[TCMUG] Open Data and esri?

[Dan Little]

ESRI does try to package some of the rendering/style information in
their Geodatabases.  Right now the standard-open-geo interchange
format is shapefiles.  And that could really use some updating (I
don't think GeoJSON is a compelling alternative but that is probably
another argument for another thread).

On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Dan Little <theduckylittle at gmail.com> wrote:
> ESRI does try to package some of the rendering/style information in
> their Geodatabases.  Right now the standard-open-geo interchange
> format is shapefiles.  And that could really use some updating (I
> don't think GeoJSON is a compelling alternative but that is probably
> another argument for another thread).
>
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Fawcett, David (MNIT)
> <David.Fawcett at state.mn.us> wrote:
>> I think that they got behind on the 'trend of open data' and other products have been gaining a lot of momentum in that space.  This new initiative appears to be an extension of ArcGIS Online.
>>
>> I agree with Brian though, open data and open data formats are two different things.  ESRI has continued to make conscious decisions to create and promote their own proprietary data formats.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tcmug-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:tcmug-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Brian Fischer
>> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 8:01 PM
>> To: <nancread at mmcd.org>
>> Cc: tcmug at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: Re: [TCMUG] Open Data and esri?
>>
>> Open Data was also a keynote at this weeks WI GIS conference from a City of Madison Council member and has been a policy other Cities are putting into place.
>>
>> I think you have to make sure you are differeniating between what is meant by Open Data Initiatives and Open formats/standards.  They have different meanings in this context.
>>
>> Brian Fischer
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Feb 14, 2014, at 2:18 PM, "Nancy Read" <nancread at mmcd.org<mailto:nancread at mmcd.org>> wrote:
>>
>> What have you-all heard about this? (from Andrew Turner)
>>
>> http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2014/02/10/preview-of-open-data/
>>
>> Good buzzwords, but so far my experience getting web services from Arc shops has been a bit iffy?
>> - Nancy Read
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