As mentioned in this post, Intergraph is trying to merge the functionality of their public safety CAD (computer aided dispatch), their G/Technology suite (used for utility and communication networks), and the GeoMedia platform.
It could be that:
- GeoMedia Public Works Manager
- GeoMedia Transaction Manager
will not be enhanced any more, because their funcionality will be covered somewhere else (e.g G!NIUS). A rough date for this integration is not available.
One further news: Intergraph released a press release (June 4) announcing their support for Microsoft’s SQL Server 2008 spatial enhancements.
Link: http://www.intergraph.com
Conference: http://www.intergraph2008.com
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I’m currently sitting in a lecture about Spatial Decision Support and Muli-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and want to announce at FH talk tomorrow. Following you can find the basic information information about it:
- Talk by: Prof. Piotr Jankowski, Department of Geography, San Diego State University, USA
- Date: 04.06.2008
- Time: 2 p.m
- Location: Hörsaal E.02 Fachhochschule Kärnten, Europastraße 4, 9524 Villach/St.Magdalen
- Topic: Participatory GIS and online deliberative decision making support: Reflections on a field experiment.
Link: http://www.fh-kaernten.at/cms/dateien/Geoinformation_SDSS_Vortrag_Jankowski_04_06_2008.pdf
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The keynote of Google’s IO Event lasts about one and a half hour. The talk includes some of the Development news at Google including:
- GWT
- Ajax and Apps API
- Gears
- App Engine
But the most exciting part for me was the presentation of Steve Horowitz, from the Android team, showing first Android applications on a mobile phone. For example it is possible to virtually walk around US-cities. For this application Streetview photos are used. The navigation is done via a touchscreen and a build in compass.
The used phone (no logo which indicated the manufacture) has a touchscreen from Synaptics where the user can log in with an user defined gesture.
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Google’s 3D data has escaped the client and is now available for your Browser. Today at Google I/O a Google Earth Browser plugin was released. With the plugin it is possible to view Google Earth mashups in the comfort of their own browser instead of having to pull up a separate client.
A small excerpt from the O’Reilly post:
This release does not change Google Maps, the mapping site on Google’s domain; it will not be serving up Google Earth imagery (yet). This release does not change all Google maps mashups into Google Earth Mashups. Instead the plugin enables developers to offer Google Earth imagery to their users very easily. I think it is notable that this is being offered to developers first. Why developers first? For one the plugin is being released at Google I/O, Google’s developer conference. I think that we should expect many developer-only treats today and tomorrow. Second, mashups can really help with distribution and help gain mindshare with those who don’t make it to Google’s sites on their own.
As Paul Rademacher, the creator of the first mashup (Housingmaps.com) and the technical lead on the project, pointed out to me during a call last week “The goal, apart from opening up Google Earth, is to bring Earth to the user. You can’t help but see Google maps when you surf now you’ll also see Google Earth.” The final reason, I am sure, is to keep Google’s main mapping site clean. Google Maps has had a lot of features added lately; they will need to spend some time figuring out a 3D UX.
Here are some sample apps for trying out. You will be prompted to download the plugin:
[via http://radar.oreilly.com/geo]
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One of the Geoweb highlights of the year, the Where 2.0 conference, is over. But the next event starts today: WhereCamp.
WhereCamp is the unconference for geohackers and WhereCampWiki is where it all goes down. We will be using the wiki as the centralized place for communicating all of the final information about WhereCamp. WhereCamp is like a BarCamp with focus on location and geoweb.
One of the major sponsors of WhereCamp is Google and this year it takes place at the GooglePlex in Mountain View, CA.
Link: http://wherecamp.pbwiki.com/
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