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Welcome to GISWeekly! Recently, the question of what GIS is today and what its role is has been raised on many GIS listserves. If GIS data is mostly "spatial," as many feel, then GIS has a greater value as the underpinning of many emerging technologies and will continue to be useful for spatial analysis in many traditional applications. To many, GIS encompasses any geographically generated function, including mapping, analysis, geocoding, location, etc. To Xavier Lopez, Director of Spatial and Location Technologies, Oracle Corporation, rich spatial functionality that exists in GIS systems has now becoming a native feature of core IT platforms. Explore this viewpoint in this week's Industry News.
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Industry News
Innovation in IT Impacts GIS
by Susan Smith
Xavier Lopez, Ph.D. Director of Spatial Technologies Oracle Corp. |
Recently, the question of what GIS is today and what its role is has been raised on many GIS listserves. If GIS data is mostly "spatial," as many feel, then GIS has a greater value as the underpinning of many emerging technologies and will continue to be useful for spatial analysis in many traditional applications. To many, GIS encompasses any geographically generated function, including mapping, analysis, geocoding, location, etc. To Xavier Lopez, Director of Spatial and Location Technologies, Oracle Corporation, rich spatial functionality that exists in GIS systems has now becoming a native feature of core IT platforms. Organizations now look to deploy enterprise-class spatial systems using a combination of Oracle databases, application servers, and best of breed spatial components or tools.
"GIS is a relatively mature technology with a knowledgeable and dedicated user community," explained Lopez. "This sector has generated an extraordinary community of talented and passionate GIS technologists, a dynamic vendor community, a variety of user groups, meaningful standards activities, and informative industry magazines and events. I believe these activities have served our community well and will continue to serve us into the future. This community now faces an exciting opportunity as innovators begin to apply underlying GIS technologies "outside the box" of what are traditionally considered GIS applications."
Innovation is what drives advances in information technology. And innovations in IT are having profound effect on how all GIS and location based services are being developed. "It's not a stretch to predict that in 10 years, location-enabled technologies will be embedded into the everyday computing infrastructure of business applications and consumer devices. These capabilities should be ubiquitous, transparent, and must seamlessly integrate with a broader IT and wireless infrastructure. They will build upon a new generation of geoprocessing platforms, tools and content - very different than what is currently being offered in the market place," Lopez said, continuing, "For example, in the supply chain and package tracking business we are already witnessing the rapid adoption of RFID, GPS and sensor computing to track location of inventory across space - a warehouse, a city, the oceans - as well as interactions that package has with other elements of a tracking network. Every month we hear of newer and more interesting types of location-enabled technologies and services. Retail websites already offer some kind of 'locator' service allowing consumers to locate a nearest retail outlet using a simple geocoding and point in polygon analysis. Wireless carriers are embedding positioning capability into their mobile networks and phones to support emergency calling and deliver a range of location-enhanced services. They are even marketing wearable tracking devices for our children and pets! In the life sciences, technology previously developed to remotely observe the earth from space is being used to image and model proteins and molecules. Network data models originally designed and tested for faultless use in transportation and utility applications are now being applied manage biological pathway analysis, semantic web, and social network analysis. In short, there is an extraordinary amount of innovation currently underway to extend and apply the underlying geoprocessing algorithms, tools, and concepts into existing new application areas."
"Where will these types of location technologies be in 10 years? Which of these will evolve into its own industry sub-sector and which will simply be part of the broader IT sector? The opportunities for innovators seem to lie in creating new forms of location technologies and/or embedding mature location technologies into more mainstream applications, devices, and services."
Vendors such as Acquis whom we covered in last week's GISWeekly, eSpatial, and Ionic are all creating innovation in tools and related applications that break new ground for the delivery of spatially enabled solutions. More established players like Autodesk, Intergraph, Laser Scan, Leica, MapInfo, PCI Geomatics among others, are also embracing this shift to IT-centric geoprocessing platforms.
