This is the Sustainability 2.0 issue. This issue of LBx Journal is focused on sustainability and how location-based technologies are used to support sustainable businesses and business practices in the effective allocation of resources. In this issue, we look specifically at utility-scale solar facilities, aquaculture, insurance, and the open standards and software that enable the development of location-based systems. Why are location-based systems so important? Because when you can connect all the attributes associated with a place, you can answer not only the what, why, where, when, and how questions, but the should question.

This is the GeoEconomy issue which focuses GeoEconomy standards, location-based solutions to I nternational Food Security, Location Data best practices, geo-information platforms, investments, and infrastructure, and commonalities across Agribusiness, Retail, and Communications. Feature articles include Where is Location Data? GeoEconomy Standards, and Market Connections: Cross Industry Views on Location Information. In addition, Executive Interviews with Abhi Ingle of AT&T on Optimizing Mission Critical Business Processes, and Peter Woodgate of the Cooperative Research Council for Spatial Information on Scaling Location Data in Australia and New Zealand.

This is the Professional 3.0 issue which focuses on location intelligence skills required to address 21st Century business professionals. Feature articles include Where is the Location Intelligence Officer? Top 10 Location Intelligence Mistakes. In addition, Executive Interviews with Thiago Terzi of Bloomberg on the Ag Commodity Value Chain, and Tim Kregor and Jim Pollock of aWhere on the CPG Industry.

Building the Data Gap with Location Intelligence

In this issue, our contributors address the SensorWeb—the data collection process of the future that will be used to deliver location intelligence to businesses and individuals, the extension of business intelligence in concept and in practice with location intelligence, and how location changes the nature of
business functions and services such as marketing, fundraising, and market research.

This is the Location Data issue. Our contributors discuss location data as a common denominator in business intelligence and as a collaboration platform, and describe industry applications built on a location intelligence platform. Executive interviews with Roger Parks, CIO, Simplot on Agribusiness and Arthur Berrill and Sherif Ahmed of Pitney Bowes Business Insight on Mastering Targeted Advertising. Feature articles include: Next-gen KPIs, A Venture Capitalist’s View of Location, Imagery as a Digital Media Platform, and The Time Dimension.

Geo Means Business is our first issue. In this issue, our contributors discuss the benefits of incorporating location into the research, development, and decision-making processes of businesses. Feature articles include the Power of Location Intelligence, Making Vehicles Smarter, and Visual Intelligence for New Markets. Executive Interviews with George Salvador of Time Warner Cable, and Jess Elder of National Geographic on use of location intelligence to support operations and product and service development.