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From InteractiveGIS:

Our next auction of a Web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) will go live on eBay on Tuesday, May 18, 2010.  We explain why:  ”GIS offers possibilities to create the new and solve the old in inspired ways. The more access creative people have to GIS, the sooner…possibilities can be explored, discovered and realized.  InteractiveGIS wants to be part of making that access happen.”

If you’re uncertain about what a GIS is, or what creative role it can play in your company or organization, we invite you to ”shop” using our Web-based Geographic Information Systems.  Our client, Rogers County, Oklahoma, offers guest access to its GIS. 

On the Rogers County, Oklahoma GIS LogIn page, please read and agree to the Terms by clicking the check box, then click Guest Access.

The Map Layers tab (top left in red below) shows selected features differentiated by color. If you click the Zoom In tool button on the tool bar (far right in red), you can then draw a box around an area of interest and it will zoom in to the extents of the box.

We’re inspired by GIS and hope you will be, too.  We invite you bid on your own Web-based GIS in our eBay auction on Tuesday, May 18, 2010.

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You’re invited to read more about InteractiveGIS on Handshake 2.0, visit InteractiveGIS on Facebook, and follow InteractiveGIS on Twitter.

InteractiveGIS, an open source GIS company, is a client of Handshake Media, Incorporated, of which Handshake 2.0 is an enterprise.

For the very reason that a Geographic Information System - a GIS - makes meaning from spatial data, is why we think GIS is a killer app maker.

Especially if it’s web-based.

Our client, InteractiveGIS, experts in GIS technology, offered what we named the world’s first GIS at auction on eBay.

InteractiveGIS will sell the first GIS on eBay. That’s because the starting bid is $1.

And it’s a Web GIS.

The world’s second GIS at auction on eBay is live. 

Of course if a town or government agency is the winning bidder, that would be a good and standard use of GIS.

Honestly, though, we hope an entrepreneur is the winning bidder.  We want to see a killer app with GIS.

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You’re invited to read more about InteractiveGIS on Handshake 2.0, to fan InteractiveGIS on Facebook, and to follow InteractiveGIS on Twitter.

InteractiveGIS, a custom, Web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) solutions provider, is a client of Handshake Media, Incorporated, of which Handshake 2.0 is an enterprise.

I asked Mr. Handshake 2.0 that question on the eve of the last day of what I have dubbed the world’s first auction of GIS on eBay.

By the end of my discussion with Mr. Handshake 2.0 - a kind, skilled diplomat - I was open to passing on bidding on the GIS offered at auction by my client InteractiveGIS.

This time.

I’ve got an idea for a killer app.

This is how I’m thinking:

Business Data Algorithm, Formula and/or Idea GIS = Killer App

I appreciate that most people think “maps” when they see the “Geographic” in “Geographic Information Systems (GIS).”  A lot of public sector entities such as local, state and federal governments and their agencies use GIS for various reasons, many of them map-related.

But I’m looking at the “Information” and the “Systems” parts of “Geographic Information Systems” and thinking “information” and “systems” are all business.

When I read the GIS auction item description as “Powerful Web-Based Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Interface,” I’m looking at that “Web-Based” and thinking “Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).”

Business Data Algorithm, Formula and/or Idea GIS SaaS = Killer App

I’ve heard that GIS will be offered at auction again. 

Mr. Handshake 2.0, may I have a GIS? I gotta buy it for my killer app.

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I will be candid that my seed of a killer app idea rose to a sprout from watching this video from my client InteractiveGIS.  I haven’t told David Bradshaw, founder and president of InteractiveGIS, what my idea is yet.  It’s still growing.  But I give you fair warning.  Watch this video and you may be asking tonight, “Honey, may I have a GIS?”

InteractiveGIS, a custom, Web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) solutions provider, is a client of Handshake Media, Incorporated, of which Handshake 2.0 is an enterprise.

You’re invited to read more about InteractiveGIS on Handshake 2.0.