From Back End to Platform
How did this begin? Ten years ago, a key focus at Oracle was to provide the spatial data management back end for enterprise GIS systems, which put the company in good stead with all the GIS vendors. "But as the technology matured and new application opportunities emerged we realized the market needed an open, scaleable and reliable spatial platform," concluded Lopez. "Our work to date has been to build this platform with which application developers can extend best of breed GIS and spatial components as they deploy whole new categories of enterprise GIS and location based services. This change in direction has paid off as Oracle Spatial has since become the industry standard for these types of enterprise solutions. The functionality in this spatial platform is extended with each release, as partner and customer requirements are generated. "We want to be riding that innovation curve, providing the foundational platform driving these new location enabled services."
Oracle 10g Spatial has been labeled by some in the GIS industry as a "disruptive" technology. "While the product can deliver more geoprocessing capability than many GIS products," said Lopez. "this product has different origins and is headed in a uniquely different business direction. Rather than trying to recreate what is now a mature GIS technology stack, we have defined and built the foundation for a whole new class of enterprise GIS and location-enabled business applications, and web services. It offers much of the core geoprocessing capabilities of GIS (spatial indexing, spatial functions and operators, spatial and network analysis, raster data management, geocoding, and topology management, etc.), but is designed to be extended by our partner's applications and tools running inside standard application servers. What this means is that the data management tier of a geospatial solution is much richer and more capable, eliminating the need for a proprietary storage approach. It also allows our partners to leave the spatial data management to Oracle, while they focus on developing best of breed tools."
A spatial database is usually combined with an application server (e.g. Oracle10g Application Server) that provides the essential services J2EE containers, load balancing, application integration, caching, web services interfaces, business intelligence, wireless, and collaboration features. It is in the application server tier where much of the business logic, cartographic rendering, analysis, and modeling operations of third party tools are executed. The third party tools and application processes (map rendering, routing, modeling) are inherent in the native scalability, reliability and security features of both the spatial database and application server. The spatial database carries out much of the generic spatial processing (indexing, spatial operations), while the application server runs the specific third party map rendering, routing, or spatial analysis code. The efficient tiering of spatial processes at database and application server tier is a hallmark of Internet computing platforms. This architecture is faster, more scalable, flexible and secure than stand-alone client/server GIS platforms. Moreover it is inherently open, since its adoption is premised on integration with third party tools via standard interfaces like SQL, XML, Java.
Oracle has been enhancing spatial database capability for nearly 10 years now, building on the feedback of customers, system integrators, ISVs, and tool vendor partners. Spatial databases enable GIS systems with greater security, and reliability without sacrificing any of the feature functionality of existing GIS tools. "It's no surprise that nearly every GIS and LBS technology vendor builds their solution on this platform. It's also no surprise the world largest mapping agencies, telcos, utilities, transportation and rail organizations use Oracle Spatial," said Lopez. "For those users considering how to meet the growing customer and operational demands of existing GIS systems, they now have a choice of deploying future enterprise spatial solutions on a GIS-platform or an IT platform. Over time we're seeing more and more customers, system integrators, and ISVs moving towards and IT platform approach. This is a change in the industry, and most third party tool vendors have adopted it because it differentiates their solutions."
A feature of every Oracle database -- Oracle Locator -- allows organizations to use the native spatial data management and geoprocessing existing in every database that Oracle licenses - at no extra cost. This presents a huge opportunity to partners, when one realizes that every Oracle9i and 10g database is location-enabled. "Incorporating geoprocessing into a DBMS alone is not disruptive," said Lopez. "It's the growing availability of third party technologies and spatial solutions that leverage what comes in the Oracle platform that is disruptive. The emergence of Oracle10g Spatial as a platform for a variety of spatial applications and services, is also coinciding with an emergence of new specialized tool vendors that leverage the native capabilities of the platform as a starting point for development."
Another unique aspect between is that IT centric deployments are not exclusively map centric. The real benefit of taking location information into mainstream applications is improving organizational decision-making and operational processes. This can require the generation of maps. More often, however, the results are more meaningful when they are generated as reports or inputs to other business applications and services.
Location-enabled embedded web services
Clearly, Oracle is playing a lead role in delivering innovation in the spatial data management arena. These efforts also extend into the use of location within Oracle's own Application Server 10g and e-Business Suite of applications. Oracle's efforts in making the management of location information ubiquitous, is also making a profound effect in the broader adoption of geoprocessing across the IT community.
