October 01, 2009

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    All Things Location Thursday | October 01, 2009

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MapInfo Professional 10.0 Rollout Tour: When the Hype Stays Home

The MapInfo Professional 10.0 Roadshow rolled into Boston in mid-September. The Pitney Bowes Business Insights (PBBI) event followed the same successful formula as the last one in 2008. First, Moshe Binyamin, the global product manager, shared some tips and tricks for existing versions and the new version 10. Then, attendees formed into teams for a focus group exercise. The grand finale was a look at what's new in version 10.0.


Use registration code d0430149

The conference's opening session will begin at 1:00 p.m. with introductions followed by distinguished speaker presentations by Steve Coast of OpenStreetMap and John Bennett of Hunt Energy IQ in addition to a plenary panel on cloud computing.

During the morning, you can participate in these workshops:

Workshop #2 (3 hours, two 1.5 hour tracks, you can attend both or either): The News Media and New Media
Leaders: Adena Schutzberg and Joe Francica, Directions Media
Room: Meadowbrook #1
Time: 8:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Workshop #3 (1.5 hours): How to Secure GIS Budget for 2010 and Beyond
Leader: Ross Smith, PA Consulting
Room: Meadowbrook #2
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Workshop #4 (1.5 hours): Geospatial Jobs and the 2009 Economy
Leader: Richard Serby, Geosearch
Room: Meadowbrook #2
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
NOTE: A special rate of $50 is available for this workshop only. Use registration code cb55a31

Workshop #5 (1.5 hours): ESRI MapIt workshop
Leader: Bob Hazelton, ESRI
Room: Cotton Creek #2
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

SPECIAL EVENT - MapInfo Pro v. 10 Road Show
Sponsor: Pitney Bowes Business Insight
Room: Windsor
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Contact Korem/Primus Geographics to register: 720-200-4323

There is limited seating so please make sure you arrive early!



LETTERS

Clouds Forming #2: Intergraph's Mark Doherty on Geospatial Cloud Computing

A reader questioned how successful cloud computing can be in the federal government.

"The vast proportion of GIS programs are run by government. Federal agencies are culturally unable to buy something intangible, and State/Local agencies are fiscally unable to procure something that requires year-to-year subscriptions. ..."
-  Emile Zola, eMiner

Photographers Have Several Camera Options for Geotagging Pictures with GPS Points

Readers offered a few more thoughts on the subject.

"... However, until I can afford a new camera, I'll continue to rely on my trusty Eye-Fi wireless/GPS 2Gb SD card. It makes my older Canon (and even my wife's ancient Kodak) geotag capable. ..."
- Steven, Student

"Ricohs 500 SE is a nice piece of rubber. In some way "combat ready" and a good choice for pure documentation. ..."
- Seb, MBK GmbH






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