Comments on: Tempe Responds to GIS Data Request http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/01/tempe-responds-to-gis-data-request/ Geospatial Technology, Web Mapping and Spatial Services Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jimben http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/01/tempe-responds-to-gis-data-request/#comment-12724 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:15:40 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3171#comment-12724 Well, government agencies need some way to recover all the money they’ve wasted, um, er, invested on overpriced GIS software and consulting.
In the end, it winds up in some vendor’s pocket.

]]> By: dave lawrence http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/01/tempe-responds-to-gis-data-request/#comment-12723 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:02:17 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3171#comment-12723 i heard a rumor that AGIC recently changed the rules on data fees. have you heard anything about that? if so how would it impact tempe data fees?

]]> By: Updates? http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/01/tempe-responds-to-gis-data-request/#comment-12722 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:44:10 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3171#comment-12722 Can’t say that I’m surprised they didn’t get back to you. They probably hope you’ll just go away and they can get back to ignoring sharing data with their citizens.

]]> By: James Fee http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/01/tempe-responds-to-gis-data-request/#comment-12721 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:42:00 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3171#comment-12721 No word from Tempe on my request other than to say they received it and would get back to me the next day.

I plan to follow up this week with them.

]]> By: Updates? http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/01/tempe-responds-to-gis-data-request/#comment-12720 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:38:14 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3171#comment-12720 James, any word from Tempe? Did they fulfill your request?

]]> By: TedC http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/01/tempe-responds-to-gis-data-request/#comment-12719 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:52:08 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3171#comment-12719 I think the cost of duplication is BS, too. Perhaps they can upload their data to AGS Online.

]]> By: Brett http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/01/tempe-responds-to-gis-data-request/#comment-12718 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:21:11 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3171#comment-12718 In my experience, Navteq will not take e911 data anyway, so there is no concern about them deriving commercial profit from it.
Parcel data is really where the significant issue is.
911 surcharges do not pay one red cent of creation and maintenance of gis data sets. Every last cent goes directly to the phone companies themselves to maintain their 911 equipment.
(Yes, I work in e911 GIS for a pretty large county.)

]]> By: Brett http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/01/tempe-responds-to-gis-data-request/#comment-12717 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:15:23 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3171#comment-12717 The history reference for ARS §39-121.03 says:
Added by Laws 1977, Ch. 54, § 3, eff. May 17, 1977. Amended by Laws 1985, Ch. 213, § 4.
ASU has a good step by step guide for researching legislative history:
http://www.law.asu.edu/library/azlegislativehistory
Unfortunately, I don’t have access to those resources here… James? You do live in Tempe :)

]]> By: fmg http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/01/tempe-responds-to-gis-data-request/#comment-12716 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:46:27 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3171#comment-12716 What’s wrong with businesses making a profit from free government data collected at taxpayer expense even if the government doesn’t see the benefit of fulfilling the request? Imagine what life would be like if the Census Bureau had decided to go with cost-recovery with the TIGER line files for the 1990 Census? Its unlikely there would have been Wessex, MapQuest, Navtek, or TeleAtlas. The return back to the economy is exponentially greater than if the data would have been sold to recover the costs of creating it.

]]> By: mhurley http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/01/tempe-responds-to-gis-data-request/#comment-12715 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:34:06 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3171#comment-12715 Wow, this sounds like Santa Clara County CA

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