliated with the
Digital Earth Initiative, which was previously both part of the NASA and an
independent set of international workshops. We have chosen the name Digital
Earth because it is catchy and we wanted to pay homage to the efforts of
some of the pioneers of the spatial data infrastructure. This site was
developed as a collaborative effort of two non-profits: the Open Planning
Project and the GeoData Alliance.
Is DigitalEarth.org about GIS?
Sort of. We like to think of it is as a site about the future of GIS. Or maybe
as a site about what happens as GIS adapts to the Internet. Or maybe it is a
site for people who are dissatisfied with GIS as a product category and would
like it to be integrated into mainstream information technology. This is what
we mean by `sort of.'
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