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		<title>Integrating with Fix Your Street</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So www.fixyourstreet.ie launched on the 1st August to enable &#8220;we the people&#8221; report issues that we thought needed fixing, to our Local Authorities. It&#8217;s a great idea that&#8217;s been around for a while and has been looking for someone to &#8230; <a href="http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/integrating-with-fix-your-street/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esriireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7037332&amp;post=324&amp;subd=esriireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Total Cost of Ownership&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; Music to my ears!</title>
		<link>http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/total-cost-of-ownership-music-to-my-ears/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Costs of proposals should be assessed on as close to a total cost of ownership (TCO) model as possible and at a minimum include the following costs where applicable: licensing; arising hardware upgrades/renewals/replacements; ICT and user training; support; maintenance; and, &#8230; <a href="http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/total-cost-of-ownership-music-to-my-ears/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esriireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7037332&amp;post=314&amp;subd=esriireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mapping Land Cover Change through time.</title>
		<link>http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/mapping-land-cover-change-through-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even since I read about the map comparison template for ArcGIS Online maps I’ve been itching to give it a try. The template enables you to compare three ArcGIS Online maps side-by-side. It can provide real insight into data that &#8230; <a href="http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/mapping-land-cover-change-through-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esriireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7037332&amp;post=300&amp;subd=esriireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Getting the data ready.</media:title>
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		<title>Could GIS have saved Meath County Council €4.06 million?</title>
		<link>http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/could-gis-have-saved-meath-county-council-e4-06-million/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week’s judgement by Mr Justice Peter Kelly against Meath County Council in the case of Darlington Properties Limited makes sobering reading. The Judge awarded Darlington €4,060,000 on the basis that the Council had misrepresented the opportunity available to Darlington &#8230; <a href="http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/could-gis-have-saved-meath-county-council-e4-06-million/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esriireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7037332&amp;post=282&amp;subd=esriireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Geographic Information Underpins new Programme for Government&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.but was it by design or by chance?</title>
		<link>http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/geographic-information-underpins-new-programme-for-government-but-was-it-by-design-or-by-chance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 01:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have read with great interest the new programme for Government and was pleasantly surprised to see that so many of the promises being made in this document will very much depend on the innovative use and application of Geographic &#8230; <a href="http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/geographic-information-underpins-new-programme-for-government-but-was-it-by-design-or-by-chance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esriireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7037332&amp;post=275&amp;subd=esriireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So what about Open Source?</title>
		<link>http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/so-what-about-open-source/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I see from today’s Irish Times that the Local Government Computer Services Bord is to move away from their allegiance to Microsoft after nearly 10 years, preferring instead to adopt an “open source view of the world”. They cite the &#8230; <a href="http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/so-what-about-open-source/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esriireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7037332&amp;post=257&amp;subd=esriireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Proof of the Pudding IS in the Eating!</title>
		<link>http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/the-proof-of-the-pudding-is-in-the-eating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 23:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ESRI Ireland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone involved in the Geographic Information (GI) industry will know of the powerful business benefits that such information can bestow on organisations that are willing to embrace it. Anyone who knows me will know that I fundamentally believe that the &#8230; <a href="http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/the-proof-of-the-pudding-is-in-the-eating/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esriireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7037332&amp;post=250&amp;subd=esriireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Eureka! Moment</title>
		<link>http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/the-eureka-moment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Eureka moment occurs when a set of people, events, or in the case I’m about to describe, technologies conspire together to create a compelling vision of what might be possible in the future. I wish I could say that &#8230; <a href="http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/the-eureka-moment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esriireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7037332&amp;post=241&amp;subd=esriireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ArcGIS.com; Let us not avert progress with false inhibitors!</title>
		<link>http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/arcgis-com-let-us-not-avert-progress-with-false-inhibitors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 07:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when limited access to national mapping data was a major inhibitor to progress for the Geographic Information (GI) community in this country.  However over the years, and in particular the last few years, OSi, OSNI and &#8230; <a href="http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/arcgis-com-let-us-not-avert-progress-with-false-inhibitors/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esriireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7037332&amp;post=237&amp;subd=esriireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Doing things differently and doing things better, music to my ears!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I attended Ireland’s eGovernment Symposium 2010 in hopes of better understanding our Governments thinking around “Doing more with Less” and the role that our eGovernment strategy is likely to play in this realisation.  To be honest I was &#8230; <a href="http://esriireland.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/doing-things-differently-and-doing-things-better-music-to-my-ears/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=esriireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7037332&amp;post=232&amp;subd=esriireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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