Webinar Archive

An archive of the GeoSpatial Webinars that we have produced over the past several months. Please feel free to view any of the webinars listed.

May 21, 2013
Location Intelligence and Oracle Spatial and Graph User Conference - Attend via webcast

In 2013, Directions Magazine and Oracle are collaborating to offer consecutive events over two days in Washington, DC. First, on May 21, Directions Magazine's Location Intelligence Conference will offer a multi-track program exploring the latest industry trends. Then, on May 22, the Oracle Spatial and Graph User Conference will offer a day of technical deep dives and use case sessions around Oracle's spatial technologies. Attendees may attend either event on its own, or both together. Held in The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC, both events will include tracks of value to senior management, C-level directors, as well as developers.

Can't attend in person this year? Register to view the "live" webcast of the conference. Select "Virtual Attendance" for $99.

After your registration is completed and your payment is received, three separate emails with instructions on attending the "live" webcast will be sent to the email address you provided. Each email will contain a special link that is unique to you and should not be shared. Each link corresponds to an on-site conference room. During the conference you may join whichever room you prefer and at any time. If you have to miss a session because it overlaps with another session you want to attend, you will be able to watch it later via the recording. See the agenda for session information and their corresponding room names.

May 15, 2013
Directions OnPoint: Learn the 7 Steps to Implement Enterprise GIS into Any Business or Organization
As enterprise GIS becomes more commonplace, there is a growing demand for people capable of managing facility and enterprise data for an organization. This webinar offers tips and resources to help any GIS professional move from project-oriented work to an enterprise-wide information infrastructure.

Webinar takeaways

Join Dr. Stephen McElroy, GIS program chair at American Sentinel University, as he discusses how to use best practices to create a common operational platform within an organization..

During this interactive presentation, you will learn:
- How to assess GIS architecture, infrastructure, data and databases
- Governance and management strategies for managing and maintaining GIS
- Opportunities to reduce costs and improve efficiency
- How to plan short-term GIS goals and objectives to improve operations and workflow
Who should attend

Anyone interested in a structured approach to enterprise GIS

May 14, 2013
Spatial Analysis Trends for Telecom: Understanding Locations and Customers for Optimal Service
In this webinar you will learn about geocoding, reverse geocoding, mapping and analysis trends in the telecommunications sector.

Webinar takeaways
- Understand the power and potential of geocoding as well as reverse geocoding with real-time smartphone latitudes and longitudes
- Learn about using parcel data to manage linear assets and gain insight on properties to support activations and upgrades
- Learn about the challenges of new service roll-outs and the use of location data to improve churn rates, revenue and customer satisfaction
- Gain insights into the role of social media in location intelligence to leverage mobile marketing opportunities and other activities based on location
The webinar will also include a demonstration of Spectrum Spatial, Pitney Bowes Software’s newest location intelligence platform, to show the application of parcel data for location insight.

Why you should attend

Telecom networks are becoming more complex, with customers on the go and craving new applications. Deployment of next-generation services needs to be fast. Whether offering 4G, bundles, group plans or more customer-friendly apps, knowing "where" can help carriers optimize service with significant payback.

Speakers

Berk Charlton, Global Portfolio Director, Pitney Bowes Software

Vedat Kaplan, Enterprise Business Solutions Architect, Pitney Bowes Software

Who should attend

Communication sector professionals engaged in network deployments, upgrades or maintenance, and those who provide service to them

May 07, 2013
When Is Premium Geocoding Necessary? A Payroll Processing Case Study

Learn when it’s important to access the best possible geocodes in this webinar, which features a case study with payroll software company Symmetry Software.

Webinar Takeaways

When considering a geocoding product, data coverage levels directly impact the accuracy of your results and the return on your investment. “Free data” is not necessarily good for your business, and users of free geocoding solutions are not always aware of their limitations. This webinar will address the value of high quality reference data for geospatial and postal address verification initiatives. We will feature a case study with Symmetry Software’s CEO, Tom Reahard, who will discuss the value a premium geocoding solution has brought to his company.

Speakers include:

• Charles Gaddy – Business Development Manager for Global Solutions, Melissa Data

• Tom Reahard – CEO, Symmetry

Who should attend

This webinar is intended for anyone involved in address geocoding.

April 23, 2013
San Francisco’s Presidio Parkway Redevelopment Project: Truly Integrated 3D GIS
In this webinar, you will learn how TomTom, Pitney Bowes and Autodesk have teamed up to offer 3D GIS visualization and design solutions that organizations can apply to better plan, analyze and manage their capital assets. During this webinar, we’ll dig in to the Presidio Parkway Redevelopment project.

Organizations with capital spending are challenged every day with efficient operation of complex facilities, structures and sub-surface networks. The Presidio Parkway redevelopment project was extraordinarily complicated, involving a major traffic thoroughfare, the Golden Gate Bridge, historic Presidio Park, and environmentally sensitive land, among other considerations.

Webinar takeaways

During this webinar you will learn how a combination of data and tools from TomTom, Pitney Bowes and Autodesk helps public organizations address these needs.

3D GIS analysis and visualization technology provides planners, designers, engineers and asset managers the ability to better plan, design, build and manage capital intensive community assets. Locating and analyzing these assets can be enabled with better knowledge and 3D display. You will gain an understanding of how this toolset helps organizations:
- Manage end-to-end planning and design workflows
- Generate, visualize and evaluate planning alternatives in the context of the real world
- Perform what-if analysis integrating 2D and 3D data
Speakers include:
- Michael Dannehy, TomTom
- Ahmed Abukhater, Pitney Bowes Software
- Justin Lokitz, Autodesk
Who should attend

The webinar is intended for GIS specialists, planners, designers, asset managers and engineers.

April 16, 2013
OGC Update: Climate-Hydrologic Information Sharing Pilot Demo
During this webinar, you will learn about the OGC Climate-Hydrologic Information Sharing Pilot (CHISP-1), which is an innovative prototype virtual observatory system for publishing water resource information collected from observations and forecasts in the U.S. and Canada. This webinar will describe CHISP-1, the open standards it utilizes, and the functions it’s designed to support.

Just the Facts

In a nutshell, CHISP-1 makes it possible to link diverse hydrologic observations data to representations of the stream network, enabling queries of conditions upstream from a given location to return data from all relevant gages and well locations. Previously, this was not practical because of the diverse data sources available.

Key Takeaways

CHISP-1 is designed to support:
- Hydrologic modeling for historical and current stream flow and groundwater conditions
- Modeling and assessment of the nutrient load into the Great Lakes
- CHISP-1 also provides a model approach for bridging differences in semantics across information models and processes used by various data producers, to improve hydrologic and water quality modeling capabilities.
Speakers include:
- Chen-Yu (How) Hao, GIS-FCU
- Alex Crosby, ASA
- Alex Joseph, Explorus
- Lew Leinenweber, CHISP-1 Initiative Manager, OGC
- Peter Vretanos, CHISP-1 Initiative Architect, CubeWerx
The CHISP-1 activity is conducted under the policies and procedures of the OGC interoperability program.

