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Podcast:
Maps in the News and News in Maps - A Conversation with Amy
Gahran
Adena Schutzberg speaks with Amy
Gahran, a conversational media consultant and content strategist based
in Boulder, CO, about maps and the media. The conversation ranges from
how to pitch map-focused stories to the press to how to best serve
journalists in this technology age. Schutzberg and Gahran also point
out some "boo-boos" they've found and highlight great uses of maps in
the media.
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Murphy
Addresses the "Big Lie of Government" and China's Threat to the U.S.
Economy at GITA Conference
Readers raised
questions about Murphy's comments.
"Mr. Murphy is stated to be a career politician. With this in mind, he
can not possibly understand the concept of the private market and
therefore understands only one revenue stream...Taxes. ..."
- Jamie, Big Government
"It isn't the Big Lie of Government - it is the Big Lie to Get
Politicians Elected. It is not the government, but certain politicians
who have forced their colleagues to abandon good sensible government
and frequently tell their constituents that, if elected, the
constituents won't have to foot the bills for other parts of the
nation. ..."
- Linda, civilian
An
Expedition into the Abyss of Addresses: The IEE Conference Exposes the
Achilles Heel of the Location Intelligent Enterprise
A reader pointed
out that there's more to the problem than just database
issues.
"Beyond addresses being incorrectly entered, typographical errors,
unconventional abbreviations, etc., poorly implemented addressing
conditions also cause significant problems. ..."
- Burt Ray Simpson, AddressAccess.com
New
Dimensions in Spatial ETL: Safe Software's FME User Conference
2008
A reader offered
more information on Radius Studio and FDO.
"... Readers can find out more about Radius Studio and FDO here on our
OSGeo
page. ..."
- Steven Ramage, 1Spatial
Join ASPRS
April 28 to May 2, 2008, in Portland, Oregon for their 2008 Annual
Conference. The conference "Bridging the Horizons - New Frontiers
in
Geospatial Collaboration" will offer an outstanding program of
general and technical sessions and over 100 exhibit booths.
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Oracle's
Location Intelligence Podcast Series (#3): Develop Applications with
Oracle Java Tools
In this continuing series on Location Intelligence by Oracle, we hear
how R.L. Polk and Company develops spatial applications with Oracle
MapViewer and Java tools. Oracle provides tools to view business
information from your corporate database on maps and perform spatial
analysis from your own familiar enterprise application environment.
Listen to this podcast and learn how Polk uses Oracle Spatial
technology to develop its automotive research applications.
Oracle's
Location Intelligence Podcast Series (#2): Putting the Pieces
Together
In this podcast, you will learn how consulting firm Johnston-McLamb is
helping enterprise customers in the private and public sector to
benefit from Oracle's entire spatial and location technology platform,
including Oracle Database, Oracle Spatial and Locator, and Oracle
Fusion Middleware MapViewer.
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