In Gotta Have GIS, I described learning early of GIS as a powerful tool, but learning more recently of GIS as a power tool for pairing people, businesses and municipalities with data and geography.  I concluded the piece with, “I gotta have GIS.”

My, my, look at what we have here.  Web-based GIS for sale at auction on eBay from geographic information systems specialists InteractiveGIS (TM).

I can have GIS!  Or the top bidder can have GIS!

Details from the listing from InteractiveGIS on eBay:

Category: Business & Industrial > Retail & Services > Other

Title: GIS - Powerful Web-Based Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Interface

Subtitle:  Collect, store, manipulate, and retrieve data

Item Description:

• iGIS(TM) Basic Interface - Customized, Web-based Geographic Information System (GIS)
• User-friendly technology allows the customer to collect, store, manipulate, and retrieve data.
• High-end map plotting to various formats (PDF, JPG, TIFF, PNG).
• Web-hosting services for the GIS, backup storage for critical GIS data.

Finally a chance to pay what you are willing to pay for a GIS - and to get more than you expected.

• Customized, web-based GIS system from InteractiveGIS, Inc. lets you use your data to address current challenges, provide high-impact services, and plan meaningfully for the future.
• User-friendly technology allows the customer to collect, store, manipulate, and retrieve data.
• High-end map plotting to various formats (PDF, JPG, TIFF, PNG).
• Web-hosting services for the GIS, backup storage for critical GIS data.
• User-friendly customer support.
• Ideal for towns, cities, counties, states, municipalities, state and federal government agencies, management districts, corporations, utility companies, oil and gas companies, natural resources companies, utility companies, 501(c)(3) organizations.

The final bid price for the iGIS(TM) Basic Interface includes your web-based GIS system set-up, full-service customer support, and one year of annual maintenance and hosting, commencing with the launch date of your GIS.  Annual maintenance is $4500 thereafter and would commence with the beginning of year two and continue annually.

About InteractiveGIS
InteractiveGIS empowers community leaders to deliver valuable, high-impact services and solutions based on their geographic data.  InteractiveGIS provides custom, Web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) solutions for federal, state, and local governments, utilities companies, and data-reliant organizations with easily affordable solutions that are instantly accessible anywhere any time by constituents, employees, clients and the public via the Internet.

Minimum Bid: $4,500  

For more graphics and information, here’s a .pdf from InteractiveGIS.

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InteractiveGIS has been featured twice in the Tech Showcase on Handshake 2.0. You’re invited to read more about InteractiveGIS on Handshake 2.0 and you’re invited to follow InteractiveGIS on Twitter @InteractiveGIS.

InteractiveGIS is a client of digital media agency Handshake Media, Incorporated, of which Handshake 2.0 is an enterprise.

In Gotta Have GIS, I described learning early of GIS as a powerful tool, but learning more recently of GIS as a power tool for pairing people, businesses and municipalities with data and geography.  I concluded the piece with, “I gotta have GIS.”

My, my, look at what we have here.  Web-based GIS for sale at auction on eBay from geographic information systems specialists InteractiveGIS (TM).

I can have GIS!  Or the top bidder can have GIS!

Details from the listing from InteractiveGIS on eBay:

Category: Business & Industrial > Retail & Services > Other

Title: GIS - Powerful Web-Based Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Interface

Subtitle:  Collect, store, manipulate, and retrieve data

Item Description:

• iGIS(TM) Basic Interface - Customized, Web-based Geographic Information System (GIS)
• User-friendly technology allows the customer to collect, store, manipulate, and retrieve data.
• High-end map plotting to various formats (PDF, JPG, TIFF, PNG).
• Web-hosting services for the GIS, backup storage for critical GIS data.

Finally a chance to pay what you are willing to pay for a GIS - and to get more than you expected.

• Customized, web-based GIS system from InteractiveGIS, Inc. lets you use your data to address current challenges, provide high-impact services, and plan meaningfully for the future.
• User-friendly technology allows the customer to collect, store, manipulate, and retrieve data.
• High-end map plotting to various formats (PDF, JPG, TIFF, PNG).
• Web-hosting services for the GIS, backup storage for critical GIS data.
• User-friendly customer support.
• Ideal for towns, cities, counties, states, municipalities, state and federal government agencies, management districts, corporations, utility companies, oil and gas companies, natural resources companies, utility companies, 501(c)(3) organizations.

