This is Part 2 of a discussion about problems that appear to be facing individuals and organisations within the spatial industry. As per Part 1, I would appreciate your comments, even if you disagree, and your examples of these happening in the real world.

In Part 1 the focus was on data issues, in Part 2 the focus now moves to process and system problems.

8. LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS

Multiple stakeholders of a project are rarely on the same page (information is not available, or hard to…

In 1998 I started work at a Government Department in the Jurisdiction I went to university in. Coming from a fairly locked down and resource constrained university network I was excited by the capacity of my new employers network. At that time email was starting its rapid growth rate and web sites were still mainly brochures. One of my tasks was to distribute copies of some geospatial data. Once a month I would copy (using ftp) from a server down to my workstation where I would burn a series of CD’s. I would then pop the CD’s in sleeves,…