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Newsletter for Monday, January 30th, 2012


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In this issue...
  • A Tale of Two Cities: Enterprise GIS in Torino, Italy and Huntsville, Alabama
  • LIghtSquared Update - FCC Requests Comments on LS Request for Decision - 1/30/12
  • Oracle, Teradata Offer Next Gen BI, Location Intelligence
  • Nokia Sells Off Media Advertising Business
  • Pretty Imagery in Google Earth and other Google Maps/Earth News
  • LightSquared Update - Javad Letter: GPS Companies Can’t Handle the Truth - 1/27/12
  • Channels
    • Cloud Computing: Geospatial Data Content Licensing and Marketing in the Era of Data as a Service - An Interview With James Cutler, CEO, emapsite.com
    • Education: San Diego (Open Data) App Challenge and other GIS Competition News
  • Worth a Click: The Online Map Wars -  MIT Tech Review
  • Sponsor Zone:
    • Webinar: How the OGC’s CityGML Standard Supports 3D Innovation for Business and Government
    • Webinar: Virtual Charlotte: Boosting City Services with Google Maps
    • Webinar: ArcGIS Online for Organizations
  • Press Releases
  • Jobs

 

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Today's Stories
Powerful. Flexible. These are words ascribed by one utility manager to be essential attributes to his planned enterprise GIS solution. “The value of the system lies in the fact that the GIS and engineering data are not kept in separate databases or in functional silos … and to have a single source of data available to anyone who manages or supports the utility network.” Cyndi Smith and Richard Zambuni of Bentley Systems provide examples from Turin, Italy and Huntsville, Alabama as these cities undertook this challenge.
All Points Blog
On Saturday, the FCC announced a request for comments (my term not the FCC's - it does not speak English) on the LightSquared situation. Comments are due by Feb. 27, and responses promised by March 13. The request is for input on LightSquared's request for a finding on the FCC's ... Continue reading
I had to do a double-take when I saw this announcement that Teradata, a company focused on "big data," and Oracle were teaming to create solutions for what the press release stated was the "next generation BI capabilities." It took me by surprise as I believed these companies were ... Continue reading
In another sign Nokia is reshaping itself comes its decision to get out of the advertising business. Finnish group Nokia has sold its media advertising business to a U.S. startup Matchbin as it focuses on core businesses, a company spokesman said on Friday without disclosing ... Continue reading
Google Earth 6.2 had a "prettier" version of its imagery. No, it's not new data just a new smoothing algorithm. Today, we’re introducing a new way of rendering imagery that smooths out this quilt of images. The end result is a beautiful new Earth-viewing experience that ... Continue reading
In a letter to the FCC, Javad CEO Javad Ashjaee reitarates that the testing procedure used to explore the impact of LightSquared on GPS was political, not scientific. He concludes with a familiar quote as to why his filter-enhanced soutions were not tested: There can be only ... Continue reading
Channels
Geospatial Data Content Licensing and Marketing in the Era of Data as a Service - An Interview With James Cutler, CEO, emapsite.com
James Cutler, CEO of emapsite, a geospatial data provider in the UK, discusses how selling data online has evolved over the last 10 years to accommodate new licensing agreements and data delivery... Continue reading
San Diego (Open Data) App Challenge and other GIS Competition News
Mayor Sanders and the City of San Diego are challenging the software developer community to create new apps using city and partner data. They’re also inviting the public to share their ideas for... Continue reading
Worth a Click
  "Inspired by Wikipedia, Waze lets app users draw its maps." via reader Kevin
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Developments achieved in the Netherlands, including use cases from the city of Rotterdam The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), in cooperation with Directions Magazine, invites the international geospatial community to participate in a webinar. Speakers will describe how...
How the city of Charlotte, North Carolina is improving response time to citizen requests with geospatial technology City of Charlotte staff needed a holistic, real-time view of information to respond to residents’ requests for information, many of which pertain to...
The growing demand for accessible geographic information is a constant challenge to GIS departments everywhere. Now, with Esri’s new ArcGIS Online subscription, organizations will have the ability to store, manage and host their mapping services in Esri’s cloud and easily...
Press Releases
PCI Geomatics
COM.Geo Conference
Mayrise Systems
Geosemble Technologies
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Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
OpenGeo
NexTraq
Astun Technology Ltd

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