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Location as a Preference

Published on 2012-01-09 17:34:53

If you search the Internet about location and privacy these days there is an overwhelming number of discussions about the impact of capturing and broadcasting a person’s location and how it affects their privacy. We’ve just begun to tap into the power of personal location and we have yet to see the true security and [...] > read more

Still Losing Children in a GPS World

Published on 2011-12-11 22:46:35

A line of six year olds files around the hallway corner entering the main foyer of the school. It’s 4:30 in the afternoon and my wife just arrived to pick up our son. He’s a first grader and Wednesday is one of the days he stays late for after school activities. One by one kids [...] > read more

ObjectFX Wins US Geospatial-Intelligence Foundation’s Industry Achievement Award

Published on 2010-11-14 23:02:12

Each year the USGIF presents awards to the most influential members of the geospatial intelligence community from academia, government, and industry. Recognized for outstanding achievements and innovations, winners are selected based on their contrib > read more

Applying Complex Event Processing to Location Data

Published on 2010-06-30 09:00:33

Complex Event Processing (CEP) is gaining a lot of attention lately as enterprises grasp for a real-time understanding of their business activities. Two well-known uses of CEP technology are algorithmic trading and fraud detection. These applications > read more

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Recognizes ObjectFX

Published on 2010-06-22 13:48:07

ObjectFX ® Corporation was recognized by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for technology contributions to the defense and intelligence communities under its long-standing Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). The t > read more

Using Pharmaceutical Sales as an Early Warning of Disease Outbreak

Published on 2010-05-21 13:42:40

Under the current threat of bio terrorism, these systems offer more than public health monitoring. They could be instrumental in thwarting an actual bio terrorist attack. > read more

Location Relevance in Mobile Advertising

Published on 2010-05-12 17:13:15

Market research strives to understand as much about target customers and markets as possible. In the consumer marketplace, demographics play an important role. How many cars pass this location every day? How many people walk by this corner in the mor > read more

Injecting Geospatial into the Enterprise

Published on 2010-05-03 19:15:22

Examining Internet mapping solutions. Are they right for your enterprise? > read more

Geospatial Challenges and Complex Event Processing

Published on 2010-04-29 12:13:49

Today, many sensors and sources include location as an aspect of the data. However, processing location data and making use of it comes with some complexities. For this entry, I'll deal with some of the more prominent issues and how a Complex Event P > read more