November 11, 2008

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    All Things Location Tuesday | November 11, 2008

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Top Story

Podcast: Platformization - Marketing or Solution?Podcast: Platformization - Marketing or Solution?

Players in the geospatial arena are offering groupings of products referred to as platforms or portfolios to address enterprise needs. Bentley this week announced its V8i portfolio. A few weeks ago Microsoft rolled out its Single View Platform. Are these launches just marketing efforts or is there more?


off the beaten path

Boston is not known as a sunny place; nevertheless the City of Boston has launched an initiative to increase solar energy production and usage in the city. The website - which uses ArcGIS Server - lets you look up various solar energy projects, bring up pictures of the project, search areas for projects and calculate rooftop solar potential. The image below shows three projects in the Jamaica Plains/Roxbury area, with an image of a project at 3089 Washington Street in Roxbury. Used with permission. Click for larger image.


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Stock Charts


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Change

ADSK - NMS $20.4501 Down
 0.3099 1.49%
Autodesk, Inc.

GEOY - NGM $21.16 Down
 0.19 0.89%
GeoEye, Inc.

GRMN - NMS $20.284 Down
 0.496 2.39%
Garmin Ltd.

MSFT - NMS $21.29 Down
 0.21 0.98%
Microsoft Corporation

ORCL - NMS $17.50 Down
 0.03 0.17%
Oracle Corporation

PBI - NYQ $25.43 Down
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PITNEY BOWES INC

DSGX - NGM $3.04
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Descartes Systems Group Inc. (T

SIRF - NMS $1.52
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SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc.

TRMB - NMS $20.37 Down
 0.66 3.14%
Trimble Navigation Limited



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