Sponsors include:
- GeoConnections (Natural Resources Canada)
- US Geological Survey (USGS)
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Who should attend

Anyone interested in integrating water resource information from diverse sources for purposes of alerting, reporting and modeling

March 28, 2013
GEOINT and Young Professionals: What are the ramifications for Geospatial Intelligence?
In this webinar, you will learn how GEOINT’s workforce is changing and why that change will impact how we develop geospatial intelligence.

These changes are mainly due to three broad generational drivers:
1. GEOINT’s younger workforce readily accepts and reaches out to diverse people around the globe because they communicate with them readily.
2. There is pressure to balance caring about people, the planet and work.
3. Younger workers are digital natives, constantly texting, phoning, blogging, chatting, IM-ing, surfing, watching and playing - all at the same time.
Why you should attend

There is a growing awareness of this change within the GEOINT community. The good news is that leaders in the GEOINT community appreciate the need to evolve. The bad news is that the community likely cannot go far enough fast enough. This raises key questions we will address:
- Is this a unique change or just part of normal human progress?
- Are there things Boomers should know about this new generation that impact the GEOINT tradecraft?
- How can present day management meet the expectations of GEOINT’s new generation?
- How can a GEOINT organization preoccupied with information security meet the requirements of the new “connected” generation?
Speakers
- Dr. Todd Bacastow, Professor of Practice for Geospatial Intelligence, Penn State University
- Stephen Handwerk, Manager, GEOINT Professional Engagement and Outreach, Penn State
- Eric R. Zitz, Associate, Mission Analytics, Booz Allen Hamilton
- Jennifer Stansall, Manager, Global Strategic Alliances, DigitalGlobe
Who should attend
- Managers of geospatial intelligence organizations and professionals
- Young professionals working in or aspiring to work within the geospatial intelligence community

March 21, 2013
Location Intelligence Technology in Latin America
Just the facts...
In 2013, Directions Magazine and MundoGEO, the largest media and communications company in geospatial technology in Latin America, are collaborating to offer Location Intelligence Brazil to be held concurrently with the MundoGEO#Connect Conference in São Paulo.

MundoGEO#Connect will be held June 18-20, 2013; the LI Brazil conference will be held on June 19th only as a single track event.

What will I learn?
You will learn about the market opportunities for location intelligence technology and software. LI Brazil will introduce the applications of geospatial technology the business community of Brazil, one of the fastest growing markets for location-based information.

What topics will be discussed during the webinar?

Opportunities for business in the following areas will be presented
- Business Applications of GIS
- Geospatial Cloud Computing
- Business models
- LBS Apps and Location-based Advertising
- The business of mobile location-based marketing
Who should attend?
Any technology company looking to break into the Latin American geospatial market. Please join us!

March 20, 2013
Google Maps for Utilities: Outage Management and Environmental Compliance
Interested in what Google Maps for Business offers utilities? Join this conversation, which features case studies from several utility companies, including Ergon Energy in Australia.

Webinar Takeaways
In this webinar, you will learn how Google Maps for Business helps utilities improve outage management, emergency management and maintenance/repair services. Discussion points will include:
- Accelerating outage response and restoration
- Improving regulatory and environmental compliance
- More efficiently organizing a mobile workforce
The Ergon Energy case study will describe how the company used Google Maps Engine to map the entire network of 150,000km of poles and wires across Queensland, Australia. Mapping included use of light plans and helicopters to produce high-quality images of vegetation growth, which were used to generate 3D models used to guide the pruning program. The application allowed the company to save close to $59 million in Australian dollars.

Speakers
Google’s Scott Bridges will lead the discussion. Scott is a 17-year veteran of the GIS industry. Having spent time at Intergraph and Autodesk before joining Google as utility vertical manager, Scott has worked with utility companies and other large organizations to help them leverage and integrate geospatial data into their daily business practices. Joining him will be geospatial enterprise sales manager Clinton Libbey. Before joining Google, Clinton was with the Bing Maps team at Microsoft and at Harvard Design and Mapping.

Who should attend
Anyone interested in the spatial tools Google is offering to the utilities industry

March 14, 2013
Google Geospatial Solutions - Dynamic Data Sharing for the U.S. Forest Service
Interested in how government agencies are using Google Earth and Google Maps? Join this upcoming conversation with Google and NT Concepts to learn more about how the National Interagency Fire Center, a US Forest Service program, uses these technologies to disseminate and view data.

Webinar Takeaways
In the past decade, there have been over 76,000 wild land fires in the US, burning an average of 6.5 million acres of land each year. In this webinar, you will learn how government agencies improve information sharing and access to timely geospatial data using Google Earth and Maps.

Join this upcoming conversation with Google and NT Concepts to learn more about:
- Sharing data securely among multiple government agencies involved in wild land fire response
- Combining dynamic data from multiple data sources into a comprehensive decision-support tool
- Empowering employees with an easy-to-use tool to visualize wild land fire data
This webinar will feature a case study of the National Interagency Fire Center's use of Google Geospatial Solutions to promote sharing of data among different agencies, to equip decision makers with timely and relevant geospatial information that helps them to improve their decision making.

Speakers
Join Mike Evanoff from Google and Rod Erickson from NT Concepts, a specialist in geospatial solutions, for this inside look.

Who should attend
Anyone interested in the geospatial tools Google offers to government agencies

March 05, 2013
Learn About the Eclipse Foundation’s LocationTech Working Group: Open Source Technology for Geospatial Information
In this webinar you will learn more about the LocationTech, the Eclipse Foundation's new initiative to support user driven development of location aware systems.

Just the Facts ...
- The new LocationTech working group will allow companies to jointly develop and deploy components that bring location awareness to Enterprise IT.
- The Eclipse LocationTech initiative is led by Oracle, IBM, OpenGeo, and Actuate. The Eclipse Foundation, through LocationTech, will provide the IT infrastructure and governance to develop location aware software components and grow their user driven communities.
Webinar Takeaways:

This webinar will feature Eclipse Foundation's Executive Director, Mike Milinkovich and LocationTech's Director, Andrew Ross.

The discussion will focus on how LocationTech will enable an ecosystem of service providers, technology providers and large enterprise consumers deploying systems using this technology. The initiative is open to any organization with an interest in adding location awareness to their business.

February 28, 2013
An Insight into 3D Terrain Data
Interested in terrain data? Join the conversation!

In this webinar, Infotech will give you a primer on terrain data, including where it comes from, how it’s generated, and why it’s so vital. The webinar will also delve into case studies for government, transportation and exploration.

Terrain data is important for many applications – especially those that call for visualization and near real-time operations. With the advent of sophisticated software, more advanced technology, and more accessibility to remote sensing data, users can now create and visualize the world in a different dimension. However, to accomplish this you need highly accurate terrain data.

The key takeaways will include:
- The process for terrain data creation
- Why it’s important to have an accurate terrain model
- How to access terrain data
- Lessons learned from relevant case studies
Who should attend

CEO, directors, managers, decision makers and technical personnel within the government, mining and oil & gas industries

February 27, 2013
Demo: How to use TomTom’s Traffic Stats Portal to Access Historic Traffic Data
Do you need access to historic traffic data? Join the conversation!

