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GeoWorld November 2011

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NOVEMBER 2011 4 POSITION Will Politics Hamper the Geotechnology Industry? By Todd Danielson 6 NEWSLINK 10 BEYOND MAPPING Contour Lines vs. Color Gradients for Displaying Spatial Information By Joseph Berry 12 EDGE NODES Using GIS to Optimize the Closing of U.S. Post Offices By Nigel Waters 13 ADVERTISER INDEX 30 WHERE IT'S ABOUT TIME Let's Talk Sensors By Erik Shepard Driving the Data Bus BC Transit Empowers its Data to Better Serve Customers BY MARY JO WAGNER 14 Where Are the Workers? Data Sharing Expands Federal Geospatial Analytic Offerings BY ROBERT PITTS AND MATTHEW GRAHAM 18 Time-sensitive GeoWorld departments such as NetLink, PeopleLink, Product News and Business News now are maintained solely at the GeoPlace.com Web site. Check there often for the latest updates as they happen. The digital version of this issue contains additional coverage of this section. Visit GeoPlace.com for more information. GeoWorld (ISSN 0897-5507, USPS 023-416) is published monthly by M2MEDIA360, a Bev-Al Communications, Inc. company. 1030 W. Higgins Road, Suite 230, Park Ridge, IL 60068 USA GeoWorld is distributed free to qualified subscribers in the geospatial industry. POSTMASTER Please send change of address to: GeoWorld, PO Box 4290, Port Jervis, NY 12771 Subscription rates - one year: US $72, two years: US $128; one year Canada: $90, two years Canada: $163. All other countries, one year: $108 (includes airmail postage). Payable in U.S. funds only. Customer Service and subscription requests, please call Phone (845) 856- 2229; Fax (845) 856-5822 or subscribe online at www.geoplace. com/subscribe. Periodical postage paid at Park Ridge, IL and additional mailing offices. Government Special Issue Just Let Go Dublin, Ohio, Unlearns to Learn Web Mapping BY BRANDON B. BROWN The Best of Both Contracts BY CHRISTY POWELL 22 FEATURES 26 NO VEMBER 2O11 / WWW . GEOPLA CE .C OM 3

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