The final bid price for the iGIS(TM) Basic Interface includes your web-based GIS system set-up, full-service customer support, and one year of annual maintenance and hosting, commencing with the launch date of your GIS.  Annual maintenance is $4500 thereafter and would commence with the beginning of year two and continue annually.

About InteractiveGIS
InteractiveGIS empowers community leaders to deliver valuable, high-impact services and solutions based on their geographic data.  InteractiveGIS provides custom, Web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) solutions for federal, state, and local governments, utilities companies, and data-reliant organizations with easily affordable solutions that are instantly accessible anywhere any time by constituents, employees, clients and the public via the Internet.

Minimum Bid: $4,500  

For more graphics and information, here’s a .pdf from InteractiveGIS.

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InteractiveGIS has been featured twice in the Tech Showcase on Handshake 2.0. You’re invited to read more about InteractiveGIS on Handshake 2.0 and you’re invited to follow InteractiveGIS on Twitter @InteractiveGIS.

InteractiveGIS is a client of digital media agency Handshake Media, Incorporated, of which Handshake 2.0 is an enterprise.

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Who’s in FRONT? David Bradshaw

Posted by Anne Giles Clelland at 5:30 AM on March 8, 2010:

David Bradshaw of InteractiveGIS in Blacksburg, Virginia is In the March 2010 issue of Valley Business FRONT. David talks about the value of GIS systems to businesses in this region.

Valley Business FRONT is the monthly magazine for in-depth business news in the Roanoke Valley and the New River Valley of Virginia. You’re invited to read moreFRONT and to follow Valley Business FRONT on Twitter, @vbFRONT.

Photo credit: Dan Smith, Valley Business FRONT

InteractiveGIS is a client of Handshake Media, Incorporated, of which Handshake 2.0 is an enterprise.

Posted by Anne Giles Clelland at 05:30:00 AM in InteractiveGIS, Valley Business FRONT

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The better question is, who doesn’t? Open Source software is used by governments, businesses in almost every industry, nonprofits, and research institutions worldwide. A complete list would be too long to print here so here are just a few examples of companies and organizations you’ve heard of that use Open Source software and participate in the community.

• The State of Massachusetts declared in September, 2005, that all official government documents must be in OpenDocument format—an Open Source replacement for Microsoft Word.

• The Federal Government has been slow to adopt Open Source software, but that hasn’t stopped many states from using it for internal documents and applications, including New York, Rhode Island, Michigan, Illinois, and Minnesota.

• The U.S. Census Bureau uses MySQL, Linux, Apache, and PHP—all Open Source software—to manage the data from its vast surveys of the U.S. population.

• NASA develops its own software and makes its source code available via Open Source. For more information about Open Source software developed by NASA, click here.

• Many scientific research centers use Open Source software, including the Sanger Institute, home of the Human Genome Project.

• Online news organizations that use Open Source technology include BBC News, the Christian Science Monitor, NBC, the New York Times, Reuters, SlashDot, and the Associated Press.

• Open Source software is used by many well-known e-commerce companies including Google, Lycos, eBay, Craigslist, Ticketmaster, Yahoo!, Evite, Friend Finder Network, ClassMates, and CitySearch.

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Open Source software is developed and improved upon over time by large groups of programmers. Here’s an overview of the typical path an Open Source program may take.

The big idea. A software developer has an idea for a piece of software that would solve a specific problem. He starts to write the code.

Going public.The developer uploads this code to an Open Source site where other developers can see it, download it, and take a crack at solving the same problem.

The more ideas, the better.Over time, developers interested in the project play with the code, share ideas, and modify the original software. A piece of software can be written initially to solve one problem, then be expanded to solve many others.

Finished product. When an Open Source project is considered finished, it’s made available for the public to download, free of charge.

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