Category Archives: events

GeoTech Webinars and Professional Development

Posted on May 16, 2013 by glenn

Another roundup of webinars of interest being delivered to your desktop in the near future… these are an awesome way to test drive a solution, hear directly from industry experts, and experience a little professional development. The following webinars of … Continue reading →

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Event Tip – Geospatial STEMx HP Academy

Posted on May 2, 2013 by glenn

An educational event of interest via the HP Academy – Geospatial Technology for STEMx Teaching & Learning – Monday, June 17, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM (CDT). About the event – This 16 hour mini-course will take the … Continue reading →

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Developers and @ChrisPirillo Take to the Skies in Ungrounded Hackathon

Posted on April 24, 2013 by glenn

UnGrounded: a hack at 30,000 feet via Chris Pirillo (@ChrisPirillo) — Now here’s something geeky and dam cool from British airways – imagine a hackathon while you jet over the Atlantic on a flight from San Fran to London! Yes … Continue reading →

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Event Tip – GIS for Government

Posted on April 23, 2013 by glenn

Yet another cool sounding event for the D.C crowd… GIS for Government will bring together 20 speakers to address the latest government challenges, strategies and initiatives in GIS, as well as the state of science in Big Data employments and … Continue reading →

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The Geo for Higher Ed Summit 2013 from Google – Apply Now

Posted on April 19, 2013 by glenn

Something quite awesome from Google on the horizon, in particular, a great opportunity for educators and those involved in Geo at the higher education level – enter Geo for Higher Education Summit. Taking place July at the Googleplex in MountainView, … Continue reading →

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Learn how Juniper Aspect can increase efficiency in field data collection

Posted on April 17, 2013 by glenn

Here’s an opportunity for you to learn about the easy-to-use mapping software designed with field crews in mind thanks to Juniper Systems. Juniper Aspect is a mapping software specifically designed with field crews in mind, allowing you to: Cut costs … Continue reading →

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OpenStreetMap Edit-A-Thons Coming to 16 Cities

Posted on April 13, 2013 by glenn

A whole bunch of OSM mappers will be getting together next week (April 20) in a cool effort to help build out the basemap in a cool event designed to spread the word and get a whole bunch of edits … Continue reading →

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Event Tip – GIS for Government

Posted on April 12, 2013 by glenn

Here’s details of an interesting technology event scheduled to take place in June in Washington D.C. enter GIS for Government. The event will tackle the topics of funding, interoperability and other pressing matters that government are faced with – expect … Continue reading →

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Opening up Colorado With Open Data and Hackathons

Posted on April 5, 2013 by glenn

I’ve been spending a little bit of time sniffing our OpenData resources, open government portals and related efforts (if you have details of a useful Open Government resource, portal or repository please share HERE). While doing so I’ve also stumbled … Continue reading →

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Webinar Tip – Serving Geospatial Imagery Doesn’t Have to be so Hard

Posted on March 29, 2013 by glenn

Here’s details of another webinar coming from the Seattle-based crew at LizardTech – “Effortless: Serving Geospatial Imagery Doesn’t Have to be so Hard”. This free event is scheduled to run live online Tuesday April 2 starting at 11 AM PDF … Continue reading →

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Generating A Buzz With APIs and IPAs

Posted on March 28, 2013 by glenn

Yes indeed, just like any good GeoGeek I’m a HUGE beer fan (and lover of craft beer). And so it really shouldn’t be any huge surprise that perhaps THE most active discussion and picture hitting Twitter today from #DevSummit in … Continue reading →

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Tweets from the GeoGeeks in Palm Springs at #DevSummit

Posted on March 26, 2013 by glenn

No doubt some of you are in Palm Springs this week for the annual Esri BP Summit and the Dev Summit where team Esri will be showcasing their latest solution offerings and sharing their roadmap for the future… those of … Continue reading →

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