Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Maarten Oldenhof, CEO, Automotive Navigation Data
Adena Schutzberg
11-06-2009
Adena Schutzberg interviewed Automotive Navigation Data (AND) CEO Maarten Oldenhof about the state of commercial geodata, the licensing challenges and the role the community can play in keeping data up-to-date. This is the third in a series of interviews with geospatial insiders and outsiders.
Exploring the Cloud
George Moon
11-05-2009
"Working in the cloud certainly offers the potential for doing more with less and reducing IT costs for both product producer and user while maximizing computing capacity." That's the starting point for George Moon's exploration which looks at the state of the cloud, different vendor visions for it and how it may well play a role in your current or future geospatial implementations.
Mapping Maine Cancers
Dr. Janet M. Hock, Dr. Chris Farah and Dr. James H. Page
11-04-2009
Maine's predominantly rural population of 1.3 million has the distinction of having the oldest median age in the United States, as well as the more dubious distinction of having one of the highest age-adjusted incidence rates for all cancers in the country. This article, by two researchers from the Maine Institute for Human Genetics and Health and a GIS professional from Sewall, describes the Maine BioGeoBank. The BioGeoBank will enable researchers to undertake complex queries and analyses that explore relations between cancer genomics and the rural environment.
Podcast: With Geodata - Developers, Not Consumers, Rule
Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg
11-03-2009
If consumers think of geodata (streets, POIs, etc.) as a commodity, what does that say for its future? What are the key data relationships? And what, if anything, will differentiate one offering from another? Our editors ponder these questions in light of evidence that consumers know and care little about who makes, manages and updates basemaps.
GEOINT 2009: From Intel to Imaging, But Full Motion Video Stole the Show
Joe Francica
11-02-2009
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation's GEOINT Symposium (Oct 19-22, San Antonio, TX) underwent a major transformation this year. Historically a conference offering a broad suite of geospatial solutions, it now emphasizes satellite imaging and specifically this year, the exploitation of full motion video (FMV). There seemed to be less of a focus on pure GIS technology, but a heavy concentration on remote sensing. Editor in Chief Joe Francica provides a recap of the technology offered by the conference's exhibitors.
Product Overview: Matrox TripleHead2Go
Hal Reid
10-30-2009
Hal Reid is a multi-screen enthusiast, and he pursues his obsession with a look at the Matrox Triplehead2Go. According to Reid, "Once you use a multi-monitor set-up, the applications are endless and it is difficult to go back to one monitor."
Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Philip O'Doherty, CEO, eSpatial
MapQuest Staff
10-30-2009
Adena Schutzberg interviewed eSpatial CEO Philip O'Doherty about Web GIS, its implementation challenges, editing capabilities ("CAD-lite") and future. This is the second in a series of interviews with geospatial insiders and outsiders.
Quick Takes on Companies and Ideas at the 2009 Location Intelligence Conference
Adena Schutzberg
10-29-2009
Here are some tidbits about several companies and key ideas from presentations Editor Adena Schutzberg found at the Location Intelligence Conference held at the beginning of October. Organizations mentioned include Seaglex Software, Trillium Software, Yuri Software, SpatialKey, Infusion Development, eSpatial, Appistry, Zipano Technologies, WeoGeo, AND, PBBI, OpenStreetMap, Waze and Inrix.
Apres FOSS4G 2009
Paul Ramsey
10-29-2009
OpenGeo's Paul Ramsey not only provided the keynote at this year's Free and Open Source for Geospatial (FOSS4G) event in Sydney, Australia, he also offers this wrap-up of the event. He outlines key sessions and concludes with these takeaways: "more cross pollination between open source and proprietary; the inexorable growth of the Web as primary platform; and the insatiable demand for information on Web publishing best practices."
Mobile GIS Gives Recovery Specialists an Advantage in the Victoria Bushfires
Jesse Theodore
10-28-2009
ESRI and its local partner, Maptel, brought insight and technology to Australia's 2009 Victoria Bushfires, the country's most deadly natural disaster. Several dozen fires merged causing more than 170 deaths and several hundred injuries. The situation may have been even worse without the use of desktop and mobile tools to manage what became the largest search and rescue effort the Victoria Police had ever attempted. Paper and pencil were put aside for a custom app on ruggedized handhelds which allowed quick assessment and reporting within the 550,000-acre area where victims were found.
Updating Directions Media's Press Release Policy
Adena Schutzberg
10-28-2009
Directions Media is changing its policy regarding press releases to give submitters full control on when and how their releases are published. The service continues to be free and will, we trust, better serve our readers and advertisers.
Podcast: The State of Augmented Reality
Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg
10-27-2009
What is augmented reality and how does it relate to geospatial technology? Is it "just cool" or are there real uses for it? Further, is there any money it? Our editors offer up definitions, uses and suggestions for geospatial companies waiting on the sidelines.
