The Geo Factor attended the OGC Interoperability Day yesterday in Tysons Corner, VA. The 320-member OGC develops and promotes location-based services (LBS) and geospatial standards through a consensus process. The morning session involved a multi-vendor (and a government agency) demonstration illustrating the tremendous potential of geospatial data sharing. The scenario was planning for an Olympics […]

ESRI is in the news, but not in a manner it would want. (ESRI and the ESRI Logo are licensed trademarks of Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.) The company’s founder and the man many consider the inspiration behind GIS, Jack Dangermond, is cited in an Associated Press (AP) report yesterday about a Federal investigation into […]