Attendees of this webinar will learn how using TomTom Historic Traffic data can help organizations with highway planning, traffic congestion modeling, site analysis and more. In this webinar you will learn about how the Traffic Stats Portal can be used for:
- Network performance monitoring
- Road network bottleneck and noise emission hotspot reporting
- Before-and-after studies of changes in the road infrastructure
- Performance analysis of intersections
- Site location studies and advertisement valuation
The live demonstration will highlight how easy it is to access TomTom’s historic traffic data through TomTom’s Traffic Stats Portal, and what you can do with the data. Portal access is via subscription, but webinar registrants will have the option of signing up for a free-of-charge evaluation account for the Traffic Stats Portal.

Who should attend

State and local highway planners, managers and directors of transportation, traffic engineers, site analysts and retail planners

February 20, 2013
Challenges and Lessons Learned with Geospatial Services in R-APDRP

Join us for a conversation with Rajesh C. Mathur, Vice Chairman, NIIT GIS, and Anup Jindal, Chief Operating Officer at RMSI. This webinar is produced by Directions India.

The Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (RAPDRP) was the government’s renewed attempt to revive the power sector reforms. It seeks to eliminate the faults of the former avatar (APDRP). APDRP was launched by the Ministry of Power as a central sector scheme for improving the urban power distribution sector in the country with Power Finance Corporation (PFC) as the nodal agency for its operationalisation and implementation.

There have been discussions on the failure of APDRP and boundaries of GIS-based network mapping and energy accounting in the revised version. However, successful implementation of R-APDRP will pave the way for further modernization of the field of power sector.

February 20, 2013
Innovative Geospatial Apps for a Smarter Public Works System
By incorporating location into your workflows, you can often make them easier, as well as more efficient and cost-effective. To make that happen, you need to offer tools that are comprehensive enough for the technical user, yet clear to people who aren’t GIS experts. We will illustrate such a tool using a case study from customer Stuttgart Strassenbahn (SSB) in Germany, and use data from the City of Hamilton in Canada.

GeoMedia Smart Client is a flexible, Web-based GIS that enables you to configure and deploy easy-to-use, map-based, task-oriented Web applications. GeoMedia Smart Client integrates with your other business systems, and a single deployment can be configured for an unlimited number of applications.

While GeoMedia Smart Client affordably meets the needs of a wide variety of multidisciplinary operations, this webinar will focus on its specific use in the public works sectorfeaturing a workflow that involves issuing permits and managing assets and inspections.

Speakers include:
- Amy Zeller, Product Marketing Manager, Government & Infrastructure Division, Intergraph
- Yan Trudeau, Senior Application Specialist, Security, Government & Infrastructure Division, Intergraph

February 19, 2013
How to Improve Sales Force Optimization with Mobile Location Intelligence
In this webinar you will learn …
In this 30-minute webinar, Galigeo will demonstrate how to improve sales with mobile location technology by putting a wealth of information at their fingertips.

Just the Facts ...
- The benefits of location intelligence have moved beyond the traditional BI users or analysts.
- New tablet devices and 4G bandwidth put location intelligence in the hands of new groups of users.
- Now location intelligence capabilities, integrated with BI dashboards and CRM/marketing analytic tools, help field marketing personnel localize campaigns and sales teams better manage their territories and accounts. New ways to visualize data and information result in improved productivity.
Live Demonstration ...
During this webinar Galigeo will present customer use cases and live demonstrations of how mobile location intelligence is helping companies improve productivity.

Webinar Takeaways ...
By adopting mobile location intelligence solutions, companies across a wide range of industries, including retail, consumer goods, food and beverage distribution, and pharma/life sciences, will increase their effectiveness by providing the sales force complete visibility of information on prospects, customers and products, no matter where a user is at any moment.

Attend this webinar and learn how field marketing and sales teams now have access to a wealth of information, such as market share, trade areas, competitors’ points of sale, demographic data, consumer potential, client typology and penetration rate. With all of the information at their fingertips, users can interrogate their data visually and gain valuable location-oriented insights, resulting in improved decision making and business outcomes.

February 14, 2013
Learn about TomTom’s LBS Software Development Toolkit

Learn about TomTom’s LBS Software Development Toolkit

Developers of Web and mobile applications have realized that the real estate market has been right all along: It really is all about location, location, location! TomTom's Location-based Services group now offers SDKs in Objective-C for iOS, Java for Android and JavaScript for Web development. This webinar, which is designed for developers, will demonstrate the capabilities of the JavaScript SDK specifically, but the same capabilities are available for iOS and Java for Android.

TomTom’s services deliver capabilities such as displaying a map, finding an address, routing from A to B, and even routing around traffic in real-time. The webinar will get to the code-level to show how easy it is to integrate TomTom’s LBS solutions.

Speakers include LBS product unit leader, Matthew Barnum; lead architect, Pete Moeykens; lead Web designer, Kyle Pinette; and pre-sales consultant, Jeroen Brouwer.

**Please note** Due to the success of the Dec. 4 webinar, we are offering the same information again in this webinar.

Who should attend

Web and mobile application developers

February 06, 2013
Gigapans - What are They and How are They Useful in GIS?

Gigapans are gigapixel panoramas or digital images with billions of pixels. These enormous panoramas have fascinating detail, all captured in the context of a single brilliant photo. Gigapixel images allow photographers to get “up close and personal” with each image they take and offer them a new way to deliver content in the advertising, sports, education, geology, life sciences and outdoor photography industries, and more.

GigaPan gives photographers the technology to easily create high-resolution panoramic images, as well as upload the large images to GigaPan.com to view and explore. GigaPan EPIC robotic camera mounts can capture hundreds of photos using almost any digital camera. Our stitch software allows you to automatically combine the thousands of images taken into one highly detailed image with amazing depth and clarity. Gigapan.com offers the ability to view and explore images directly on our website, or you can embed our viewer application onto a third-party website.

A tool that enhances communication, exploration and learning, the GigaPan user-base is diverse and global. Artists, scientists, humanitarians, students and educators are among the most prevalent users. In India, GigaPan can be used to explore landscapes, outcrops and microscopic details of rocks and minerals. It can be used in stadiums, or at national heritage monuments and landmarks to get a clear and in-depth detail of the place.

The ability to capture a scene in such high resolution enables viewers to virtually explore and learn about landscapes that might not otherwise be accessible due to weather, geography, handicap, etc. GigaPan provides a way to collect accurate photos for GIS and mapping.

February 05, 2013
Charlotte’s GIS Experts Support the Democratic National Convention
Learn how the city of Charlotte, North Carolina applied GIS technology to support the 2012 Democratic National Convention with integrated solutions for public safety, transportation, public works and public information.

The city of Charlotte was recently ranked in the top 10 digital cities of 2012 by the Center for Digital Government. Join this webinar to learn how the city of Charlotte's use of GIS supported the Democratic National Convention. The webinar will highlight how a variety of GIS applications helped earn Charlotte that top 10 ranking.

