Disparate data, technology fiefdoms(and 65 pictures of your cat)

@geo_will>sparkgeo.com

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“For every two degrees the temperature goes up, check-ins at ice cream shops go up by 2%.” – Andrew Hogue, Foursquare

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My name is Will and I have a data problem

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sparkgeo is a technology company

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sparkgeo is a data company#protip: your organization is also a data organization

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Open data is awesome(give yourselves a clap, come on!)

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I want data, I see complexity

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Do we really care about the software?

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> sparkgeo.com(I stole this picture from the internet & I can’t remember from who, sorry!)

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There are estimated to be 14,308,667,560 pictures of cats on the internet

There are only thought to be 220,000,000 domestic cats in the world

So, every cat has had 65 pictures of it posted on the web? Right?

Your first easy to do open data decision?

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Publish your vectors in 4326, and your tiles in 3857.

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And here is a picture of a cat I found on

the internet

It’s grumpy