When compiling this group of predictions, I looked back on what I had tagged for 2011 as predictions going forward. Some of those are still on the list, others are new.
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Top Geospatial Predictions for 2012
Thursday, January 12th, 2012NACIS invites submissions for the Atlas of Design
Monday, January 9th, 2012The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) invites submissions for the Atlas of Design, a new publication “dedicated to furthering the art and craft of cartography through inspirational examples.” The Atlas features full-color maps showcasing the most beautiful, intriguing, innovative cartography and thoughtful commentary accompanying the entries. All mapmakers are encouraged to offer their work for consideration.
To submit your work, email atlas@nacis.org.
Oce focuses on quality output for design build
Friday, January 6th, 2012Penny Holland, Business Development Manager for Oce North America met with GISCafe’s Sanjay Gangal at Autodesk University 2011 in Las Vegas in December. She noted a much more positive response from attendees and exhibitors this year than in past recent years.
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BOXX Technologies offers custom configured workstations
Friday, January 6th, 2012Exciting new technologies from BOXX Technologies were presented at Autodesk University 2011 in Las Vegas in December 2011. GISCafe’s Sanjay Gangal met with Shoaib Mohammad, VP Marketing for BOXX Technologies to talk about what the company offers.
Rand Worldwide boasts new partnerships and web portal
Friday, January 6th, 2012Sanjay Gangal interviewed Marc Dulude, CEO of Rand Worldwide at Autodesk University 2011 in Las Vegas.
Map depicts voting patterns for Iowa Republican Caucuses
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012Good map depicted the Iowa Republican Caucuses and how each county voted in The New York Times. You can filter data by demographics, median income, other (such as college education), and who won in 2008.
Pléiades 1a in orbit
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011Safe Software demoes FME 2012
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011GISCafe’s Sanjay Gangal conducted an interview with Dale Lutz, co-founder of Safe Software, at Autodesk University 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada recently.
Sanjay: Tell us about Safe Software.
Dale: We have been in existence since 1993. We make a product called FME that moves data from where it is to where we want it to be. It now supports around 275 different formats.
Checking out the whole fleet with WEBFLEET Mobile Smartphone App
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011Recently TomTom introduced the WEBFLEET Mobile Smartphone App, which gives an overarching view of a customer’s fleet to the PC in the office. This can be accessed on any device from anywhere drawing data from the cloud and is particularly useful to small business owners. In an interview with Michael Geffroy, Vice President of Sales, North America for TomTom Business Solutions, he outlined the exciting features of WEBFLEET:
Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler use on the upswing
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011Director of Professional Services at IMAGinIT Kevin Breslin said at Autodesk University 2011 this week that they are seeing an uptake of Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler in their work as consultants.
Customers are using it a lot in civil engineering for conceptual design. They can put in roads, move and change things around and tap into their geospatial data and combine that with data in Autodesk Map and Civil 3D. Breslin said the visualization/analysis tool can handle large amounts of data.