Speakers include:
- Bridget Hayes, Charlotte Fire Department
- Steven Castongia, Charlotte Department of Transportation
- Rob Bailey, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities
- Michelle Moore, Solid Waste Services

January 30, 2013
LiDAR Technology - Introduction and Applications

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Bharat Lohani, IIT Kanpur

Dr. Lohani is an Associate Professor in the Dept of Civil Engineering at IIT Kanpur, a premier engineering institution in India. His research interest includes LiDAR data capture and processing for various applications ranging from infrastructure to archaeology.

The last decade has seen multifold growth in LiDAR technology world-wide. This technology has, to a large extent, replaced the conventional surveying techniques in several domains. This technology uses a laser beam or pulse to measure large number of points over the surface of a terrain. Highly accurate and dense measurements are carried out at a high speed. The resulting 3D point cloud along with the intensity information for each point is a valuable data for several applications. Laser scanning can be carried out by stationary and mobile platforms, which enable data collection in difficult scenarios and under varied field conditions. This talk will, however, focus on airborne LiDAR technology.

This webinar will first discuss the basic principle of LiDAR technology and then describe the different applications that are now possible with this technology. The webinar will be useful for professionals who have some understanding of remote sensing, GIS or mapping technologies and are keen to use LiDAR technology in future. The talk will aim at providing basic information that are useful to a user of LiDAR technology including basic principle, data collection and processing steps, error sources and attainable accuracies. A list of applications will be introduced with detailed discussion on a few. In addition, links will be provided to further resource material, commercial and free software, available data and prevalent LiDAR survey standards.

January 29, 2013
Learn About Energy Mapping with Open Standards

This webinar provides examples from Canadian organizations that are using open standards to support planning, design, implementation, measurement and visualization of Integrated Community Energy Solutions (ICES).

Speakers include:

Ben Clark, Analyst, Climate Change Policy Unit, Ministry of Environment, Government of British Columbia. Clark will describe the value that local and provincial stakeholders are deriving from Community Energy and Emissions Inventory (CEEI) reports for all BC communities, and from the ‘next generation’ of buildings data, which provides increased granularization and spatialization of energy usage data through Tract and Neighborhood Data Modeling (TaNDM).

Cory Slinger, Manager of Market Development, Horizon Utilities Corporation (Ontario). Slinger will provide an overview of the value, barriers and opportunities for demand conservation programs and Smart Grid, using geospatial information (using their work as an example). Horizon Utilities Corporation is the first company ever to be named the “Sustainability Company of the Year” by the Canadian Electricity Association for two consecutive years - 2011 and 2012.

Eddie Oldfield, owner/CEO of Spatial QUEST Solutions. Oldfield will introduce a proposed Energy Spatial Data Infrastructure Test Bed (Open Call) and identify marketplace requirements that can be addressed by interoperable Web services that implement OGC interface and encoding standards.

This webinar is part of the OGC's GovFuture program for local and subnational governments.

January 24, 2013
Improve Your Geocoding Results - Learn How

As everyone knows, getting high geocoding rates is important for geospatial applications in all public sector applications as well as in industries such as insurance, retail and real estate. The Loqate Cloud is a global address cleaning/verifying/standardizing tool embedded into several commercial solutions that is now available directly to users. Join this webinar to learn more about how cleaning and verifying addresses before geocoding not only leads to better geocoding results but also reduces the time, money, and pain of data preparation.

The Loqate Cloud solution is easy to integrate with products such as ArcGIS and MapInfo. It transliterates addresses to and from Roman characters to nine other character sets - Greek, Russian, two versions of Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Arabic, Korean and Hebrew, making this is a particularly strong solution for international applications.

Speakers will include Esri's director of commercial solutions, Simon Thompson, as well as members of the Loqate team: CEO Martin Turvey, vice president of marketing Geoff Roach and Cloud Product manager Dominic Kemball.

More information coming soon.

January 16, 2013
Geospatial Educators’ Roundtable #2
You can access a PDF copy of the slides here: www.directionsmag.com/images/webinars/Directions_Geospatial_Educators_Roundtable_1.16.13.pdf

Think you might want to further your education with a degree, certificate or even just a few classes in geospatial technology? Join the conversation!

Participants include:
- Stephen McElroy, Ph.D., GIS Program Chair, American Sentinel University
- Steven Hick, GIS Director, University of Denver
- Rich Schultz, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Geography and Geosciences, Elmhurst College
- Regina Ryan, Associate Director, GIS, Johns Hopkins University
- Beth Fletcher King, Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, Penn State University
During this webinar, all speakers will briefly describe their program and present success stories about recent graduates, showing how those students leveraged their educational experiences to start or further their careers. In addition, the speakers will participate in a roundtable discussion of topics such as:
- What are the essential topics taught by today’s GIS programs?
- Is it possible for distance learning students to engage in research projects?
- What kind of time commitment is required of working professionals?
We plan to leave significant time to take questions from the audience, so please come with your questions!

December 20, 2012
Directions OnPoint: Rapidly Deploying Location Intelligence via the Cloud
Join us for this upcoming webinar and learn how Galigeo for BI via a hybrid SaaS architecture empowers organizations to enhance their use of their BI software to solve complex location dependent problems using geo-spatial data delivered via the cloud.

Galigeo for BI empowers users and improves the business decisions and outcomes by:
- Extending and enhance BI system based decision-making with map visualization
- Developing interactive maps from existing reports and dashboards
- Adding spatial processing and cartographic analysis into BI reports
Speakers
Timothy Morrissey, Galigeo's Senior Software Consultant and Patrick Hayes, Galigeo's Managing Director will present this webinar.

Who should attend
- Business intelligence analysts
- Business Objects, Cognos, MicroStrategy and WebFocus users
- Web developers of location intelligence applications
- IT managers of enterprise computing

December 13, 2012
What Tomorrow’s GIS Workforce Needs to Know About GIS Programming and Development - Are You Prepared?

Penn State’s programming and database courses can help you stand out from the competition.

In order to stay competitive, today’s GIS professional is expected to have a solid understanding of the “technical end of things.” This includes traditional skills in database administration, repetitive task automation and software customization, and newer skills related to cloud- and server-based technology. This webinar identifies key themes and trends in GIS software development and programming and looks at how Penn State’s suite of related courses can help you advance your technical GIS knowledge.

Penn State’s courses are designed to follow the “lifecycle” of a typical GIS project. From designing a geospatial database, to programming skills that help automate analytical and map-making tasks, to building a Web mapping tool that allows the public to access information, the five courses that are the focus of this webinar are designed to give analysts the tools they need to be effective in their jobs and to give managers the perspective to make strategic technical and hiring decisions.

The courses include: GIS programming and automation (Python), GIS application development (.NET), mashups (JavaScript), cloud and server GIS and spatial database management. These courses can be accessed individually for professional development or as part of a certificate or degree program and are offered in compressed 10-week terms designed especially for working professionals

Join Penn State faculty Jim Detwiler, James O’Brien and Wes Stroh, and Craig Williams, a member of Esri’s software development team, to learn how you can be prepared for the next "big thing."

