State and Local Government

From Hexagon: Day two of Hexagon 2012 was filled with excitement as more than 3 000 attendees flooded the MGM Grand Arena to watch a visually stunning keynote presentation before they attended their packed track sessions.

Matt Zook, Ate Poorthuis, and Monica Stephens explain the exciting event they hosted in Manhattan, Iron Sheep. Loosely based off the popular television show, Iron Chef, Iron Sheep was a map hacking event where instead of editable ingredients, teams are given geo-coded data and asked to create

Here is an introduction to Directions Magazine's Location Intelligence and the Oracle Spatial User Conference. Directions Magazine and Oracle are collaborating to offer consecutive events over two days in Washington, DC. First, on May 22, the LI Conference will offer a multi-track program exploring the latest industry trends. Then, on May 23, the Oracle Spatial User Conference will offer a day of technical deep dives and use case sessions around Oracle's spatial technologies. Attendees may attend either event on its own, or both together. Held in an exclusive venue in Washington, DC, both events will include tracks of value to senior management, C-level directors, as well as developers. For more information and the complete agenda, go to: http://www.locationintelligence.net

The OGC is an international consortium of more than 435 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available geospatial standards. OGC standards support interoperable solutions that

Carsten Ronsdorf from Ordnance Survey presents

Empower citizens and service agents with a modern citizen service center to field and manage requests and to help you enhance efficiency, performance, and accountability.

2011 Census Geospatial Summit: The State of the Geospatial Industry

When you walk into the new History Colorado Center - which will open this spring - one of the the first things you will see is a terrezzo-tile floor. It's part art, part geography and part history.

At the Rocket City Geospatial Conference this year, a panel was convened on addresses. Addresses are the most widely used location identifier in the geospatial industry and are critical information for much of what we do and how we communicate place relative to property and life. They are central to how we navigate, discover, and identify where locations are in the human landscape. The panel made presentations on November 15, 2011 at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration in Huntsville, Alabama.

Keynote Presentation by Spencer Collier, Director, Alabama Department of Homeland Security