http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/06/27/homeland-security-the-ebay-way/ News and analysis of critical issues in homeland security today. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:33:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/06/27/homeland-security-the-ebay-way/comment-page-1/#comment-5582 Michael Hampton Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:44:32 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/06/27/homeland-security-the-ebay-way/#comment-5582 This isn\'t the first time I\'ve heard this idea. I think the first time was shortly after Hurricane Katrina. It seems workable, if you let the people who would actually participate in it direct its structure and growth. This isn\’t the first time I\’ve heard this idea. I think the first time was shortly after Hurricane Katrina. It seems workable, if you let the people who would actually participate in it direct its structure and growth.

]]> http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/06/27/homeland-security-the-ebay-way/comment-page-1/#comment-5493 Rip Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:39:54 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/06/27/homeland-security-the-ebay-way/#comment-5493 Build on a common, open sources GIS base - like Google Earth, to present data. Spacial, visual is fastest comprehension mode. GE lends itself to fairly easy connectivity to data bases and common formatting is not critical. Quantity A of Item B is located at C. For the communication part, there was Groove (a collaborative interface engine) around a few years ago but now it apparently has been subsumed by Microsoft. I know it was suggested as a vehicle for NGO/Governmental interface in disasters and since it was open source then, the entry price was right. I guess if you are going to use that then you better base your maps on MS Virtual Earth. Don't rely on the Government to do this 1) it will never get done. 2) it will be FU if they do it. This could be something the Gates-Buffett gang could fund. Whatever...... Build on a common, open sources GIS base - like Google Earth, to present data. Spacial, visual is fastest comprehension mode. GE lends itself to fairly easy connectivity to data bases and common formatting is not critical. Quantity A of Item B is located at C.
For the communication part, there was Groove (a collaborative interface engine) around a few years ago but now it apparently has been subsumed by Microsoft. I know it was suggested as a vehicle for NGO/Governmental interface in disasters and since it was open source then, the entry price was right. I guess if you are going to use that then you better base your maps on MS Virtual Earth. Don’t rely on the Government to do this 1) it will never get done. 2) it will be FU if they do it. This could be something the Gates-Buffett gang could fund. Whatever……

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