Making a Case for Design Skills
Gretchen Peterson
10-23-2009
Gretchen Peterson's book, GIS Cartography: A Guide to Effective Map Design, brings cartographic design techniques to GIS users who don't have training in map design. In this article, she highlights some of those techniques - which apply regardless of whether you're using sophisticated GIS software or pen and ink to make your map.
Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Carl Reed, CTO, Open Geospatial Consortium
Adena Schutzberg
10-23-2009
Adena Schutzberg interviewed the Open Geospatial Consortium's Carl Reed about the status of KML, OGC's new role in enabling discipline focused efforts, why GeoRSS seems so hidden, INTERGEO and why the U.S. is behind in using standards. This is the first in a series of interviews with geospatial insiders and outsiders.
Growing Jobs in Small Businesses: Bringing Business Analyst Online to the Little Guy
Adena Schutzberg
10-22-2009
The city of Littleton, Colorado's Economic Development Director Chris Gibbons realized that a community's true growth potential lay in growing the businesses that were already in the city, rather than enticing new businesses to move in. This article describes the methodologies Gibbons developed to help small businesses grow right where they are - a process called "Economic Gardening." It also describes a "vending machine" Gibbons has developed with ESRI business partner GeoWize, to bring spatial analytics and marketing into the economic gardening process.
More about Licensing Commercial Data
Jim Reid
10-21-2009
A recent ADCi sponsored podcast in Directions Magazine titled, "ADCi Helps Make Commercial Street Data Manageable for Your Application," raised additional questions about quality, cost and complexity of data licensing. The emergence of OpenStreetMap and other local free data sources, prompted the question, "Why should I license commercial data when free data is available?" ADCi's president, Jim Reid, answers these questions and provides perspective.
Podcast: Attracting Students to be the Next GEOINT Workforce
Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg
10-20-2009
The opening sessions of this year's GEOINT Conference had a running theme: the need for new, well-trained workers to fill open jobs within the industry. All of the morning's speakers stressed this necessity. Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md, specifically supported a "local push" for geo-education. Editor in Chief Joe Francica attended the sessions and swaps ideas with Adena Schutzberg about how to get young people involved in science, technology and geospatial technologies for GEOINT.
Critigen Looking to Carve Niche Where None Existed
Joe Francica
10-19-2009
Critigen, a new company recently divested from CH2M HILL, will focus on the critical infrastructure market using its expertise in geospatial technology. "Think of it as 'the Accenture of critical infrastructure,'" says CEO Jeff Akers. Editor in Chief Joe Francica interviewed Akers and Senior Vice President Mike Underwood about the firm's direction.
BECU: Capturing and Leveraging Data Using Data Flow and Location Intelligence
Calvin Bierley
10-19-2009
Boeing Employees' Credit Union (BECU) is the fourth largest credit union in the country based on asset size ($8.5 billion). Starting in 1999, BECU began collecting data into a single repository so that employees could get a complete view of each member, resulting in significant time savings and unparalleled member service. BECU's Market Research Analyst Calvin Bierley, describes how the company is using Pitney Bowes Business Insight's Sagent Data Flow and AnySite to leverage that data.
Spatial Information in the New Zealand Economy
ACIL Tasman
10-16-2009
This report, commissioned by Land Information New Zealand, the New Zealand Department of Conservation, and the Ministry of Economic Development New Zealand, was released in April 2009. It shows that in 2008, the use and re-use of spatial information is estimated to have added $1.2 billion in productivity-related benefits to the New Zealand economy. The executive summary is reprinted here, with a link to the full 153 page report.
Round Up of Location Intelligence Conference Coverage
Adena Schutzberg
10-15-2009
We were privileged to have many journalists, bloggers and tweeters at our Location Intelligence Conference this year. This round up provides a feel for the event from some of the coverage.
Location Intelligence Conference 2009 Takeaways
Adena Schutzberg
10-15-2009
Directions Media hosted the 6th Location Intelligence Conference in Westminster, Colorado last week. Key takeaways include thoughts on cloud computing, crowdsourcing, deal-making, hosted local government GIS and more.
Letter from the Low Lands: The end of geo-innovation in the Netherlands
Jan Willem van Eck
10-14-2009
In a new "Letter from the Low Lands" column, Jan Willem van Eck, president of Geo-Informatie Nederland, the Dutch society for geo-professionals, will bring us his perspective from the Netherlands. This first article addresses the end of geo-innovation in the Netherlands.
Video: Google Maps and Parcel Geocoding
Adena Schutzberg
10-13-2009
In early October 2009 Google made some changes to the data and functionality of Google Maps. In this short video, Adena Schutzberg looks at what she found about changes in geocoding related to parcel data appearing in some areas in the United States. She also looks at the currency of street data and points of interest and Google's tools for reporting problems.
Podcast: Google Maps Changes US Base Data, Adds Parcels and Crowdsourcing
Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg
10-13-2009
This past week Google prompted a flurry of discussion by announcing some changes to its data and functionality in Google Maps. There's new data and new feedback tools and some anxiety in the geospatial world. Our editors separate fact from fiction and offer our take on the implications of these changes.
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