The acceptance of location capability within that broader IT community created a new opportunity for location enabled technology, whether they are new handsets, new services, etc. "The interesting question is not where GIS will be in 10 years, but how will that broader IT industry successfully incorporate location into new and existing technologies and services?" suggested Lopez. "We believe it's unproductive to try to classify every tool, application or service that uses location as GIS. Oracle is not alone; Microsoft and IBM are also actively broadening their portfolio of location technologies. In the web portal arena, AOL, Yahoo, and MSN all offer web mapping, routing and locator services. In the retail, insurance, telecommunications and financial areas, organizations are developing web based locator services to assist in deliver enterprise class business geographic intelligence applications: risk analysis, territory analysis, site location analysis, fleet tracking, field service, sales and marketing analysis, logistics, and supply chain visualization. As these location-enabled solutions move from departmental to enterprise, and from local to global in scale, they confront the need for an IT platform with standard interfaces to deploy their spatial solutions."
This suggests that enterprise solutions previously built on GIS desktop and client server technologies will be increasingly deployed on standard IT platforms comprised of spatial databases, application servers and web browsers. Of course there will be many instances where thick client GIS solutions will meet the specialized requirements of digitizing, editing, modeling and spatial analysis.
The IT infrastructure advances described above represent a strong technology push in the industry. This push, combined with the demand-pull for a new class of location-enabled business applications, are shaping the manner in which enterprise GIS, location-enabled business applications, and web services are delivered. "We are seeing changes, where tool vendors are re-adjusting their technology to work not only with other GIS tools, but with other IT based tools and applications. This is an important change. Interoperability is key here and this is what the Open GeoSpatial Consortium (OGC) has been focusing on for nearly a decade," Lopez noted.
Traditional GIS vs. Increased Scalability and Security Demands
An emerging requirement of all enterprises is to manage their spatial information securely. Oracle's software products incorporate a variety of advanced security features that enable simplified identify management, encryption of sensitive data managed by job role, and provide continuous uptime. In a traditional desktop GIS environment this level of security may have been a priority. However, in enterprise environments the reality of consolidated databases and applications, web access, and firewalls all place paramount importance data security. Employees now access their geospatial applications via a web browser. Applications and databases now reside on servers that service hundreds or thousands of users. Login and password control manages access to applications, database tables, and rows. Oracle has placed a high priority in maintaining the highest levels of data security in the software industry. Oracle10g has been reviewed under the International Common Criteria (ISO 15408) specification for security - undergoing 17 evaluations against every major worldwide security over the past 12 years. The Oracle database protects sensitive spatial and business information with more precise control of access and permissions then any other IT vendor, Lopez noted.
This leads to some advice to third parties: "A successful recipe for spatial solution providers lies not with simply adding the latest software widgets, but ensuring that their tools can effectively leverage the underlying IT features and functions necessary to support a robust and secure solution. By building upon the shoulders of Oracle, as opposed to developing proprietary spatial data types, spatial database middleware, and proprietary application servers, tools vendors can better devote their precious development resources to addressing high value application opportunities," predicted Lopez.
Features within Oracle 10g Locator and Spatial
The Locator feature in Oracle10g (available in Standard and Enterprise Editions) is a no-cost feature of every Oracle database. It provide the core functionality required by most location-enabled business applications, location based services, and enterprise GIS implementations using a third party tools. Features include:
- An object type that describes and supports geometries such as points, lines, polygons
- Fast R-tree indexing
- Spatial operators
- Open, standard SQL access to spatial operations
- Whole Earth geometry model for geodetic data
- Partitioning support for spatial indexes
- Function-based spatial indexes
- Support for parallel index builds for R-tree indexes
- Parallel spatial queries
- Powerful linear referencing system
- Spatial functions such as buffer generation, centroids, area and length calculations, and aggregate functions (e.g. unions and user defined aggregates)
- Coordinate transformations
- GeoRaster data type to manage georeferenced imagery and gridded data
- A data model and schema that persistently store topology
- A data model to store network (graph) structure
- Geocoding engine
- Spatial analytic functions
Looking into the Future
As the current crop of mature geospatial technologies evolve, the likely source of innovation, according to Lopez, will happen with the creation of a new class of location enabled business services, tracking and sensor-based solutions, and web services. These latter types of applications represent a huge opportunity to both traditional GIS vendors, and the new generation of tool vendors, ISVs, and services providers.