December 12, 2012
Customizing Geodata: Case Studies from Harley-Davidson, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and more

This webinar will focus on how and why American Digital Cartography, Inc. (ADCi) customizes TomTom data for government organizations and private companies. Join us to learn about three customer case studies: the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harley-Davidson, Inc. and Lender Processing Services, Inc. (LPS).

ADCi has been a leading distributor of TomTom Maps since 1991. During that time, ADCi has helped customers in every market successfully secure the correct data and license for their application. As a value added reseller, ADCi can “slice and dice” the TomTom data any way the customers needs it, so they can begin working with the data in their application immediately.

The webinar will outline the “pain points” each customer addressed by having the TomTom data massaged prior to delivery, and provide an in-depth look at the data customizations ADCi provides for these customers. Customizations discussed include everything from providing the data in different formats and projections to renaming layers, merging datasets, creating tables, and adding primary keys and indexes.

Speakers include Mike Dannehy, Pre-Sales Consultant at TomTom; Jim Reid, President, and Joe Roehl, Vice President–Technology and Operations, both from ADCi.

December 06, 2012
Real Estate Market and Applications of GIS for India
This educational webinar will explore the market opportunities and geospatial technology applications of the real estate industry for India. We will provide an overview of the current real estate firms working in India and deliver a brief overview of GIS applications that are most specific for the Indian marketplace.

Renowned real estate consultant, Mr. Gilbert Castle, will be joined by Directions Magazine editor in chief Joe Francica, and Directions Magazine India executive editor Maneesh Prasad for this overview of how geospatial information can be used most effectively in real estate and retailing.

Who should attend:
- Real estate professionals
- GIS marketing analysts
- Retail market professionals
- Educators

December 05, 2012
Risk Analysis and the 2011 Tsunami in Japan: Digital Maps in the Insurance Industry
Directions Magazine will host a webinar on the applications of digital maps in the insurance industry, using a case study from the 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan. Dr. Christopher Guider and Doris Steffen of GfK GeoMarketing, the official provider of the Catastrophe Risk Evaluating and Standardizing Target Accumulations (CRESTA) zone maps, will illuminate the advantages of using digital maps as a basis of planning, with a particular focus on:
- Managing risk
- Analyzing losses
- Adjusting premiums
- Aggregating loss sums and more
Geospatial technology makes it possible to visually display, analyze and aggregate immense amounts of spatial data, revealing otherwise unseen trends and relationships. Some types of digital maps can also serve as data repositories for other geodata, which allows users in the insurance and reinsurance industries to extract more insights from their markets and plan more intelligently for future disasters. The result is a much deeper understanding of operations, which translates to greater efficiency and higher profits.

Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions about the incorporation of digital maps into daily operations and the types of geodata best suited to these applications.

Who should attend

Anyone involved in the insurance or reinsurance industry with an interest in planning, managing risk, analyzing loss, etc. The webinar will also appeal to individuals who need high-quality administrative and postcode maps for their applications.

Sample maps

December 04, 2012
Learn about TomTom’s LBS Software Development Toolkit

Developers of Web and mobile applications have realized that the real estate market has been right all along: It really is all about location, location, location! TomTom's Location-based Services group now offers SDKs in Objective-C for iOS, Java for Android and JavaScript for Web development. This webinar, which is designed for developers, will demonstrate the capabilities of the JavaScript SDK specifically, but the same capabilities are available for iOS and Java for Android.

TomTom’s services deliver capabilities such as displaying a map, finding an address, or even checking the current traffic situation for a given location and routing around any congestion. The webinar will get to the code-level to show how easy it is to integrate TomTom’s LBS solutions.

Speakers include LBS product unit leader, Matthew Barnum; lead architect, Pete Moeykens; lead Web designer, Kyle Pinette; and pre-sales consultant, Mike Dannehy.

Who should attend

Web and mobile application developers

November 29, 2012
Learn How to Use Oracle’s Spatial and BI Tools for Location-aware Predictive Analytics
During this webinar, Oracle experts will show how to perform predictive analytics, network analytics and spatial analysis – combined together, in real-world scenarios. Demos will include evaluating airline on-time performance and retail establishment performance.

Learn how to:
- Gain better business insights and improve ROI with Oracle Spatial and Graph, Oracle Advanced Analytics, and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE).
- Streamline and remove the complexity of building applications with OBIEE’s built-in location and analytics features.
- Create the statistical model, build interactive reports and dashboards including location analysis and map visualization, and incorporate network analytics for geomarketing and site scoring.
- Perform location analysis and processing such as proximity, containment, geocoding, aggregation of geographic regions, and more.
Speakers include Jayant Sharma, Director, Product Management, Oracle Spatial and Mapping Technologies; Jean Ihm, Principal Product Manager, Oracle Spatial and Mapping Technologies; and Abhinav Agarwal, OBIEE Product Management, Oracle.

Who should attend

This webinar is appropriate for CIOs, business and technical managers, developers, and analysts involved in design and management of analytic applications and solutions where spatial analysis can add insight and value to business processes.

November 07, 2012
Prospects and Potential for the Indian GIS Market

Join Directions Magazine India for this webinar, which will focus on the market potential for geographic information systems in India. The session will include presentations from two highly respected members of the GIS community in India, and will be moderated by Directions Magazine India's executive editor, Maneesh Prasad.

Dr. Vandana Sharma is the Deputy Director General & Head of the Remote Sensing and GIS Division at the National Informatics Center, and has played a leadership role in many of the large scale GIS projects in India, while working closely with the Planning Commission and various ministries in the central and state government.

Dr. Mukund Rao serves as Member-Secretary of the National GIS Interim Core Group, where he is presentedly involved in buiding the vision of National GIS for India. He has vast experience in GIS and EO Solutions business development/consulting and has been engaged in implementing large GIS projects in India, the Middle East and the Asia/Pacific region, as well as in the U.S.

In addition to addressing the current status of the Asian/Indian geospatial market, it will also include a question and answer period for the audience, as well as a brief overview of Directions Magazine India magazine and webinar sponsorship opportunities.

November 07, 2012
MapInfo Stratus: Innovative Approach for Web Mapping
Many people are interested in maps and location intelligence, which is great. But the time you spend preparing, duplicating and distributing work takes away from what really matters - analysis, results, insight and new, info-rich maps. Web mapping changes all that, and now it is more cost-efficient than ever. MapInfo Stratus from Pitney Bowes Software is the SaaS-based solution that makes it easy for non-GIS professionals to access, view and manipulate basic maps and geospatial data themselves.

This webinar provides an in-depth overview of MapInfo Stratus, including a live demonstration and case studies in both the public and commercial sectors. You will learn how to enable self-service, cut costs, improve decision making and streamline workflow. Topics include:
- External applications: How public sector agencies increase citizen satisfaction
- Internal applications: How commercial entities accelerate innovation
- Live demos: Barnsley Council website - richly integrated with MapInfo Stratus
- Case studies: Leading public and private sector firms
You’ll learn about the cost-efficient technical advantages of cloud-based Web mapping. Plus, all attendees will have a chance to win the new iPad—so register today.

