--- Begin Forwarded Message ---
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 11:16:46 -0800
From: Jennifer Stone Muilenburg <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Re: GIS data creation by American prisoners <fwd>
Sender: Jennifer Stone Muilenburg <[log in to unmask]>
There is one article online at
http://www.hawaii-nation.org/gis/6-state-gis.html. I'd throw this question
toward the ESRI lists (ESRI-L and ARCVIEW-L), as I know there are groups (at
least one is in Oregon, I think) who have established programs for data
entry by prisoners.
Jenny Stone Muilenburg
Geographic Information Systems Librarian
Map Collection, University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900 Seattle, WA 98195-2900
phone: 206.543.2725
[log in to unmask]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Johnnie Sutherland" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: GIS data creation by American prisoners <fwd>
> --- Begin Forwarded Message ---
> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 17:28:05 -0500
> From: Joe Aufmuth <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: RE: GIS data creation by American prisoners <fwd>
> Sender: Joe Aufmuth <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> Hi Kent,
>
> I personally know of an aerial photography firm here that used "low risk"
> prisoners to rectify images supplied on his projects. The ultimate work
> release!
>
> Joe Aufmuth
> University of Florida
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnnie Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 4:33 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: GIS data creation by American prisoners <fwd>
>
>
> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 16:44:18 -0600
> From: "Kent D. Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: GIS data creation by American prisoners
> Sender: "Kent D. Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> Dear Maps-L:
>
> And now for something completely different:
>
> A couple years ago I heard from an ESRI rep that a huge portion of
> public-domain GIS data (local, state, and federal) was/is produced by
> inmates at various prisons throughout the United States. Do any of you
> out there have any references to publications which discuss this matter
> in greater detail? Do you know of any specific GIS data
> creation/conversion programs at specific prisons? Are there any
> listserve members who got their job training in the "Big House"?
>
> Assuming this is indeed true, it may be necessary to update the old
> joke about banging out license plates...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kent
>
>
>
>
> Kent D. Lee
> President/CEO
>
> East View Cartographic, Inc.
> 3020 Harbor Lane N.
> Minneapolis, MN 55447 USA
>
> Tel: 763-550-0961
> Fax: 763-559-2931
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> URL: www.eastview.com, www.cartographic.com
> --- End Forwarded Message ---
> --- End Forwarded Message ---
>
--- End Forwarded Message ---
|
