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 Quick Takes on Companies and Ideas at the 2009 Location Intelligence Conference
Here
are some tidbits about several companies and key ideas from
presentations Editor Adena Schutzberg found at the Location
Intelligence Conference held at the beginning of October. Organizations
mentioned include Seaglex Software, Trillium Software, Yuri Software,
SpatialKey, Infusion Development, eSpatial, Appistry, Zipano Technologies, WeoGeo, AND, PBBI, OpenStreetMap, Waze and Inrix.
Apres FOSS4G 2009
OpenGeo's Paul Ramsey not only
provided the keynote at this year's Free and Open Source for Geospatial
(FOSS4G) event in Sydney, Australia, he also offers this wrap-up of the
event. He outlines key sessions and concludes with these takeaways:
"more cross pollination between open source and proprietary; the
inexorable growth of the Web as primary platform; and the insatiable
demand for information on Web publishing best practices."
Navigation and Location US 2009, December 1-2, San Jose
Unearth new ways to Monetize Navigation Based Services.
Hear from Ford, Pioneer, Symbian, TomTom, Telenav, Nokia, Yelp and OSM
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LETTERS
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Making a Case for Design Skills
A reader offered kudos.
"... If we can't make maps that make sense to the reader, why should we even bother making them in the first place?"
- Jeff, N/A
Mobile GIS Gives Recovery Specialists an Advantage in the Victoria Bushfires
Readers appreciated the coverage.
"... I've been wondering how GIS was used and rolled out to help
during the Victorian bushfires. Been very little on this in the
mainstream media."
- Derek Tickner, HRIC, Qld, Australia
"As a firefighter in the middle of that complex of blazes, mobile GIS
would have been of incalculable value to visualize where one was in
relation to the bigger picture. ..."
- Steve Atkinson, Scientific Investigations Pty Ltd
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SPONSOR ZONE
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NITF Data in ArcGIS (registration required)
ITT White Paper
This NITF for ArcGIS
extension improves the efficiency and timeliness of geospatial analysis
workflows by allowing users to read NITF data within the ArcGIS
environment and create data products that comply with the latest NITF
specifications.
Using ENVI and Geographic Information Systems (registration required)
ITT White Paper
GIS
(Geographic Information System) professionals recognize that imagery is
essential for understanding what is happening in the world, learning
how the environment is changing, and giving context to other types of
data. ENVI's intuitive user interface and easy-to-use tools allow users
to quickly and easily view and explore their imagery.
Providing Government Collaboration and Public Distribution with Spatial Data Infrastructures (registration required)
Intergraph White Paper
Intergraph's
Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) application gives you the ability to
collaborate and distribute geospatially related data. Intergraph's SDI
application provides you with the technology framework you need for
cost-effective and efficient communication involving geospatially
related information. This white paper will highlight Intergraph's SDI
philosophy and architecture, review the benefits of it for end-users,
and provide examples of successfully applied SDI solutions.
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All Points Blog
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Press Releases |
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New Jobs |
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GISjobs Australia - Data Entry Technicians Contract
Australia, New South Wales GISjobs Australia - Smallworld Contractors Sydney
Australia, New South Wales GIS Contractor - Brisbane
Australia, Queensland GIS Analyst (Part-Time) - Brisbane
Australia, Queensland GIS Analyst - Brisbane
Australia, Queensland
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| ADSK - NMS | $25.48 |  | 0.3 1.16% | Autodesk, Inc. |
| | DGI - NYQ | $22.01 | | 1.01 4.39% | DIGITALGLOBE, INC |
| | DSGX - NMS | $5.17 | | 0.17 3.18% | The Descartes Systems Group Inc |
| | GEOY - NGM | $25.12 | | 1.93 7.13% | GeoEye, Inc. |
| | GRMN - NMS | $31.59 | | 6.19 16.38% | Garmin Ltd. |
| | MSFT - NMS | $28.02 | | 0.57 1.99% | Microsoft Corporation |
| | ORCL - NMS | $21.30 | | 0.57 2.61% | Oracle Corporation |
| | PBI - NYQ | $24.48 | | 0.53 2.12% | PITNEY BOWES INC |
| | TRMB - NMS | $21.25 | | 0.05 0.23% | Trimble Navigation Limited |
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