The GeoWeb 2009 Conference in Vancouver offers a new GeoWeb101 workshop by these visionaries. Following are their definitions of the GeoWeb

As indicated by this magazine, location-based information has quickly made its way into just about every industry out there. For example, marketers are using it to send special deals to consumers as they pass by their favorite stores, emergency personnel rely on it to save lives, and engineers require it to build our world’s infrastructure.

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is the standards organization for geospatial and location-based services standards development. These standards are integrated into Internet-based and mobile products and services to enable interoperability between systems, devices, and applications.

The automotive industry is under pressure on multiple fronts, both in the U.S. and Europe. Fuel efficiency and CO2 reduction top the list of priorities, as consumers, politicians, and regulators drive change within the industry. The U.S. government-established Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations demand better fuel performance from new passenger vehicles and light trucks. This is particularly significant in light of the high fuel prices in late 2008 and the general consensus that $4 per gallon gas will return. The European Union is focused on CO2 reduction programs, which tend to correlate with increased fuel performance. In both cases, reliable location-based geospatial data can help the industry move toward meeting the demands of government agencies and consumers alike.

Ask a simple question, get a simple answer . . . That doesn’t work anymore. We live in a global economy where the price of a product depends as much on supply and demand in your local store as it

In a fast-paced and increasingly globalized economy, effective market analysis is critical to maintaining a competitive edge. Understanding customer preferences, environmental and economic changes and other non-apparent factors can

The timeless words of Peter Drucker(widely considered to be the father of “modern management”) surely apply to location-based “x” – “location intelligence” tools. These digital tools are developed from complex interactions of databases,

LBS is the killer app we’ve been looking for with respect to Imaging/RemoteSensing (I/RS), and it is just the beginning of an extensive enterprise LB(x) market.

 “Nuages” (Clouds) is Gypsy Jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt’s famous WWII song of peace, balance, and tran­quility. It may not be the perfect soundtrack to support our exploration of the “disruptive” nature of “cloud computing.”