Acquisitions/Alliances/Agreements
NemeriX, a developer of low-power RF and baseband silicon and software positioning platforms, and CEVA, Inc., licensor of digital signal processing (DSP) cores and communications solutions to the semiconductor industry, announced a collaboration that will result in a new chipset targeting the indoor GPS market.
Fastrax Ltd., provider of OEM GPS receivers and positioning software and Alltigo Inc., a developer of compact electronic location devices, announced the integration of Fastrax's iTrax03 GPS receiver in Alltigo's Location Tag LT100 product.
Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions, Benelux B.V., announced a $3 million (U.S.) signed contract with ISC, ICT-Service Cooperation Police, Justice and Safety. Intergraph will spatially enable the geospatial emergency response system for the Netherlands' 26 departments for the police emergency response services, called the Sherpa project.
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. in wireless data technology provider, announced it has closed its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Kivera, Inc., effective yesterday. That acquisition was announced on September 13, 2004.
Announcements
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announces that the OpenGIS(R) Catalog Services Specification 2.0 has been adopted by the OGC membership. This specification documents industry consensus on an open, standard interface that enables diverse but conformant applications to perform discovery, browse and query operations against distributed and potentially heterogeneous catalog servers. It includes a number of improvements over the preceding version, version 1.1.1. Industry agreement on a common interface for publishing metadata and supporting discovery of geospatial data and services is an important step toward giving Web users and applications access to all types of geographic information and services. The specification is available at http://portal.opengis.org/files/?artifact_id=5929.
Homeland security preparation has moved into virtual reality with simulation technology equipped with geospatial information to create training scenarios and operational capabilities that would not otherwise be possible. Through the Cooperating Sponsorship of the National Center for Simulation (NCS) and the Institute for Simulation and Training at the University of Central Florida (IST), both located in Orlando, the Spatial Technologies Industry Association (STIA) is pleased to announce that this technology will be available for homeland security officials and first responders to experience at SPATIAL-TECH 2004.
ESRI announced its support of the Mesoamerican and Caribbean Geospatial Alliance (MACGA), a program implemented by the United States Geological Survey (USGS)/EROS Data Center in cooperation with several partner organizations. ESRI is providing geographic information system (GIS) training, documentation, and software grants to assist the alliance.
Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions today announced R. Halsey Wise, President and CEO of Intergraph Corporation, will lead an opening-day panel discussion on Monday, Sept. 27 at 11:00 a.m. (EST) at the Spatial Technologies Industry Association's (STIA) national policy symposium and exhibition, Spatial Tech 2004, held in Orlando, FL. The program will present issues of critical importance to the future of the geospatial technology industry and the nation.
PCI Geomatics has been awarded a $1.2 million contract to supply software, services and training to the Malaysian Centre for Remote Sensing (MACRES). Products to be supplied include Geomatica(r) from PCI Geomatics and third party products eCognition(r) from Definiens Imaging and EarthView(r) from Atlantis Scientific. Product will be delivered through the PCI Geomatics Reseller for Malaysia, Jurupro Sdn Bhd. The software will be used to support the activities of the MACRES Ground Receiving Station.
URISA's 42nd Annual Conference will be held in Reno, Nevada, November 7-10, 2004. Educational sessions and pre-conference workshops, networking events, and an exhibit hall will solidify URISA's reputation as "The Place for Spatial Information Professionals." For over forty years, URISA has been the center for information exchange among professionals dealing with urban and regional issues. The annual conference workshops have been and are considered some of the best real-world and practical learning experiences for attendees. During the past year, an ambitious joint effort from workshop authors, instructors and the URISA Workshop Development Committee have resulted in SEVEN new URISA Certified Workshops and FOUR significantly updated workshops.
MapDotNet GIS Rapid Development Framework is enhanced to support Windows XP Service Pack 2 and several new browser versions released in the month of August. With new features and enhancements, MapDotNet v4.1 is sure to be the simplest and most flexible GIS Framework ever.
HP announced that it is working with ESRI, the leading developer of geographic information systems (GIS) solutions, to simplify the printing experience for GIS users who produce complex maps and information sets such as those used to fight forest fires, find new sites for fast-growing companies and support optimal land use planning.
Glaciers in West Antarctica are shrinking at a rate substantially higher than observed in the 1990s. They are losing 60 percent more ice into the Amundsen Sea than they accumulate from inland snowfall.
