Tag: cloud computing
Explaining Socium, a Cloud Based GIS Data Validation Service
Abbie Beckford, Customer Relations and Marketing Manager at Socium, shares insight about the new launch and what the benefits of this cloud based online data validation and management services are. Having confidence in spatial data is vital to organisations that rely on it for making business critical decisions and with increased demand for sharing data, [...]
GIS Software Releases
Of course, the anticipated software release from ESRI is the release of ArcGIS 10 in June. The latest changes have been heavily promoted by ESRI at many of their conferences, seminars, and user group meetings. You can take a peek at what changes will be available on their “What’s Coming in ArcGIS 10” section. ESRI [...]
What is the GeoCloud?
A new geospatial term has been popping up on the Internet lately: the GeoCloud. Carl Reed, Chief Technology Officer in the July 2008 OGC newsletter (Chief Technology Officer’s Message: The Cloud) defines cloud computing: The term “cloud” comes from the fact that we have all used the cloud symbol to represent the internet/web. Cloud computing therefore refers [...]
