Links (8th July 2008)

• The June Carnival of Journalism discusses the potential influence of 'local' on 'digital' journalism
  Andy Dickinson asks the question "Is (digital) journalism better the more local it is and what does that do to growth?".
  
  
• Making Maps Work When Disaster Strikes - from Business Week
  Can open source tools react quicker to your mapping and location based information needs in an emergency?
  
  
• What Map Maker is / is not
  Ed Parsons discusses some of the differences between Google Map Maker and open source tools/projects such as OpenStreetMap.
  
  
• The Focus on Locus: Symposium on Location Based Services
  Location based services event taking place on Friday 11th July at Columbia Business School, New York.