The study was conducted by a science team from NASA, U.S. universities and from the Centro de Estudios Cientmficos in Chile. It is based on satellite data and comprehensive measurements made in 2002 by a science team aboard a Chilean P-3 aircraft equipped with NASA sensors. Science Express published the findings today.
Appointments
The GIS Certification Institute (GISCI) announced the following officers of the association. Lynda Wayne, GISP (GeoMaxim, Asheville NC) was elected by the Board of Directors to serve as GISCI President. Nancy Obermeyer, GISP (Indiana State University) will serve as the association's Secretary, and Peirce Eichelberger (Chester County, PA) will serve as the GISCI Treasurer.
New Products
NavCom Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of Deere & Company, announced the availability of version 3.0.0 Global Positioning System (GPS) software. This latest software version provides a number of significant product features such as RTK Extend, a technology that combines the capabilities of the StarFire(TM) positioning system with RTK to overcome the problem of communication dropouts. The software also provides NavCom's proprietary SureNav feature which ensures optimal navigation mode selection for increased positioning accuracy.
MIR3(TM), Intelligent Notification(TM) solutions provider, announced the availability of inEnterprise, a secure, Role-Based notification platform designed to integrate seamlessly into an organization's enterprise communication infrastructure. inEnterprise works in conjunction with standard corporate databases, such as LDAP, Active Directory, Oracle, Peoplesoft, SunGard Paragon, ePlanner and Revolution and LDRPS (Living Disaster Recovery Planning System), to allow organizations to consolidate communications across all divisions into a single Intelligent Notification platform.
Carbon Graphics LLC and My3D LLC announced the immediate availability of Geo Shapefile Importer, a plugin dedicated to the import of existing GIS data stored in ESRI Shapefile format.
Exhibiting at the Institute of Navigation (ION) GNSS 2004 trade show this week in Long Beach, Thales' navigation business unit is showcasing its latest developments in GPS Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) solutions for the more than 2,200 influencers and customers at the largest GNSS-related trade show in North America.
Around the Web…
Big Boss is Watching, by Ben Charny, CNET News.com, September 24, 2004-- On the leading edge of the cell phone trend is Nextel Communications. The wireless provider began selling its Mobile Locator service last November, giving bosses an easy way to find employees who carry GPS-equipped cell phones. More on GPS-equipped cell phones for those who want to add a keyboard: PalmOne Taps Out Keyboard for Rival Devices CNET News.com, September 20, 2004 -- PalmOne has introduced mobile add-ons for the holidays, including a wireless keyboard that can work with devices from other manufacturers.
The Milpitas, Calif.-based handheld maker unveiled on Monday the keyboard plus a leather case for smart phones and new GPS navigation software.
Mars Had Ocean, Controversial New Theory Says, by Brian Handwerk, National Geographic, September 22, 2004 - Did Mars have an ocean or not? Mounting evidence suggests the red planet may have featured oceans or other large bodies of water in the past. But the theory also raises a nagging question.
Upcoming Events
SPATIAL-TECH 2004
Date: September 26 - 29, 2004
Place: Walt Disney World Dolphin and Swan Resort, Orlando, FL USA
The program for SPATIAL-TECH 2004 was developed by key geospatial players from industry; federal, state, and local government; and Congress. The purpose of this year's symposium is to create a powerful exchange of ideas and learning experience with public and private sector leaders who will provide insightful commentary on issues of critical importance to the future of the geospatial technologies industry and the nation. SPATIAL-TECH 2004 is focused on advancing the understanding of the geospatial technologies industry and its essential role in homeland security.
GeoSolutions 2004
Date: September 29 - 30, 2004
Place: Birmingham, NEC, United Kingdom
GeoSolutions 2004 is where Geographic Information (GI) and business meet. GeoSolutions 2004 is an established event for organizations, who want to benefit from the efficiencies and innovations that GI and spatial management can deliver.
17th Annual GIS in the Rockies Conference
Date: October 6 - 8, 2004
Place: Denver, CO USA
This year's conference addresses the theme "Worlds of Opportunity."
