[Geowanking] Census Bureau Adopts GPS to Find American Homes

[David Fawcett]

But like other census data, the locational data will be non-public.

Unless, of course, the business lobby gets the law changed.  Talk about
targeted junk mail...

David.

On 8/1/06, Douglass Davis <douglass_davis at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >From National Public Radio (USA): I thought this was an interesting
> story.
> You can listen to it here:
>
> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5590541
>
>
> All Things Considered, July 31, 2006 · Two-and-a-half years from now, in
> early 2009, the Census Bureau plans to send an army of 100,000 temporary
> workers down every street and dusty, dirt road in America. They will be
> armed with handheld GPS devices.
>
> Robert LaMacchia, head of the Census Bureau's geography division, says
> they'll capture the latitude and longitude of the front door of every
> house,
> apartment and improvised shelter they find.
>
>
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