HUNTSVILLE, Ala., April 12, 2002 -- As the location-based services (LBS) industry continues to gain momentum in the enterprise market, the GeoSpatial World 2002 conference will provide its attendees insight and education for this industry with a special LBS Colloquium.
GeoSpatial World 2002, the Intergraph GeoSpatial Users Community (IGUC) International Training and Management Conference, will take place June 10-12 in Atlanta, Georgia. The LBS Colloquium will be offered at no additional charge on Tuesday, June 11, and repeated on Wednesday, June 12, to enable attendees to attend the colloquium without missing other conference sessions of interest.
Participants in this colloquium will learn how location-based services are being used and how to apply these services to create effective business strategies with practical applications for the enterprise. GeoSpatial World 2002 attendees can choose from sessions that include:
-- Making Sense of Mobile Devices - This presentation will decipher the ever-expanding availability of mobile data devices and operating systems, and explain the software development languages used to program them. This session will include examination of different mobile devices and a status update on fast wireless networks.
-- LBS for Dummies - How To Build a Location-based Service - In this session participants will see how to build a location-based service in their organization. Topics will include 1) the prerequisites - what you need before you start, 2) the plan - what decisions you need to make about designing your location-based service, 3) the design - what queries you need and how to configure them, 4) the data - how to choose data, where you get it, and how to prepare it, and 5) the development - the magic of XML.
-- Real $$ Benefits from Real Applications for Real Business - This presentation will outline how location-based services is unfolding in practice, and will cover the business strategy of IntelliWhere, its focus, its product range, and where these have been applied successfully in practice. The session will illustrate where companies can make money, save money, and get real business benefits for their organization through the use of practical location-based solutions.
For detailed conference information, including how to register, visit the GeoSpatial World Web site at www.intergraph.com/geospatialworld.
About the Intergraph GeoSpatial Users Community
The mission of the IGUC is to further knowledge, product use, and interaction with Intergraph and users worldwide. The IGUC has more than 1,700 members and continues to grow. Members can participate in the IGUC Networks, which are forums for users to provide direct comment and feedback about Intergraph's product planning, development, priority, and direction. The Networks are ongoing, mostly virtual gatherings of Intergraph users from around the world who have similar product, project, and/or solutions interests. GeoSpatial World is the community's annual international training and management conference. For conference information, visit http://www.intergraph.com/geospatialworld.
For an IGUC overview and member join information, visit http://www.intergraph.com/gis/community/.
Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions
Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions brings together geospatial and information technology to help customers achieve their business goals. A technology innovator with more than 30 years of market leadership, Intergraph serves government agencies and commercial enterprises worldwide with end-to-end geospatial solutions for cartography and map production and enterprisewide mapping and GIS. The company provides superior customer support and services ranging from project implementation to production.
Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions is a division of Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ: INGR), Huntsville, Ala., and does business in more than 60 countries through its wholly owned subsidiaries and global distributor and partner network. For more information, visit www.intergraph.com/imgs.