The South Florida GIS Expo
Date: October 7 - 8, 2004
Place: The Palm Beach County Convention Center605 Okeechobee Blvd., W Palm Beach, FL 33401 USA
The South Florida GIS Expo serves as a way to foster collaboration, GIS coordination, networking, education and training for the rapidly expanding professional GIS community in the high-tech south Florida region. The 2004 SF GIS Expo represents our eleventh year of organizing and facilitating this regional GIS conference.
agi2004
Date: October 12 - 14, 2004
Place: Chelsea VillageLondon, United Kingdom
agi2004 marks the 16th running of the Annual Conference; AGI will also lead the management and organization of the exhibition in the same location. This creates a unique opportunity for cross-over and interaction between exhibitors, delegates, conference speakers and session chairs. With 42 exhibitors showcasing the latest technology and 80 world leading speakers at the conference can you afford not to attend?
GeoInt 2004 Symposium
Date: October 12 - 14, 2004
Place: Sheraton New OrleansNew Orleans, LA USA
GEOINT 2004 is the premier event for the Geospatial intelligence community-bringing government, industry, and military leaders together with leading suppliers and industry experts.
6th Annual GeoBusiness Conference 2004
Date: October 14, 2004
Place: RICS Westminster CentreLondon, United Kingdom
GeoBusiness 2004, sponsored by Ordnance Survey, promises to be a landmark event for anyone with an interest in Store Location Planning, Marketing, Customer Insight, Market Analysis or geographical Information Systems (GIS). Hear leading Industry experts cover the breaking news and emerging technologies that are shaping the future of these disciplines.
Wireless Industry Congress 2004
Date: October 17 - 19, 2004
Place: Ottawa, Canada
David Wood, Sr. VP Marketing for Telcontar will be delivering the following presentation:
Trends in Navigation and Implementing Wireless Navigation Services
Find out how different companies have created applications targeted at specific wireless carriers, vehicle OEMs or corporate enterprise market segments. See from demonstrations how each has arrived at very different feature sets, architectures, user interfaces and business models. Learn how integration of disparate voice, mapping, real time data feeds, wireless networks and client software and hardware products can be achieved and what key factors to consider as you examine your company's positioning and opportunity in the location-based services market. Examine how the strengths and weaknesses of each approach will impact the evolution of the navigation market, and explore the business opportunities that could develop as a result.
The 12th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference
Date: October 18 - 22, 2004
Place: FremantleWestern Australia, Australia
The 12th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference (ARSPC) will be held at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle, Western Australia from Monday 18 October to Friday 22 October 2004. ARSPC is Australia's biennial event for practitioners and allied industries.
GIScience 2004
Date: October 20 - 23, 2004
Place: The Inn and Conference CenterUniversity of Maryland , MD USA
GIScience 2004 is the follow-up meeting to the highly successful GIScience 2000 and 2002 conferences with over 300 researchers attending each time. GIScience 2004 will again bring together scientists from academia, industry, and government to analyze progress and to explore new research directions.
SWUG Conference 2004 "Taking GIS to Higher Peaks" Date: October 20 - 22, 2004
Place: Telluride Conf. CenterTelluride, CO USA
The Southwest Users Group (SWUG)conference brings together GIS users from Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming to exchange knowledge, discuss new ideas, explore resources, and support the development of diverse GIS interests and education.
GO! Sync (Replicate) Webinar
Date: October 21, 2004
Place: USA
GO! Sync (Replicate), a turnkey solution to replicate ArcSDE, is designed to by ArcGIS developers for ArcGIS departments. By fully adopting the ArcGIS environment, including versioning, it enables organizations to seamlessly replicate data to other departments, regions or third parties. Using the configuration tool in ArcCatalog, replication criteria can be assigned using both spatial and feature restrictions.
AGIC 2004 GIS Education and Training Symposium
Date: October 27 - 29, 2004
Place: Prescott, AZ USA
Experience GIS at its best this fall in the mile-high city of Prescott, Arizona. Three days of workshops, technical demonstrations, and activities presented by national and local professionals will keep you and your staff current on the latest GIS technologies. Explore vendor exhibits and network with GIS professionals from across the State. Learn about current developments and challenges in a quickly changing industry and share your own insights into the world of GIS. Whether you enter the poster contest to show off your latest project, attend the workshops to fine tune your GIS skills, or are looking to keep up to date with old friends, Prescott is the place to be in October.
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