2009 « Galdos Systems Inc.

GeoWorld: Key Connections: Geography, Politics and the Economy

By Galdos, on May 29th, 2009%

Issue Date: April – 2009, Posted On: 5/1/2009

Read Ron Lake’s article discussing the interconnectedness of global resources, and whether and how geography might impact the economic and political success of nation states.

The full article is available in GeoWorld’s Building the GeoWeb column for April 2009.

Ron Lake Interview on Very Spatial

By Galdos, on May 29th, 2009%

Talking with VerySpatial, Ron Lake shares his view of the GeoWeb as being a digital nervous system for the planet. Mr. Lake explains how the theme for this year’s conference, Cityscapes, was selected to emphasize ways that the GeoWeb can . . . → Read More: Ron Lake Interview on Very Spatial

Data Access as Business Process Integration

By Galdos, on May 1st, 2009%

Some things in life always take a lot longer than one would expect. Twenty five years ago, I was involved in developing spatial data infrastructure architectures in various parts of the world. At the time, key important geospatial technologies included . . . → Read More: Data Access as Business Process Integration

A View from Over There – India and NSDI

By Galdos, on April 8th, 2009%

February 19, 2009

Joe Francica, Editor-in-Chief and Vice Publisher of Directions Magazine, recently wrote about his experience in attending the Map World Forum (MWF) in Hyderabad, India. In the article, he quotes from Ron Lake’s talk where Mr. Lake suggested . . . → Read More: A View from Over There – India and NSDI

GIS Development: March 2009

By Galdos, on April 8th, 2009%

Professor AR Dasgupta, Managing Editor (Honorary), quotes Ron Lake in his Viewpoint article “The view from over here – India and NSDI”

Download the PDF file to read the full article: ess_printers_nrcan_gc_ca_20090408_125207 [PDF - 1591 KB]

The new SDI – Spatial Data Infrastructure

By Galdos, on April 8th, 2009%

At the recent World Map Forum in Hyderabad, I presented a paper in the SDI Seminar entitled “Spatial Data Infrastructures – A New Approach”. In the talk I noted that, in some sense, SDI technology and standards had suffered from . . . → Read More: The new SDI – Spatial Data Infrastructure

Technology and Social Perception

By Galdos, on March 26th, 2009%

A well known philosopher, commenting on the vagaries of human interaction, once made the remark that, on seeing another person coming towards him, he thought either “not me” or “another me”. I believe that this simple and, I suppose, obvious . . . → Read More: Technology and Social Perception

GeoWorld: Industry Outlook 2009

By Galdos, on March 19th, 2009%

GeoWorld December 2009 Issue Date: Industry Outlook 2009 – Full Responses, Posted On: 1/1/2009

Ron Lake, CEO and chairman, Galdos Systems Inc. responds to the questions:

Under uncertain economic times, will geospatial technology be affected, or is it vital enough to not be influenced . . . → Read More: GeoWorld: Industry Outlook 2009

Ron Lake to deliver one of the Keynote Addresses at PetroGIS 2009

By Galdos, on March 2nd, 2009%

Galdos Chairman and CEO, Ron Lake, will deliver one of the keynote addresses at the first PetroGIS conference in Bahrain. The programme agenda is available on the website at http://www.iirme.com/PetroGIS/index.html.

As a Founding Member Of The OGC, . . . → Read More: Ron Lake to deliver one of the Keynote Addresses at PetroGIS 2009

Ron Lake blog entry cited in Slashgeo posting

By Galdos, on March 2nd, 2009%

19 February 2009

In an entry following up on the topic of the U.S. Economic Stimulus package and Geospatial Technologies (http://industry.slashgeo.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/18/189259), slashgeo member Satri cites Ron Lake’s blog entry on Economic Recovery and the GeoWeb (http://www.galdosinc.com/archives/555).

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