I just spent three really exciting days at the Location Intelligence 2006 conference in San Francisco. This has been one of the most fascinating geospatial conferences of the year because it confirmed to me what […]
It has become apparent to many people in geospatial IT that 2005/2006 is a watershed period for our sector. It’s not just one thing, but a constellation of things that have enabled and will continue […]
Map Middle East 2006 was held this year in Dubai, which I discovered is one of the most remarkable places in the world. First of all it has literally risen out of the desert in […]
Since Monday I’ve been at Map Middle East 2006 in Dubai. There are people here from several parts of the world, but primarily from the Middle East as you might expect. Some very interesting themes […]
March 7, 2006 was a big day for the geospatial community, because that was when Bob Bray, MapGuide Technical Architect at Autodesk, hit the switch that released MapGuide Open Source to the Open Source Geospatial […]
Landbase evolution One of the problems that just about every organization responsible for managing network infrastructure has to face is the evolution of its landbase. By the landbase I mean maps of the roads, water […]
Models and Intelligent Databases A key concept that characterizes next generation design tools is model-driven design. First generation CAD tools were designed to produce pieces of paper, called construction drawings in the case of telco, […]
Up until a year ago the only handheld alternatives that utilities and telcos had for their field staff were either PDAs or notebooks such as Panasonic Toughbooks. PDAs PDAs, while fine for tabular information, simply […]