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Newsletter for Thursday, June 14th, 2012


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The city of Vancouver uses several geospatial software solutions to manage its infrastructure: Oracle Spatial for data management; Autodesk software for 3D modeling and visualization applications; Pitney Bowes Software’s MapInfo Professional for analysis in urban planning projects. We asked the city’s GIS manager, Jonathon Mark, and graphics planner, Dan Campbell, to give us more information about the integration of these solutions.
This article covers the MapInfo Professional version 11.5 enhancements that will be released to clients within the next week by Pitney Bowes Software. The objective of this new version was to focus on the user experience. Product managers discussed these improvements at the 2012 Insights Conference in New Orleans.
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At the Pitney Bowes Insights Conference (#InsightsCon)  this week in New Orleans, MSNBC commentator and "Futurist-in-Residence" at The New York Times, Mike Rogers, gave his thoughts on what the future of technology might hold for the average person. He said that if you look back ... Continue reading
Not such a long time ago, however, we also used to browse atlases, follow roads with our fingers and stop to read the names of exotic cities we wanted to visit. Today we are bringing back that thirst for exploration on maps.nokia.com. Just hover with your mouse on the map and ... Continue reading
And, pricing is published. Organizations (one person per, please!) can get a 30 day trial and take any work done then into a paid subscription. Here's a nice recap from Computerworld published today. ArcGIS Online organizational subscriptions cost $500 per year per user for ... Continue reading
Brookline, MA Police Chief Daniel O’Leary will launch the Homesafe Program using tech from the LoJack SafetyNet Inc., a subsidiary of Westwood-based LoJack Corp, to help track down missing people who suffer from Alzheimer’s, dementia, autism or other cognitive disorders. The ... Continue reading
Photocity is a program of the AJA Project that aims to help stop bullying by raising awareness of it. Students of the program take photos of where they see bullying or other violence happening, and the location is mapped on a Google image that shows not only where the bullying ... Continue reading
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Geomatics Atlantic Keynote Links
Below are the articles/websites/videos cited in my keynote at Geomatics Atlantic, June 13, Halifax, Nova Scotia, titled Geospatial Trends Worth Watching (and Some to Ignore): If you don't see a... Continue reading
Geomatics Atlantic Keynote Links
Below are the articles/websites/videos cited in my keynote at Geomatics Atlantic, June 13, Halifax, Nova Scotia, titled Geospatial Trends Worth Watching (and Some to Ignore): If you don't see a... Continue reading
Update 2: ArcGIS Online for Organizations Pricing Announced
And, pricing is published. Organizations (one person per, please!) can get a 30 day trial and take any work done then into a paid subscription. Here's a nice recap from Computerworld published... Continue reading
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LAR-IAC is a collaborative body made up of Los Angeles (LA) County agencies, local municipalities, and educational institutions that cooperatively pool funding resources to support the acquisition of geospatial data for the LA County region. The LAR-IAC data is the most...
Power flow infrastructure, communication networks and intelligent devices are the key blocks that build Smart Grid. In addition, there are several software systems (some of them existing and others new) that are essential to support these building blocks such as...
Today's market demands experts who can not only utilize GIS technology, but who can also maximize its use to create solutions to a range of organizational challenges. We call this ability the "GIS Sixth Sense." Do you have it? Download American Sentinel...
Last year, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck just miles from Haiti’s capital city of Port-au-Prince. More recently, massive earthquakes have also struck Christchurch, New Zealand and Japan’s east coast, shocking and devastating local residents and providing a...
All business needs information to make decisions and never more so than in our ever-changing world. Providing the right information at the right time is never going to be a simple task. Enhancing data by adding information about location will add real value to...
Oracle Spatial 11g, an option for Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition, provides advanced spatial capabilities to support geospatial applications, location-based services, and enterprise spatial information systems. Oracle Spatial extends the core location...
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