Comments on: Importance of GIS Blogs http://www.gisblog.net/news/importance-of-gis-blogs/ Geospatial Information Science - Trends, Tools & Technologies Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:34:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Carsten Keßler http://www.gisblog.net/news/importance-of-gis-blogs/#comment-38 Carsten Keßler Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:19:16 +0000 http://www.gisblog.net/news/importance-of-gis-blogs/#comment-38 There is a comment on this post in the OGC's newsletter for January 2006: "The editor notes that there's still quite a lot of confusion, in the blogosphere and elsewhere, between open source and open standards. OGC staff responds: "Open source" refers to software products where source code is made available freely for all to use and change. "Open standards" refer to interfaces and encodings that enable interoperability between various software applications and data. In the OGC, open standards are developed using an open, consensus process, are non-discriminatory in their use, are royalty free, and are publicly available for anyone to implement anywhere at anytime. OpenGIS standards are implemented broadly in all kinds of commercial and open source software solutions." There is a comment on this post in the OGC’s newsletter for January 2006:

“The editor notes that there’s still quite a lot of confusion, in the blogosphere and elsewhere, between open source and open standards.

OGC staff responds: “Open source” refers to software products where source code is made available freely for all to use and change. “Open standards” refer to interfaces and encodings that enable interoperability between various software applications and data. In the OGC, open standards are developed using an open, consensus process, are non-discriminatory in their use, are royalty free, and are publicly available for anyone to implement anywhere at anytime. OpenGIS standards are implemented broadly in all kinds of commercial and open source software solutions.”

]]> By: Patrick Maue http://www.gisblog.net/news/importance-of-gis-blogs/#comment-12 Patrick Maue Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:19:34 +0000 http://www.gisblog.net/news/importance-of-gis-blogs/#comment-12 I would even go a step further. Many scientists blog about their current research and get direct feedback from the readers. If there are any, I read, that there are more blogs writers than readers...But anyway, todays research evolve in working groups, feedback and acknowledgment is coming through publications and presentations. Using weblogs can help to get feedback much earlier and to avoid redundant or just misleading work. I would even go a step further. Many scientists blog about their current research and get direct feedback from the readers. If there are any, I read, that there are more blogs writers than readers…But anyway, todays research evolve in working groups, feedback and acknowledgment is coming through publications and presentations. Using weblogs can help to get feedback much earlier and to avoid redundant or just misleading work.

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