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Is It Time to Rationalise and Re-Invent Geospatial Conferences and Workshops?

Details: 26 February 2009 | By Jeff Thurston | 1136

"Recent events in the world economy have turned the budgets of most companies inside out and upside down. Stock prices have dropped, earnings are being impacted and travel budgets are being limited in many cases. Both industry and individuals are looking for value as they deal with the economic situation. But ruling out the opportunity to meet and learn may not be the wisest way forward. Conferences and workshops are opportunities to network, learn and develop new strategies, and those needs still exist. How can we move forward to meet these needs in the current economic environment while adding value?"

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What are some of the technological frontiers for GIS advancement?

Details: 19 February 2009 | By Matt Ball | 2745

"Geospatial technology hasn't been around for very long. In a relatively short time span, many technical hurdles have been addressed and overcome, and GIS continues to expand its adoption in both scientific disciplines as well as mainstream consumer applications. While much of the promise of the technology has been realized, there are still plenty of frontiers yet to be explored."

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Do server based geospatial applications mean people can know less about geospatial concepts?

Details: 12 February 2009 | By Jeff Thurston | 1413

"The movement toward simplicity has resulted in a number of people who say, "you/we don't need to know anything about GIS or geospatial - leave us alone." And, as might be imagined, a group of people are standing clapping their hands together. But another sizeable group are shaking their heads and remain cautious about becoming involved with them too deeply."

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Is the geospatial data market nearing saturation?

Details: 05 February 2009 | By Matt Ball | 1155

"Given broad spatial data coverage of street and address data, the general public predominantly perceives spatial data as a done deal. What’s the need to collect more data when my house is on the map in more ways than one, and I can navigate to where I need to go?"

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Are Geospatial Tools Design Tools?

Details: 28 January 2009 | By Jeff Thurston | 1420

The word ‘design’ means different things to different people. Artists often speak about being able to design. Architects are known to communicate quality of life through design, and engineers talk about designing infrastructure including bridges, highways, power plants and so on. How many surveyors, GIS professionals or remote sensing specialists would raise their hand in an audience if asked, “do you consider yourself to be a designer?” I’m guessing few, but I would immediately query, “why not?”

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