Geojargon Survey Results and Analysis

During March, Directions Magazine conducted a “geojargon” survey. What is “geojargon”? We asked readers to look at 35 geospatial terms and determine how well they knew the meaning of each. Executive Editor Adena Schutzberg reports on the results and teases out some trends and insights.

Podcast: Cloud Services a Major Strategy for Pitney Bowes Business Insight - An Interview with John O’Hara, President

Pitney Bowes Business Insight (PBBI) completed its goal of its "X in '10" strategy of bringing several new products to market in 2010. As 2011 begins, John O'Hara, president, provides an update on how it will tactically execute on bringing new, cloud-based solutions to its customers. And MapInfo the product? O'Hara says the product continues to evolve but also becomes part of the overall strategy of building lines of business around solutions for vertical markets such as insurance. While before, PBBI sometimes went to marketing separately as either MapInfo or Group 1, O'Hara's goal is to address the client's needs holistically... from data quality and assurance through location intelligence and analysis. Listen as Editor in chief Joe Francica and O'Hara discuss the company's recent shift in the executive suite since O'Hara's appointment to his position last August.

Recalling the 2010 Esri AAG Social Media Contest

I blogged about it just about a year ago. I didn't go into too much detail about the contest since it was pretty complicated; one phase involved a paper map with grids that you had to fill out. The page with the details is no longer live. I recall discussing this contest with ... Continue reading

Update 2: Data.gov to Go Dark Due to Budget Cuts

 According to the Sunlight Foundation, an independent transparency watchdog organization,  the "electronic government fund" faces cuts from a $34 million budget down to $8 million.   That's better than a feared $2 million budget for initiatives including Data.gov that was ... Continue reading

The Check-in is Dead; Or Not

Yesterday Twitter was abuzz and in agreement in many cases with Mark Watkins who wrote at ReadWriteWeb about the death of the "check-in" in 2011. Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, writing at Business Insider begs to differ. He notes that the check-in is a feature, not an app, nor a ... Continue reading

GPS Tidbits

After two LA building inspectors were caught taking bribes official want to track all inspectors with GPS-enabled phones and laptops. Sadly, the tracking itself can't prevent people from taking bribes, but at least supervisors know where the bribes might be occurring! - LA ... Continue reading

Local (City/County/State) GIS Tidbits

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources unveiled a new  map [pdf] Thursday highlighting rivers and lakes facing water quality problems. There is at least one impaired waterway in all 99 of Iowa's counties. Officials said the biggest problem is high levels of bacteria, ... Continue reading

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Pandora sends user GPS, sex, birthdate, other data to ad servers - ArsTechnica

Pandora's Android app transmits a plethora of personal information to third parties after all, at least according to an analysis done by security firm Veracode. ...Earlier this week, Pandora revealed that it had beensubpoenaed by a federal grand jury to produce documents about its user data collection practices on Android and iOS devices. 

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TIMS (Traffic Injury Mapping System)

The TIMS system at the University of California at Berkeley offers a variety of interactive mapping tools, the newest of which allows registered users (free) to map and analyze 130,000 serious accidents from 2000-2008 in California. The map below is a screenshot of an example video showing serious accidents over a 24 hour period. Used with permission. Copyright UC Regents, 2011.

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Sponsored Podcast: Esri Software Critical to the Redistricting Process
Sponsored by Esri

Esri State Government Industry Manager Richard Leadbeater talks about the benefits of using Esri products in redistricting and beyond to ensure balanced representation, to manage and update voter data, and to spatially analyze issues for improved...

Webinar: Restaurant Networks (QSR/LSR) Gain an Edge with Geographic Business Intelligence
Sponsored by Alteryx

This webinar, which took place Oct. 20, addresses how a leading restaurant network gained a ‘first mover advantage’ by integrating and analyzing its demographic and spatial data much more rapidly than the competition, to close on premium retail outlet locations. National...

White Paper: Driving better business intelligence through streamlined analytics
Sponsored by Alteryx

Unifying analytic processes into one seamless environment to deliver on the promise of business intelligence. Companies spend millions of dollars every year on building data warehouses, buying business intelligence (BI) software tools and managing their analytic...

White Paper: Integrated And Flexible Business Intelligence Solutions Are Vital For Better Business Decisions
Sponsored by Alteryx

The right understanding and use of business intelligence (BI) solutions today is a key differentiator for giving enterprises an advantage over their peers, as explained in the white paper from Alteryx. BI software provides the transparency and decision support...

Jordanian Heritage Authorities, The Getty Conservation Institute and World Monuments Fund Launch Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities

ZuluTime Issued Patent for “Location Aware” Wireless Networks

Geospatial Holdings, Inc

Geospatial Enters Into Strategic Alliance with Reduct

Toronto based start-up wants to tag the world

DropBy Let’s You Reach Out to Friends When You Are in the Neighborhood

Scoutmob Introduces Instant Mobile Deals to Ten New US Cities

CamptoCamp

OpenERP News: Map View of Data by Camptocamp

GIS Development Pvt. Ltd.

Map Middle East 2011 all poised for a grand opening

Historic 1961 National Geographic Civil War Map Available Once Again

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft to Unveil New Technologies at ASPRS 2011 Conference

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Business Coordinator (Geospatial)

Calling all spatial experts - Take the next step in your career with an exciting opportunity for a geospatial / GIS extraordinaire to manage and coordinate systems, strategy and project teams for pass

Transportation Planner I - Felsburg Holt & Ullevig, Inc.

GIS Programmer / Analyst

Alaska- the largest and most extreme state in the Union. In order to understand this land it takes some serious horsepower and that’s what RDI is looking for!

We are Alaska’s leader in enterprise GIS solutions and it’s a great time to join the team! RDI has a long list of exciting projects and provides excellent opportunities for career development and that’s not even beginning to talk...

Support Specialist

Softrock Solutions provides prism monitoring software & hardware to the mining industry. The duties of this diverse role include installation of equipment on site, training site staff, and providi

Smallworld Developer

Introduction to the role An opportunity to join the market-leading provider of Geo-spatial IT services in Australia and New Zealand. Established in 1996, we-do-IT is a key provider of specialist GI

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