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Ozri 2011 Has Left the Building
Ozri has wrapped up for another year. Thank you to all of the attendees, presenters, sponsors, exhibitors and staff who made the event such a success this year.
More than 550 delegates joined us for our 25th Ozri conference, and most declared it the best yet!
A few highlights of the conference… (more…)
Ozri Update: Farewell Ozri 2011
After months and months of preparation Ozri 2011 has come and gone and the Farewell Function this afternoon means we can start working on Ozri 2012…at least in a few weeks anyway! This was Ozri’s 25th year and, although it was the first I’ve attended so I may be a little biased, I think it was the best yet.
The sponsors, exhibitors, delegates and staff all seemed to enjoy themselves and the Gala Dinner will take a lot to beat next time round. Time to pack up, give Ozri 2011 a final toast and head home.
Look forward to seeing even more people at Ozri next year.
Kim B.
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Ozri Update: Best Practices for Designing Effective Map Services
The Ozri 2011 conference theme is Connecting, Building and Optimising. Wayne and I led our audience through a number of points regarding our topic: Best Practices for Designing Effective Map Services. During the session we focussed on the “Building” and “Optimising” aspects of Web Map Services. We illustrated ArcGIS Server’s capabilities during the session with demonstrations of the three ways of serving maps and data using Esri’s web mapping technologies. The three map serving techniques shown were: Dynamic Map services, Cached Map Services and Feature services. (more…)
Ozri Update: Not Just a Pretty Picture – Optimising Your Imagery
Imagery. Everyone has stacks of imagery sitting on computers, servers, DVDs and even still on shelves in cupboards. I know that many people ask myself and my colleagues – what do we do with all of this imagery?
Well this is one of their questions that Maree and I tried to answer in our Imagery session today. This is a big topic and Maree and I spent a long time sitting down talking through all of the different ways that we could approach this. In the end we decided that we needed to really leave everyone in the audience understanding their options, and also the ways that imagery can be optimised for viewing, data exploration and dissemination.
Ozri Update: Stream A Session Snapshot
The mining boom has delivered prosperity to the West, but this rapid growth is also placing great pressure on Perth’s transport networks. Marguerite D’Alton from GHD detailed the role that online GIS has played in the upgrade of the Great Eastern Highway, helping to keep the government and commercial joint stakeholders up to date with all relevant project information.
It’s great to see that GIS is now becoming increasingly relied upon in construction projects such as this to provide access to the large volumes of project information.
Ozri Update: Stream B Session Snapshot
After a quick break for morning tea we settled in for some more great presentations.
Sharon McAnelly from the Power and Water Corporation in the Northern Territory was joined by IBM’s Peter Burgun for a really interesting discussion of the Corporation’s Asset Management Capability Project – a transformational program to improve the Corporation’s asset management practices. Once implemented, the fully integrated Esri Australia, Maximo Enterprise Asset Management and Cognos TM1 Performance Management solution will greatly enhance decision making, as well as improving customer service, work planning, scheduling and execution.
Ozri Update: Stream D Session Snapshot
We have just heard from Adrian Denning from ATCO Gas Australia, who discussed how important the accuracy of information is to the organisation. Adrian spoke about how spatial correctness and accuracy is essential for the location of ATCO Gas’ assets, using the example of Dial Before You Dig.
From a utility of a different kind, LinkWater’s Jawad Youssef spoke about how Dekho is being used in the organisation by staff with little or no GIS knowledge or familiarity. Jawad detailed the efficiency improvements achieved at LinkWater through the integration of GIS into the organisation’s workflows.
Shannon W.
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Ozri Update: Stream C Session Snapshot
Darren Llewellyn from Spatial Education.com took us through a great story of the usage of some very modern technologies to dig deep into history. Darren detailed how GIS, GPS, ground penetrating radar and photogrammetric techniques have all helped to delve into the past of a Tasmanian convict site, helping to focus archaeological work and reduce the amount of digging required. What a interesting story!
Shannon W.
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Ozri Update: Creating a GIS Strategy
From Vis (The Latin root of “to See”) to Visions to Visionaries in 30 minutes, my presentation today explored the concepts, models and decision making processes that need to be considered when looking to create a GIS Strategy.
Vis (or visualisation) is often the starting point for GIS, and today we looked at a number of websites using different GIS visualisation techniques. (more…)
Ozri Update: Stream B Session Snapshot
Friday morning has kicked off with some great presentations showcasing the integration of GIS with core business systems.
First up this morning was Levi Roberts from the NSW Rural Fire Service, who detailed how the Service uses GIS for incident control and bushfire risk management. Levi spoke about the numerous web GIS applications they have implemented, and how they have been integrated with the Service’s business systems and processes. It’s exciting to know that GIS is playing such an important role in the crucial role of bushfire management.
