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• Peter Batty and Jeff Harris Join the F1 Advisory Board

  
  Off the Map - Official Blog of FortiusOne — Authority: 480
  We are excited to announce that Jeff Harris and Peter Batty have joined the FortiusOne advisory board. The team is very fortunate to have such talented folks helping guide the company. We’ve taken on the often tough challenge of working in both the commercial and government space. Government funding ...
  4 days ago

• The Global Poverty Mapping Project

  
  Off the Map - Official Blog of FortiusOne — Authority: 480
  I recently tackled uploading some relatively complicated, yet highly informative data from The Global Poverty Mapping Project (GPMP).  The creators ( Columbia University Ivy Leaguers ) mission is to “enhance current understanding of the global distribution of poverty and the geographic and biophysical conditions ...
  1 week ago

• The Once and Future Map: The Destiny of GIS

  
  Off the Map - Official Blog of FortiusOne — Authority: 480
  Back in the day Chris Ingrassia wrote a document for us on what he thought the future of GIS would be, called the “The Once and Future Map”. Two articles recently reminded of Chris’s thoughts. The first was Don Meltz’s blog post+comments “ GIS is Dead - Long Live GIS “, and the second was an article in ...
  1 week ago

• Dataset of the Day: Foreclosures on the Rise

  
  Off the Map - Official Blog of FortiusOne — Authority: 480
  Although there are some signs that the economy is on its way to recovery, the foreclosure rate is not one of them. The most recent data from RealtyTrac show that rates are at an all time high. In the third quarter of 2009, one in every 136 homes in the U.S. were foreclosed on. This is the highest quarterly rate ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dataset of the Day: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

  
  Off the Map - Official Blog of FortiusOne — Authority: 480
  October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month . According to the American Cancer Society , nearly one in eight women (12%) in the US will develop invasive breast cancer in their lifetime. Globaly it was the second most common cancer in incidence and death for women according to the World Health Organization . ...
  3 weeks ago

• Dateset of the Day: Summer Olympics 2016 Rio de Janeiro!!

  
  Off the Map - Official Blog of FortiusOne — Authority: 480
  Well its official, Rio has beat out Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo, Prague, Baku and Doha to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Many are happy to see a country other than the regulars get the honor. Of the four countries that made it to the final round, Japan has hosted three previous Olympics, the US eight, and Spain one. The ...
  4 weeks ago

• Dataset of the Day: The New 7 Wonders of Nature Contest

  
  Off the Map - Official Blog of FortiusOne — Authority: 480
  As someone who loves to travel (even though I don’t travel enough) I love seeing the many natural wonders across our world that provide spectacular views and sights. Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, Volcanoes, and other natural forms are scattered throughout the globe showing the natural beauty of the planet that we live ...
  7 weeks ago

• Huffman’s Three Principles for Data Sharing

  
  Off the Map - Official Blog of FortiusOne — Authority: 480
  Todd came into town for the Gov2.0 Summit last week, and in additional to dropping off a terabyte worth of data from Afghanistan, he talked a bit about what has made the “ beer for data ” program work at the Taj . Outside the universal thirst for beer data sharing success boiled down to three basic ...
  7 weeks ago

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