2012 - Ten Trends

On New Year's Eve, this blog offered insights about the most popular posts on this blog during the past year.  Now, on the back side of New Year's Day, find below ten trends from 2012 that were identified from posts that weren't popular enough to make the top ten list, but in the opinion of this author, nevertheless had substance (Drones/UAS/UAV's issues were excluded from the list below because of my previous comments about the importance of this topic).

2012 - Ten Trends:

FEMA Gets Better at Geospatial

• The FEMA Map Service Center
• FEMA Thanks Imagery Volunteers
• Baby Steps - FEMA GeoPortal Online

Common Operating Picture Use Spreads

• The LA Police Department "War Room"
• A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Rio's New City Operations Center
• New York City Domain Awareness

Technology Based Volunteer Efforts Expand

• Crowd Sourcing the National Map
• Friendly Neighbor Friday: Analyze CAP Imagery and Help Out Victims of Hurricane Sandy
• NY Tech Responds

U.S. National Grid Efforts Grow

• First FEMA Think Tank Conference Call
• U.S. National Grid Maps for Minnesota
• Dubai to Use MGRS Coordinates as Addresses

Significant Data Issues Remain

• A New National Geospatial Infrastructure?
• Twin Cities GECCo Workshop After Action Report and Improvement Plan
• GAO Report Issued: Geospatial Information

Disaster Mapping Systems For The Public Are Weak

• Comparing Mapping Approaches for the Duluth Floods
• Mapping the Washington D.C. Storm
• Clash of Mapping Titans: ESRI Versus Google

Feds Working New Tech Based Approaches

• FirstNet-NSBN
• IPAWS
• FCC E9-1-1 Workshop: Determining Indoor Locations for Responses

Social Media Use Becomes More Robust

• Trending: Social Media Use During Disasters
• Latest Social Media Findings by the American Red Cross
• Seattle Cops and Twitter

What's Underground Needlessly Mystifies

• National Pipeline Mapping System
• Foolish Friday: Steam Pipe Break in St. Louis
• Looking for Answers: Gas Leak Explosion in Massachusetts

Location Privacy Issues Increase

• The Location Tracking Mess - 7th Circuit Allows Warrantless Searches of Cell Phones 
• RFID Tracking of Students Comes to San Antonio
• GAO Report: Mobile Devices and Location Privacy Issues

Comment: One unifying theme that brings all the above trends together - get on board with the Geospatial Revolution now, or find yourself at a serious disadvantage in the years ahead.