Press, News, Events & Presentations

Farallon joins Business Partner Program with ESRI

Jun 28, 2004

ESRI recognizes Farallon as a leading enterprise GIS systems integrator, ArcSDE geodatabase developer, and ArcIMS web application developer.
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Farallon Selected as P-TAP 6 Vendor for Pavement Management

Jun 05, 2004

Farallon was selected as a P-TAP 6 vendor for its expertise in implementing and maintaining a Pavement Management System (PMS).
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Farallon Designs and Installs Bureau of Indian Affairs GIS in Under 3 Months

Oct 01, 2003

The ArcSDE geodatabase on Oracle for the BIA uses federal, state, and local data to describe the extent, ownership, and use of Indian Nation lands within California and western Nevada.
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Launch of Middle Eastern Geodatabase For Antiquities (MEGA) developed by GCI, WMF & Farallon

Apr 12, 2011

The Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities, Jordan (MEGA_J) launched today. The system was developed by the Getty Conservation Institute and World Monuments Fund in conjunction with Farallon Geographics.
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Introducing San Francisco’s Enterprise Addressing System

Oct 18, 2010

Civic Commons talks about the San Francisco Enterprise Addressing System developed by Farallon Geographics, to help the city manage its master database of addresses, tied to the Assessor's parcels and the City's street centerline network
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In history-rich region, a very new system tracks very old things

Aug 25, 2010

NYTimes reports antiquities officials in Jordan are about to use a Web-based system developed by Farallon Geographics to track its antiquities, a system that could also be vital to preserving Iraq’s treasures.
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Transforming Water Asset Management - linking CAD, GIS & CMMS (pdf)

Jul 12, 2010

Geoconnexion reports how the utilities department in Santa Rosa, CA. worked with Farallon Geographics to develop ways to improve the quality and streamline the flow of data between its CAD, GIS and CMMS.
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“Break down GIS information silos using Acrobat 9” - Adobe eSeminar presented by Farallon available on-demand

Jul 24, 2009

The Adobe eSeminar presented by Farallon Geographics is now available on-demand. Learn how GIS professionals can facilitate data maintenance workflows with individuals in the field by combining Acrobat 9 with professional desktop GIS software.
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Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities Set Up to Preserve Jordan’s Treasures

Jan 12, 2009

The US Jordan Embassy newsletter describes Farallon's work on the MEGA-J geodatabase to manage and preserve Jordan’s archaeological treasures
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Oracle Spatial used to process massive election precinct data sets for 2008 election presidential battleground states

Oct 27, 2008

In a Q&A with Directions Magazine, Farallon explains more about the project with Map the Vote to build a GIS-based national election precinct data set using Oracle Spatial
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Boston Redevelopment Authority map-based solution goes online

Jun 18, 2008

The BRA development projects review website, built by Farallon is now live to the public.
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California State Automobile Association phasing out paper map making

May 27, 2008

In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, Dennis Wuthrich, Farallon CEO explains the ascendence of digital maps over paper maps for the CSAA members
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Oracle XE and GIS: An Interview with Dennis Wuthrich of Farallon

Apr 26, 2007

Directions Magazine features a Q&A with Dennis Wuthrich about the Oracle XE platform and how Farallon uses it to build client solutions.
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FOSS4G North America 2012

Apr 10-12, 2012, Walter E. Washington Convention Center Washington, DC – USA

On the heels of last year’s successful and well-attended international FOSS4G event in Colorado, many of us in the community of free and open source geospatial software developers, users, and advocates in North America recognized the need for a regular gathering in North America. So this year we have come together to plan the first ever FOSS4G North America conference, an event to take place April 10–12, 2012 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. FOSS4G-NA will bring together many public and private-sector stakeholders at the forefront of some of the world’s most innovative free and open source software to discuss and work on building tools to help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems.

Dennis Wuthrich, Farallon’s CEO will be attending and presenting and is available for meetings.

CalGIS 2012

Apr 11-13, 2012, Sheraton Sacramento

Every year, the URISA chapters in California, come together to present the CalGIS Conference. In 2012, the conference will reach its 18th successful year! CalGIS is the place to be to learn about the Best in California GIS. A comprehensive educational program (for beginners and advanced professionals), networking events and an exhibit hall are all featured at CalGIS.