Speakers Include:
- Berk Charlton, Global Portfolio Director, Product Management, Pitney Bowes Software
- Michael Ashmore, EMEA Director of Business Development, Pitney Bowes Software
Who should attend
- GIS analysts
- IT professionals
- business analysts
- users of geospatial insight

October 24, 2012
Learn About the Google / GeoEye Insurance Solution Set
Google is teaming with GeoEye to help insurance organizations more effectively address risk management and crisis event response. Google’s mapping solutions, combined with GeoEye’s Earth imagery and geospatial expertise, provide a platform for enabling strategic decision making, optimization of people and assets, and powerful location-based applications across the enterprise.

Insurers know that having an accurate understanding of an asset’s location and associated risks (natural disaster potential, crime, lack of fire stations, high replacement costs, etc.) is critical to evaluating risk in the underwriting process. And in the aftermath of a crisis event when claims are being filed, it is also important tohave an accurate view of the affected area over time. Google and GeoEye have developed the solution set to address these scenarios.

Google’s Hillary Renderman and GeoEye’s Andre Kearns will be on hand to describe use cases, and will be joined by Google’s Chris Sierra and GeoEye’s Alistair Miller, who will demo the solution set.

During this webinar you will learn about:
- Savings available to insurance organizations that effectively use geospatial information
- Benefits of Google Maps Engine for insurance organizations
- Value of access to timely satellite imagery across crisis event lifecycle and the supporting use cases around assessment
Who should attend
Executives and analysts in the insurance industry with responsibility for risk assessment, claims, underwriting and operations, and consultants/developers with insurance industry practices

October 18, 2012
Learn About TomTom’s Global Geocoder - Technical Overview and Business Cases
TomTom supports street-level geocoding in 100+ countries, house number geocoding in 50+ countries, and address-level geocoding in 17 countries (including the U.S., Russia and Taiwan), offering a highly accurate international solution for today’s businesses. Geocoding is the backbone of the growing LBS market, and is used by a broad range of industries to improve overall business results.

TomTom’s Global Geocoder Web service delivers restriction-free usage to enable high performance, high volume geocoding services. This webinar will provide information about TomTom’s solutions, including:
- How high-volume batch geocoding works (including no volume restrictions)
- The simple user interface
- High match rates on a global scale
- Paying only when you receive a match
Speakers include TomTom’s geocoding product manager, Amy Metz, and pre-sales consultant, Mike Dannehy.

Who should attend

Managers, users and developers who need to keep abreast of developments in geocoding technology

October 17, 2012
Directions OnPoint: Introducing touchgeo - An HTML5 Mobile Data Collection Solution
Do you want to build an advanced field data collection or editing app on an iOS or Android device without publishing to an app store? Join ISC and Directions Magazine for the first public showcase of touchgeo, an HTML5 solution for mobile data collection.

ISC, the developers of MapDotNet, announced the release to market of touchgeo on September 20^th. This event is the first public showcase of this powerful, map-centric asset management solution. This webinar will provide a basic understanding of the touchgeo solution, discuss the target industries that can benefit from touchgeo as well as showcase the application in action.

Developers can expect to get a firsthand look at how touchgeo integrates with Microsoft’s SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2012, SQL Azure and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Architects and CTOs can learn how to leverage modern devices like the iPhone, iPad, Android and Microsoft Surface to empower advanced field data collection in their enterprise.

Who should attend?
- Software developers
- Mobile product architects
- Geospatial project managers
- Chief technologists

October 16, 2012
Location Intelligence and Analytics: Market Research Benchmark
Ventana Research's CEO and Executive Chief Research Officer Mark Smith and Directions Magazine's Editor in Chief Joe Francica, both leading authorities on location intelligence, will provide a comprehensive analysis of the size, players, and trends of the exploding market for location technology in enterprise computing.

Topics will include:
- A historical perspective of integrating location technology with enterprise software (BI, CRM, etc.)
- Current situation with vendors, players, suppliers of platform (Microsoft, Google, etc.) and solutions (Alteryx, Oracle, Esri, Pitney Bowes, Galigeo, etc.).
- Prospects for the BI solution providers and how they are positioning location technology
- Prospects looking ahead. Is location analytics likely to take hold as a necessary business tool or simply viewed as an ancillary solution.
- Ventana’s Benchmark – forthcoming report based on Ventana's market-leading analysis
Who should attend ...
- Marketing analysts and users of business intelligence solutions
- Project managers and business analysts in retail, banking, insurance, real estate, consumer product goods
- Users of geospatial technology and location analytics.

October 04, 2012
Getting the Data Right - Data QC for the ArcGIS Environment
Do you produce or use GIS data that supports mission-critical operations? How do you avoid costly mistakes and ensure data is accurate? Data accuracy is extremely important, but doesn’t get the attention it deserves. This webinar will address Esri’s ArcGIS Data Reviewer and how it can help streamline your quality control (QC) effort.

Whether you produce or consume GIS data, you know data must meet some agreed-upon standard for quality. Poor data quality impacts decision making and business operations, and is often expensive to repair. Attend this webinar to find out how to:
- Reduce cost, time and manpower required to implement quality control within your organization
- Ensure the good health of data you use for mission-critical applications, even if your organization is operating under constrained budgets
- Automate and facilitate an otherwise tedious and resource-intensive chore
- Safeguard your organization’s professional reputation by ensuring you don’t use or publish erroneous data
Speakers include:
- Jay Cary, Product Manager, Esri
- Michelle Johnson, Product Specialist, Esri
Who should attend

Anyone involved in using, generating or managing data in the ArcGIS environment

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September 26, 2012
Serving Public Health Through Open Health Mapping Services

In this, the fourth GovFuture webinar presented by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and Directions Media, we look at how improved sharing of geospatial information plays an important role in improving public health.

Our featured presenter is Eddie Oldfield, BA, Director, NB Climate Change Hub at the New Brunswick Lung Association. He will describe his work in coordinating implementation of geospatial interoperability standards to exchange, integrate and visualize distributed health and environmental information. Applications he has studied have addressed chronic illness, public health resources, critical infrastructure, pollution, meteorological information, and pandemic surveillance and control.

Oldfield's current work involves creating a national portal to bring together climate and health resources for decision makers in public health, municipal emergency management and local climate adaptation. The portal will aid in expanding public health heat alert and response, community resilience / disaster risk reduction, and modeling of historical and forecast impacts of climate on public health. The portal will enable decision makers to use diverse data sources through services that implement the OGC Web Map Service (WMS), Web Feature Service (WFS) and Web Processing Service (WPS) standards.

OGC and Directions Media invite you to join us in this webinar. GovFuture's quarterly webinars are designed to help people working in local and subnational (county, province, district etc.) governments worldwide to make the best possible use of their ever-expanding location and geospatial information resources.

September 20, 2012
Learn About TomTom Geospatial for Oracle: Use Cases and Experiences

Learn about TomTom Geospatial for Oracle during this webinar, which will feature several case studies that show how TomTom’s data and Oracle’s spatial solutions work together to solve a variety of business challenges. Oracle will describe where the TomTom data fits in to a variety of Oracle Spatial based applications.

