Ozri Update: Stream D Session Snapshot

MapData Services’ Edwin Haverkamp provided a great overview this morning about how we use, source and deliver spatial information is changing.  Edwin spoke about the new influences in the data scene, and how you can utilise this information to make the most of both free and commercial data to gain new insights and make better decisions. 

It’s always interesting to not only hear about new influences, but also how you can tap into new information and apply it to your own organisation.    

 Shannon W.

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Ozri Update: Stream B Session Snapshot

We’ve been treated to more great presentations in Stream B this afternoon.

Lisa Cornish took to the stage first with an in-depth presentation around the crucial role of data.gov.au plays within the Australian Government and how this whole-of-government portal creates invaluable understanding, connection and communication with the general public.

Following afternoon tea we heard from one of our platinum sponsor NAVTEQ who demonstrated some new 3D capabilities which are now available with NAVTEQ data and ArcGIS technology – very cool!! It’s great to see these demonstrations showing how real clients are benefiting from these emerging GIS technologies.

I am most definitely enjoying my first Ozri experience!

Shannon W.

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Darwin…thanks for having us, see you again soon

October Tech Directions kicked off in Darwin yesterday and after a full day presenting and then catching a 1.45 am flight back from Australia’s far north the guys were forced to chat with me so I could give you a rundown of the day.

Ok here it goes…

Darwin put on a good showing for our technical specialists with about 45 people turning up in the far north to the first of our tech directions series. From the day these were some of the common questions:

Tell me more about the iphone! Yes we are all (well about 95% of the population, and according to recent research from the Australian Communications and Media Authority which shows there are now more mobile phones than people in Australia. And the 2009 Australian Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index undertaken for AIMIA found that 77% of respondents used their mobile phones for a purpose apart from texting and/or voice.) in love with our phones, but they can serve a higher purpose and you want to know what it is.

Technology Directions – are you coming?

If the current buzz around crowd-sourced or Volunteered Geographic Information  (VGI) has captured your interest, then the Data & Asset Management session at the upcoming Technology Directions events will be of high value to you. During this session we will explore implementing a web-based system to collect data from the public using ArcGIS 10 and the Geodatabase, and address common questions and practical concerns about data collection, validation and quality control in this environment.

The importance of data

Hi everyone – I thought for my first blog I would share a lesson I learnt recently whilst on a project.

When companies are embarking on utilising location intelligence, what will underpin everything is data. It is all well and good to have a snazzy web application with great buttons and tools but without good quality data to build with, the application it is not going to be of much use.

Esri Local Government User Group Meeting – August 2010

Last Friday (13^th August), Jeremie Comarmond of Esri Australia and Susie Kempson of Melbourne City Council hosted the Esri LG meeting at the council offices of the City of Melbourne. There was a pretty large crew there, representing LGA’s from not only metro Melbourne, but also around the state.

The four main themes discussed were

-          3D

-          Data and Data Capture – 3D Point Clouds

-          GIS Applications, ArcGIS and Dekho

-          Base maps from MDS and Esri

UC Tech News 2010

This year the Esri User Conference celebrated its 30th year. As big an achievement as that is, the real celebration for Esri and its community was the release of ArcGIS 10. ArcGIS is described as a system. Not just a single application or one piece of a large puzzle, ArcGIS is a complete system for geographical knowledge management, analysis, planning, awareness, and mobility.

Out of the many things to see at the event, I managed to get along and see where technology is changing the application of GIS. Notably, two areas that stood out for me were in smart devices (like the iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone, Android devices etc) and the cloud.