I went to my son’s first-grade class today to observe as part of their Columbus Day open house. During math, they were doing patterns, e.g. finish this pattern: 0, 6, 12, __, __. The kids seemed to get it, with most of them quickly filling in the blanks. Then she asked what the “pattern rule” [...]

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 [...]

MapInfo joined forces with BusinessWeek Research Services to survey 1,700 business executives in organizations with more than 500 employees and $50 million gross revenues about the importance of location in their business processes. Some of the survey’s interesting findings from the 447 respondents: 64% think location intelligence can improve business process and decision-making 13% are [...]

My very thin issue of Geospatial Solutions magazine arrived yesterday. Alas, it was the final print version of the magazine, launched in 1990. Amy Stankiewicz, Editor in Chief wrote, in part, “…I proudly announce our decision to say goodbye to our monthly print magazine so that we may focus more energy and effort on building [...]

We all know where we were on September 11, 2001. For many businesses, where they are is different today, five years later. While Wall Street and the New York area have the most profound changes, many business location decisions have been different since 9/11 because of the concerns about terrorist attacks. While we could clearly [...]