Join Xavier Lopez, director of Product Management for Oracle's Spatial products group and Pieter Van Kerkhove, Product Line manager of TomTom, in a discussion about how TomTom Geospatial for Oracle offers highly effective and scalable map data products to Oracle applications, across all industry verticals.

Attend this webinar to:

• Obtain an in-depth understanding of TomTom Geospatial for Oracle product portfolios

• Learn how TomTom solutions integrate seamlessly in Oracle’s architecture and applications

• See a demo on the functionality and capabilities of TomTom Geospatial for Oracle

TomTom Geospatial for Oracle offers a suite of highly performing, out-of-the box data products, compatible with Oracle Database 11g, enabling advanced spatial applications that use Oracle’s built-in geocoding, routing and display capabilities.

Lopez will discuss the range of Oracle’s spatial features supported by TomTom Geospatial for Oracle and how the product enables seamless integration into the enterprise environment. Van Kerkhove will share technical details about the accuracy and quality of the Geospatial for Oracle map data products and how they conform to the Oracle Database Locator and Oracle Spatial and Graph (formerly Oracle Spatial) schema for mapping and location analysis, geocoding and routing.

Who Should Attend

Anyone who is using or is considering using the spatial features in Oracle Spatial and Graph or Oracle Database Locator and as such also requires maps or other location content

September 13, 2012
Today’s Geospatial Job Market
Do you wonder if you are optimally positioned in your career? This webinar is designed for GIS professionals, and those looking at entering the field, who have career-related questions. During this webinar, we will cover:
- The overall size of the job market for geospatial professionals
- Hot job categories and geographic locations
- Current salary trends
- Training resources
- Career management resources
- Recruiting trends
Speakers include:
- Rich Serby, President, GeoSearch
- Mike Smith, Director of Recruiting, GeoEye
- Eric Pimpler, GISP, President, Geospatial Training Services and My GIS Career
- Alissa Bicker, ArcGIS Desktop Training Program Manager, Geospatial Training Services and GIS career coach, MyGISCareer
Who should attend

This webinar will cover a wide spectrum of potential interests, including those of students, mid-career professionals and job changers.

September 06, 2012
Extend the Reach of GIS with Esri Location Analytics
Learn how Esri’s Location Analytics initiative, launching this month, truly ties business intelligence and GIS together, with examples from business platforms such as IBM and Microsoft.

Location Analytics is adding mapping visualization and geographic intelligence to important business analytic systems for better insight and decision-making. While integrating GIS with business systems is not new, Esri is making investments to simplify incorporating geospatial broadly in the enterprise.

Business users and non-GIS professionals in any organization can benefit from maps, spatial analysis and geographic information enrichment within their mission-critical applications.

This webinar will discuss:
- How GIS professionals can use Location Analytics to bring the benefits of GIS to other systems and departments that traditionally have not had access to the technology in the past
- Current offerings in the Esri Location Analytics suite and how they could be used to complement existing BI and GIS investments
Who should attend

GIS managers with responsibility for understanding how Esri Location Analytics may play a role in their organizations, and business professionals who need to add location analysis to business intelligence functions

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August 30, 2012
Honolulu in 3D - How to Create Smart 3D City Models with Existing 2D Data Using Esri CityEngine
Honolulu has the highest level of traffic congestion in the United States. The city’s GIS department transformed its 2D GIS data into a smart 3D city model in order to analyze a proposed rail project. Additionally, it created different Transit Oriented Development (TOD) scenarios and visualized how each would affect development and urban sprawl.

The 3D scenarios can be shared directly in the browser with decision makers or the public using WebGL technology. Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle stated, “GIS makes the plan clear so that people can better understand the proposal and its effect on the city.”

Join Esri’s Gert van Maren, 3D product manager, and Geoff Taylor, solutions engineer, along with Ken Schmidt, GIS administrator at the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, to learn how to transform existing 2D data into smart 3D city models for visualization, iterative urban design and spatial analysis.

Register for this webinar to learn more about:
- A workflow to transform your 2D GIS data into smart 3D city models
- Features of the upcoming CityEngine 2012
- How to share 3D city scenes in the browser (WebGL)
- How Honolulu is evaluating different TOD development scenarios using Esri 3D technology

August 22, 2012
Google’s Geospatial Solutions: Case Studies in Government and Non-profits
Join this webinar for a broad overview of Google’s geospatial solutions and how they help organizations operate more efficiently with geospatial data. The webinar will demonstrate how to share and visualize geospatial data more effectively throughout government agencies at all levels.

We’ll also drill into a case study and demo with the American Red Cross San Diego/Imperial Counties Chapter. The agency needed a solution that could provide 475 first responders with situational awareness for emergency response. With Google Maps, San Diego Red Cross was able to improve all three phases of its disaster response system: preparation, response and recovery. You can read more about speaker Dr. Richard Hinricks and the case study here.

You’ll be able to learn:
- How Google Earth Gallery supports distribution of authoritative maps to the public
- How Google Maps Coordinate supports the management of personnel during a variety of government operations
- How Google Earth Enterprise can be used to support applications with classified or sensitive data that needs to be held on premise
- How portable devices with Google Maps are deployed to the field for disaster response and crisis management
- How to serve non-sensitive maps and data to the public using Google Maps Engine
Speakers
- Dr. Richard Hinrichs, Managing Director of Disaster Services, San Diego/Imperial Counties chapter of the Red Cross
- Laura Horner, Manager, Disaster Operations Technology, San Diego/Imperial Counties chapter of the Red Cross
- Sean Maday, Geospatial Engineer, Google

August 08, 2012
Case Study: VDOT and TomTom’s Historical Traffic Data
Join Chad Tucker, short range planning manager with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), and Michael Dannehy, pre-sales consultant at TomTom, in a discussion on leveraging historic traffic data to improve highway safety and operations.

Under a state mandate, VDOT embarked on a six-year improvement program to enhance highway safety and operations throughout the I-95/I-64 corridor. Through an independent highway and traffic safety study, VDOT determined issues within the I-95/I-64 corridor that posed potential risks to motor vehicle operators. (More on the case study (pdf), more on the data.)

TomTom (formerly Tele Atlas), a provider of GIS historic traffic data and mapping solutions, partnered with VDOT in April 2012 to support the VDOT highway safety project.

Tucker will share the ways VDOT used TomTom’s historic traffic data to help with its highway infrastructure planning. Dannehy will describe TomTom’s historic traffic capabilities and functionality, as well as the value proposition for state DOTs in using TomTom’s historic traffic data for infrastructure planning.

Who should attend
- We are specifically addressing the interests of high ranking officials representing DOTs, plus CEOs, presidents and vice presidents of consulting companies working on government highway infrastructure projects.
- We also warmly welcome traffic planners and traffic engineers, anyone representing local, state and federal governments as staff or consultants working in any transportation or mobility function.
- GIS professionals involved in traffic/transportation applications will also find the material of interest and would benefit from attending.

