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Your Source for Geospatial Technology Friday | April 04, 2008

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Top Story

Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging Rebrands as ERDAS and Takes
Aim at the Enterprise Geospatial MarketLeica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging Rebrands as ERDAS and Takes Aim at the Enterprise Geospatial Market

Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging announced yesterday that it is rebranding the company as ERDAS and will add as their tagline, "The Earth to Business Company," a clear signal that it wants to be a more aggressive player in the enterprise geospatial market. Unshackling itself from the Leica name allows the company to develop a stronger, more focused software brand.

Location Intelligence Conference update

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The Location Intelligence Conference takes place April 28-30 in Santa Clara, CA. LI 2008 will focus on the enabling technologies for the location intelligent enterprise. We'll discuss the return on the investment in location technology and provide examples of how others are monetizing location-based applications. We invite our readers to register today and be sure to make your hotel reservations before the conference rate expires on April 12th.

Travel a Key Theme for Two Speakers at Location Intelligence Conference

Fran Marshall of National Geographic Maps and Chris Ackermann of the Travel Channel are speakers. They'll be sharing insights from projects that make information about places both far and near more accessible to more people, and also enhance the bottom line. 


off the beaten path

- Compiled by Nora Parker, Senior Managing Editor

Starry Night Online: Beta is a fun resource from Imaginova Corp. that lets you explore what stars and constellations can be seen in the night sky at your location by entering your ZIP Code (or your lat/long). You can tinker with date, time, viewing direction, azimuth (compass heading) and elevation above the horizon. You can also look at the sky from the moon, which is a real "out of this world" experience.


sponsor zone

Oracle's Location Intelligence Podcast Series (#4): Oracle Business Intelligence with Spatial/MapViewer Integration
In this podcast learn how Aon Re Global, an Oracle customer and the largest insurance intermediary in the world, uses Oracle Spatial, Oracle Fusion Middleware MapViewer, and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition to perform more accurate risk analysis. Aon's Dan Schuffert will provide a specific example of how they determine the risk for customers whose policies are within or out of wind pool boundaries, such as Florida or the Carolinas.

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.


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ORACLE CORP

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