October 02, 2009

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    All Things Location Friday | October 02, 2009

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Obama Should Finish What Nixon Failed to DoObama Should Finish What Nixon Failed to Do

"Little does the Obama Administration know it, but one of its most innovative policy, programming and budgeting initiatives is at risk of failure due to Richard Nixon's hasty decision to resign the Presidency of the United States nearly four decades ago." Chris Tucker, a member of the board of directors for the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, explains how Nixon's actions have impacted geospatial solutions at the federal level and how Obama "should finish what President Nixon didn't."


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off the beaten path

Trendsmap is a "real-time mapping of Twitter trends across the world." Like Twitter itself, the quantity of data can be a little intense and overwhelming. © 2009 Stateless Systems, used with permission. Via CNET. Click for larger view.




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