[GSDI Legal Econ] summary of GITA Conference 'Geo' panelists

[Kate Lance]

fyi, summary of comments made by "Geo" panelists at the GITA Conference, as reported by GISMonitor, March 15, 2007.  At the Conference, there was much emphasis on mass market Web mapping.

http://www.gismonitor.com/news/newsletter/archive/archives.php?issue=20070315&style=web&length=full#GITA_Conference
Last week, at the 30th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA), two major themes were the use of the World Wide Web and consumer applications. The former was the subject of a seminar titled "Mapping Applications on the Web: Evolution or Revolution," the latter was the subject of a panel titled "Harnessing the Momentum of Consumer Applications," and both themes were discussed by another panel, titled "Extending the Reach of Geospatial Technology." Both panels were moderated by Matt Ball, editor of Geoworld.

The members of the first panel were
Dr. Bill Gail, Director of Strategic Development, Microsoft Virtual Earth 
Michael Lawless, Product Manager, Yahoo! Maps 
Tim Nats, Product Manager, MapQuest Business Solutions 

The members of the second panel were
Peter Batty, CTO, Intergraph 
David Maguire, Director of Products, ESRI 
Styli Camateros, Vice President, Geospatial Software Division, Bentley Systems Incorporated 
John S. Eason, Director, Global Utility Solutions, GE Infrastructure 
Geoff Zeiss, Director of Technology, Autodesk. 

See additional commentary on the Conference at, http://www.gismonitor.com/news/newsletter/archive/archives.php?issue=20070308&style=web&length=full#GITA_Conference


 
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