August 07, 2012
Directions OnPoint - Retail Location Intelligence: Predicting and positioning with location analytics
Join Directions Magazine's Editor in chief, Joe Francica, and executives from Galigeo for a discussion about the applications of location intelligence in retailing. Galigeo is a leading provider of location intelligence solutions and the panelists will discuss some of the issues and trends related to how Galigeo is applying spatial processing to enhance data visualization, reporting and predictive analytics.

In this 30 minute OnPoint webcast, we will discuss the importance of working with the CIO to implement enterprise wide solutions. Galigeo will also present a brief demo of their Geodashboard software that will show how to:
- Analyze consumers through profiling, segmentation, and prospecting
- Predict future probabilities and trends
- Measure sales performance and adjust resource allocation
- Outline high-potential areas and expansion opportunities
- Gain better insight into sales effectiveness and performance by territory
- Easily identify customer buying patterns
We'll also take questions from the attendees.

Join us for this informative discussion on location intelligence for retailers.

August 01, 2012
Getting and Keeping Your GISP - Your Questions Answered
Do you have questions about how to get your GISP? Do you have your GISP and want to know how to renew? Would you like more information on how the GISP can help you in this job market? Wondering what professional standards of practice are supported by GISCI? This webinar will answer those questions, and more!

The webinar will focus on the reasons to become a GISP as well as the actual process of doing so, including some upcoming changes to the certification process.

Topics to be covered include:
- How is the GISP affecting the job market?
- Why is all the documentation required?
- What if I forget something or the reviewers have questions about my application? Do I lose my $250?
- I need to renew but the original application was so difficult I may not qualify now. What should I do? What does it take to renew?
Join GIS Professionals (GISPs) Sheila Wilson, Julian Beglin and Susan Erline White for a discussion on obtaining and renewing your GISP. Wilson is the executive director of the GIS Certification Institute. Beglin is the chairman of the Outreach Committee and senior engineer/project manager and GIS specialist at H.F. Lenz Company. White is a member of the Outreach and Application Review Committees, and works for the City of Fort Worth, Texas in the Planning and Development Department’s IT Section on the GIS team.

Who should attend

Anyone in the GIS industry, certified GISPs who need to renew, GIS managers, human resource officers who help with hiring GIS personnel

July 19, 2012
Retail Leader VF Corporation Vaults Ahead With Spatial Analytics
Join Pat Garvey, of retail clothing category leader VF Corporation, and Paul Ross, from the leader in strategic analytics, Alteryx, for a discussion of what it takes to revolutionize a retail business model using deep customer data and spatial analytics.

VF Corp. is improving in-store profitability and performance with a comprehensive retail model driven by customer and spatial analytics, not only for itself but also for its retail partners. Garvey is a recognized leader in analytics-led retail floor space management (RFSM) and has helped VF Corp., owner of brands such as North Face, Vans and Smartwool, establish a new model for driving success using sophisticated but accessible spatial analytics.

Garvey will discuss how he and his team use Alteryx to provide data-driven insights for:
- Location intelligence and spatial analytics
- Sophisticated trade area modeling using a variety of data
- A deeper understanding of retailers’ business operations
- A complete understanding of the customer
Who should attend
- Anyone responsible for spatial analytics in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) or retail industries
- Location and spatial analytics professionals
- Business intelligence (BI) managers in the retail or CPG industries
- Analysts in organizations with large-scale consumer customer bases

June 28, 2012
Webinar: What’s So Important About Conflation? The Business Case for Utilities
Spatial inaccuracies in your data can severely limit how and when GIS applications can be used across the enterprise, thereby diminishing the value of this technology and limiting its effectiveness.

Solving critical data management issues in a cost effective way is crucial for maximizing the return on an investment in spatial data. During this webinar, we’ll review four utilities case studies where conflation played a significant role in helping users increase the value derived from their land base.

RAMTeCH’s approach uses a proprietary data conflation solution called gConflate. This data conflation technology is based on establishing a comprehensive control model between source and target datasets to spatially realign the landbase and facility data to the new control / landbase data source. The conflation process only involves the geographic or spatial “realignment” of the physical location of the client’s facilities and does not involve any attribute or database changes.

Key topics will include:
- Business drivers and challenges associated with gaining conflation project approval
- Technical considerations and "lessons learned"
- Long-term maintenance using a syncing tool with NAVTEQ Maps
Speakers:
- Kevin Mabey, RAMTeCH Software Solutions
- Billy Buerger, RAMTeCH Software Solutions
- Michael Buckley, Location and Commerce, Nokia
Who Should Attend

Those interested in learning how to solve critical data management challenges, including GIS managers, directors, and technical GIS analysts and engineers at utilities (electric and gas), telecommunications, cable/MSO and municipal utilities companies, as well as state governments

June 21, 2012
Recorded Webinar: Reverse Geocoding and Social Network Apps - Businesses Scramble to Implement LBS-oriented Solutions
This webinar will address the importance of geocoding as well as how reverse geocoding is becoming a must-have for social media and LBS organizations. Social media organizations are capitalizing on location, using reverse geocoding, through advertising-based programs and services.

We’ll discuss how geocoding and the advent of reverse geocoding can have operational impacts within multiple industries through different mediums. Discover how other industries and organizations such as Facebook are benefitting from a location-based engagement between the consumer and the business, such as check-ins, geo-tagged tweets and photos. By tying online social engagements directly to offline transactions, businesses are able to engage with customers at the right time, at the right place.

Berk Charlton, Product Management Director, and Mike Ashmore of Pitney Bowes Software will walk through real world geocoding and reverse examples for social media, federal, state and local government, communications, retail, logistics and insurance industries.

Attendees will learn:
- What level of accuracy is necessary for geocoding?
- How can you determine your own geocoding needs?
- What is reverse geocoding and how is it often used?
Industry examples will be used to illustrate of all the above learning points.

Who should attend

Anyone whose responsibilities require location solution software development and implementation; anyone who needs to know about the latest in geocoding and reverse geocoding

June 14, 2012
ArcGIS Online: The Mapping Platform for Your Organization

Providing access to critical information to everyone in your organization, while staying in control of your data, improves organizational efficiency and creates new opportunities. ArcGIS Online, Esri’s cloud-based mapping and collaboration platform, gives organizations all the tools they need to access, create and share maps, apps and other geographic content.

Join Esri’s Paul Ross, ArcGIS Online product manager, and Nate Bennett, solution architect; and Dave Kunz, GIS manager at the County of Sussex, NJ, to learn how your organization can benefit from ArcGIS Online. Register for this webinar to learn more about:

•   Extending access to geographic content to everyone in your organization
•   Creating and sharing maps, apps and data
•   Enabling easy access and self-serve mapping by anyone in the organization or the public

You will also learn more about new ArcGIS Online features and capabilities, including how to make content accessible to anyone in your organization using tablets and smartphones. See how ArcGIS Online can be used with your existing GIS or as a stand-alone platform, how departments and teams can collaborate together, and how you can customize ArcGIS Online to fit your organization.

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