Adam Lodge, Senior GIS Database Developer & Jeff Smith, GIS Mobile Application Developer will be presenting “Geospatial Field Data Collection in the World of “Apps” during the Homeland Security, Risk and Emergency Management session on Friday, April 13, 2012 - 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon.

FME Server as Geospatial add-on for Business Intelligence Querying (2.6 MB pdf)

This presentation reviews using FME Dynamic Workspaces to spatially visualize the output from Viador, a non-spatial Business Intelligence (BI) application. By creating an FME workspace utilizing dynamic readers and writers, as well as a published parameters to pass in data specific variables at runtime, the FME workspace was able to read in any query results produced by the BI application and join the appropriate column with a spatial data layer pulled from a spatial database.

Because Workflow Matters… Smartphones, Tablets and Field Data (2.2 MB pdf)

Smart phones and tablets offer people collecting data in the field a compelling alternative to traditional GPS devices and GIS software. "Apps" built specifically for familiar platforms like smart phones and tablets enable super easy and super efficient data collection field work. This presentation showcases the solutions that Farallon has developed for our clients to make spatial data collection as simple as using a typical Iphone App, and we will discuss the interplay of technologies used to craft those solutions - including Postgis, ArcGIS Server, FME Server, and Android OS.

Developing, Deploying and Distributing an Enterprise Addressing System using Open Source Software (12.6 MB pdf)

This presentation from CaGIS 2010 explores a centrally available, authoritative address system as a critical tool to streamline the business of government and corporations. It covers the features of this system including a Master Address Database for managing addresses, their spatial relationships with parcels, streets, apartments, units and lineage requirements. The entire system is built on Open Source software.

Easy, Fast, and Convenient: Adopting Web Application Design Metrics to Develop Innovative Geospatial Applications (2 MB pdf)

This presentation at CalGIS 2007 explores how Google Maps, Google Earth, MS Virtual Earth and other emerging technologies can be integrated with traditional GIS tools such as geodatabases and ArcGIS server to deliver useful "enterprise mashups" to to dramatically improve the dissemination of GIS data and analyses to people while significantly reducing the cost of deploying and maintaining GIS.

GIS 2.0: Squeezing New Value from Old GIS (1.8 MB pdf)

This presentation at CalGIS 2007 explores innovative strategies and technologies that will enhance the value of investment in GIS, including decentralized databases and non-traditional visualization tools.

The Relevance of Emerging Geospatial Technologies for IT (1.3 MB pdf)

This presentation to the MISAC Northern California Chapter Meeting Nov 2007 discusses how organizations can deploy GIS solutions that leverage spatially aware relational database management systems like Oracle Express, free SOA-based mapping API's like Google Maps and Google Earth, and open source software like Autodesk Mapguide to manage data, integrate systems, and deliver compelling geospatial applications for a fraction of the cost of traditional GIS.

System Design and Implementation of a GIS Mashup (1.75 MB pdf)

This presentation to the July 2006 BAAMA meeting discusses using Oracle Express, web services, JSON and Google Maps API to create a sophisticated decison support solution for hazard abatement anaylysis.

Going Beyond Averages, Using Spatial Data to Analyze Insurance Risk (2.5 MB pdf)

This presentation to the Location Intelligence Conference April 2006 discusses using Oracle 10g Spatial for a series of pre-processing services and custom data structures for the intensive large volume geoprocessing for Quality Planning Corporation ("QPC"), a risk managment insurance company.

Logistics Methodologies Using Oracle Spatial’s Network Data Model and Linear Referencing Features (1 MB pdf)

This presentation to the Oracle Spatial User's Conference in April 2006 discusses usage scenarios of Oracle Spatial for logisitics including: Network Data Models (NDM) to generate paths based on network, costs, and constraints; Linear Referencing Systems (LRS) to support along-path distance determination, drive times and situational awareness (i.e., more than just dynamic segmentation); and using an Application Server Mapviewer to generate dynamic data-driven maps for inclusion into business applications.

GIS Asset Management Workflow for San Mateo County Department of Public Works (75 KB pdf)

This overview whitepaper for the County of San Mateo Public Works Department highlights their work with Farallon Geographics to produce an automated, user-intuitive integration process between their Hansen asset management system and the County's enterprise-level GIS. The Oracle Spatial supported solution allows for automatic data updates, ensuring system synchronization and minimizing the risks associated with error-prone human tabular data entry.