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August 29, 2008 - Galdos Systems Inc. Awarded Web Services Enablement Contract
Vancouver, BC, CANADA, August 26, 2008 – Galdos Systems Inc. is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the BC Geographical Names Information System (BCGNIS) Web Services Enablement contract from the BC Integrated Land Management Bureau.
This project is to deliver a geographic location web service, that will eventually form part of a broader [...]
July 19, 2008 - B.C. first in Canada to give Google its maps
Internet service will provide full aerial views
Marke Andrews, Vancouver Sun
Published: Saturday, July 19, 2008
An overhead view of Port Alberni illustrates what can happen when government works with an Internet mapping service.
The right side of the image on this page depicts what Google Earth and Google Maps showed before entering into an agreement with the B.C. [...]
June 5, 2008 - Galdos Systems Inc. launches KML Validator
Vancouver, BC, CANADA, June 5th, 2008 – Galdos Systems Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of the KML Validator at www.kmlvalidator.com, which was designed to help produce higher quality KML files.
Ron Lake, Chairman & CEO of Galdos Systems, Inc. says “KML is rapidly emerging as the primary global mechanism for the drawing and navigation [...]
May 11, 2008 - A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 147
Episode 147
May 11, 2008
Main Topic: Ron Lake and Bob Samborski on the Geoweb Conference
April 14, 2008 - OGC Approves KML as Open Standard
April 14, 2008
The members of the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) today announced the approval of the OpenGIS® KML Encoding Standard (OGC KML), marking KML's transition into an open standard which will be maintained by the OGC. Developers will now have a standard approach for using KML to code and share visual geographic content in [...]
March 24, 2008 - GeoWeb 2008 Conference - 1st Student Contest
Vancouver, BC, CANADA, March 24, 2008 - Do you have what it takes to develop a piece of software or a solution to a theoretical problem to win our student contest?
If you do, then we want to hear from you, as this is open to all full-time students attending an educational institution anywhere in [...]
January 9, 2008 - Galdos recruits Richard Brown as Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Vancouver, BC, CANADA, January 9, 2008 – Galdos is pleased to announce that they have recruited Mr. Richard Brown to head up the company’s sales department. Mr. Brown brings over twenty years of international sales experience in systems, products, and consultancy to his role.
Prior to joining Galdos, Richard held the position of Director, International Sales [...]
December 12, 2007 - GeoWeb 2008 Call for Papers Issued
Vancouver, BC, CANADA, December 12, 2007 – GeoWeb 2008 conference organizers are issuing a call for papers for presentations and workshops. The annual conference will take place in Vancouver from July 21-25th, 2008 and the meetings being held at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. GeoWeb is one of the only annual conferences focusing [...]
December 10, 2007 - GeoWeb 2008 1st Student Contest
Vancouver, BC, CANADA, December 10, 2007 – GeoWeb 2008 conference organizers are announcing their 1st Student Contest. The annual GeoWeb conference will take place in Vancouver, Canada from July 21-25th, 2008 with the meetings being held at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. GeoWeb is one of the only annual conferences focusing exclusively on [...]
November 21, 2007 - Bahrain MEST – Ron Lake is Keynote at MEST 2007
Vancouver, BC, CANADA, November 21, 2007 - Mr. Ron Lake will speak at the upcoming Middle East Spatial Technology (MEST) Conference to be held in Bahrain, Dec 10-12. Mr. Lake will speak on Building the GeoWeb. This will cover the roles of GML, KML and other key standards in creating a global information [...]