Societal Issue: Democratic Access
open and democratic access to geospatial data is now possible!
are the policies and funding in place to support this?
If not, there is a real danger of major disenfranchisement
- the right and the need to access these data.
information haves and have nots.
Notes:
Information have’s and have nots is a real issue today. It will only get worse tomorrow unless we act now. Let me give you an example. In SW Virginia, there is a City and its immediate environs that has a very well developed Internet infrastructure and