April 02, 2008

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Podcast: Deep Dive into Real-Time Traffic and Location-based Advertising on Mobile HandsetsPodcast: Deep Dive into Real-Time Traffic and Location-based Advertising on Mobile Handsets


What's new in receiving real-time traffic information on your mobile handset? What's the latest in location-based advertising? Discover the most recent information in Editor-in-chief Joe Francica’s interview with Tim Lorello of TeleCommunications Systems.

Penn State University's Geospatial Education Portfolio includes online programs in geographic information systems and geospatial intelligence. Each program is designed to help give cutting-edge skills to working professionals and encourages interaction with highly-respected faculty. Start your application today!


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Some very conclusive results in the current poll - with 307 participants to date, an overwhelming 74% are supplying, or would supply, map updates to the OpenStreetMap database. There's still time to provide your input - vote today (lower right side of the home page)!




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Oracle's Location Intelligence Podcast Series (#4): Oracle Business Intelligence with Spatial/MapViewer Integration
In this podcast learn how Aon Re Global, an Oracle customer and the largest insurance intermediary in the world, uses Oracle Spatial, Oracle Fusion Middleware MapViewer, and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition to perform more accurate risk analysis. Aon’s Dan Schuffert will provide a specific example of how they determine the risk for customers whose policies are within or out of wind pool boundaries, such as Florida or the Carolinas.

Oracle's Location Intelligence Podcast Series (#3): Develop Applications with Oracle Java Tools
In this continuing series on Location Intelligence by Oracle, we hear how R.L. Polk and Company develops spatial applications with Oracle MapViewer and Java tools. Oracle provides tools to view business information from your corporate database on maps and perform spatial analysis from your own familiar enterprise application environment. Listen to this podcast and learn how Polk uses Oracle Spatial technology to develop its automotive research applications.


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