An example of a great use of the Net to provide information: Earth911.org.
From Dan Gillmor’s review of the site:
Across the United States, government workers and volunteers are feeding all kinds of environment-related information into Earth 911, an environmental clearinghouse of unparalleled scope and value, serving both governments and communities.
With the data sent by governments and volunteers, plus its own combing of databases, Earth 911’s staff members massage the data, then arrange it so the public can use it. The result is a highly centralized core, yet relying on a thoroughly decentralized data-collection system, that feels utterly local to the person looking for information.
…Think of it as a personal environmental portal.
An example of a great use of the Net to provide information: Earth911.org.
From Dan Gillmor’s review of the site:
Across the United States, government workers and volunteers are feeding all kinds of environment-related information into Earth 911, an environmental clearinghouse of unparalleled scope and value, serving both governments and communities.
With the data sent by governments and volunteers, plus its own combing of databases, Earth 911’s staff members massage the data, then arrange it so the public can use it. The result is a highly centralized core, yet relying on a thoroughly decentralized data-collection system, that feels utterly local to the person looking for information.
…Think of it as a personal environmental portal.An example of a great use of the Net to provide information: Earth911.org.
From Dan Gillmor’s review of the site:
Across the United States, government workers and volunteers are feeding all kinds of environment-related information into Earth 911, an environmental clearinghouse of unparalleled scope and value, serving both governments and communities.
With the data sent by governments and volunteers, plus its own combing of databases, Earth 911’s staff members massage the data, then arrange it so the public can use it. The result is a highly centralized core, yet relying on a thoroughly decentralized data-collection system, that feels utterly local to the person looking for information.
…Think of it as a personal environmental portal.
Que?
Can someone please explain exactly how one “massages” data?
Re:Que?
I thought massaging data had the implication of presenting it in a less than truthful way? Something like “The quarerly earnings weren’t looking good, until we got Bob to massage the numbers.”