2010 « Galdos Systems Inc.

Convergence – the Structured Data Revolution

By Galdos, on December 24th, 2010%

The past two decades have seen a phenomenal convergence of technologies. Things once regarded as discrete mediums with quite distinct areas of expertise and technologies have, almost overnight, become almost one and the same. Take telephone, television, radio, and photography, . . . → Read More: Convergence – the Structured Data Revolution

Dictionary Model for GML

By Galdos, on November 9th, 2010%

Within the OGC, there has been much fuss over the past several years about the use of a specification paradigm called “Core plus extensions”. This has been portrayed as if it provided some sort of formal infrastructure to ensure the . . . → Read More: Dictionary Model for GML

Ron Lake to deliver Keynote Address at 3D GeoInfo 2010

By Galdos, on October 21st, 2010%

Ron Lake, Chairman and CEO of Galdos Systems, will deliver one of the keynote addresses at the 5th annual 3D GeoInfo Conference in Berlin, Germany.

Mr. Lake’s keynote “Collaboration and Publishing of Urban 3D City Models” will touch upon some . . . → Read More: Ron Lake to deliver Keynote Address at 3D GeoInfo 2010

GML and Unstructured Data

By Galdos, on October 19th, 2010%

In the previous blog post, we discussed the use of CSW-ebRIM in the management and structuring (i.e. attaching meaning) to unstructured data. In this post, we look at the relationship between GML (Geography Markup Language) and unstructured data.

Unstructured data . . . → Read More: GML and Unstructured Data

Managing Unstructured Data in CSW-ebRIM

By Galdos, on September 24th, 2010%

In the world of information sharing, there is a lot of so-called “unstructured data”. Unstructured data is data for which there is no data model, or at least no data model that exposes any of the semantics of the data. . . . → Read More: Managing Unstructured Data in CSW-ebRIM

Stability in Standards Counts… a Lot

By Galdos, on September 10th, 2010%

In the .dot com era of the late 1990’s, people talked about doing things in “Internet time” and spoke of the Internet, and its associated standards, as “rapidly changing”. In the popular press, and unfortunately also with many software professionals, . . . → Read More: Stability in Standards Counts… a Lot

It’s about the sharing as much as the geography

By Galdos, on August 9th, 2010%

A fourth GeoWeb conference wrapped up in Vancouver last week and, once again, there were many strong presentations by both invited speakers and track presenters. In general, I think there was both growing acceptance of “GeoWeb” as a thing, as . . . → Read More: It’s about the sharing as much as the geography

GeoWeb developing new directions to a better world through map technology

By Galdos, on July 29th, 2010%

Galdos Systems and Safe Software among players in an industry helping businesses make better use of information

By Curt Cherewayko

July 27-August 2, 2010 Business in Vancouver

New tools and technologies like Google Earth and the smartphone are allowing consumers . . . → Read More: GeoWeb developing new directions to a better world through map technology

GeoWeb conference to address social media, including Twitter

By Galdos, on July 26th, 2010%

by Marke Andrews

The following was published in the Vancouver Sun on July 26, 2010

“Real-time” use of geographic data is the theme for this year’s annual GeoWeb conference, being held all this week at the Morris J. Wosk Centre . . . → Read More: GeoWeb conference to address social media, including Twitter

Singularity is near indeed, but which is it?

By Galdos, on May 18th, 2010%

For some, one of the more optimistic scenarios for the future of humanity is what author and inventor Ray Kurzweil has labeled the “singularity”. Kurzweil looks at the exponential character of some aspects of technology development (Moore’s law, memory capacity . . . → Read More: Singularity is near indeed, but which is it?

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