Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with the Team from DDTI on Everything Addressing

Did you ever wonder about the differences between addresses determined by geocoding using liner referencing and point addresses? How are they acquired and when is one or the other the right tool for the job? Do you know what next generation 911 is and how GIS will fit into it? Executive Editor Adena Schutzberg spoke with the team from Digital Data Technologies, Inc. to tackle those questions and more.

Update: Quote of the Week

This is one of those teachable moments in geospatial. A small town could not figure out how to get newly updated information about one-way streets into GPS devices. The local paper wrote about the situation, highlighting that there were a few misunderstandings about GPS and related technology work. Not one, but two organizations with the power to make the change stepped up and did so. As one commenter so clearly put it: "It is our industry and our professional organizations who need to educate the public about the important role geospatial professionals play, and the increasingly complicated and sophisticated technology we use."

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Mine Surveyor
Australia, Queensland

LiDAR Analyst
United States of America, AL, Huntsville

GIS Officer - Adelaide
Australia, South Australia

LiDAR Analyst

Remote Sensing Standard Operating Procedure Writer - Melbourne
Australia, Victoria