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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CalGIS 2007 daily review notes & commentary
Apr 09, 2007
This blog summarizes and comments on the salient presentation at the CalGIS Conference in April 2007 including 3 talks by Farallon staff.
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Oracle’s free database powers geospatial apps maker
Mar 28, 2007
Farallon Geographics is effectively integrating geospatial data with line-of-business IT systems using Oracle Database XE, a free spatially-aware database that can store map features such as lines, polygons, grids and aerial photographs as well as process spatial data.
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Independent Software Vendors Embrace Oracle Database 10g Express Edition
Mar 26, 2007
Farallon Geographics, a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, is taking advantage of Oracle Database XE to power applications and deliver solutions to their customers.
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Applying Oracle Spatial to a Very Large Insurance Problem
Jun 16, 2006
ISO Innovative Analytics needed to create a set of risk factors derived from unstructured data, to be applied to a myriad of geographies. The risk factors had to be customizable and valid wherever the company has customers. Farallon developed a solution using Oracle Spatial 10g that could handle massive amounts of data and allow the data to be accessed by GIS systems, query languages and APIs.
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Flexibility for San Mateo Powered by OGC Standards
Jun 15, 2006
Using a standards-based approach, Farallon was able to provide the City of San Mateo with access to GIS data via both Google Earth and a high end desktop client, such as GeoMedia or ArcGIS, from a single service. Farallon's approach involved deploying Open Geospatial Consortium services and tweaking them so that Google Earth could read them.
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Enterprise GIS supports Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Dec 27, 2005
ESRI describes a solution developed by Farallon that uses an Enterprise GIS to help visualize and maintain air quality standards in the San Francisco Bay Area
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QPC uses geoprocessing to analyze auto insurance risk factors
Dec 13, 2005
Quality Planning Corporation (QPC) risk assessment firm worked with Farallon using geoprocessing to analyze location information for 15 million auto insurance policies and 2 million claims and map out traffic accidents severe enough to cause property damage.
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Web-based PMS/GIS-linked application for Sonoma County and MTC
Nov 06, 2005
MTC and Sonoma County use new web-based integrated Pavement Management System / GIS solution developed by Farallon. Integrated solution enables better allocation of resources and more effective maintainence of road networks
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California firefighters better informed
Sep 10, 2005
San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District's new Web-based mapping system merges data from its computer-aided dispatch system and records management system, to mobile computers in emergency vehicles.
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Real-time Pavement Management for Sonoma County
Jun 08, 2005
Sonoma County's Enterprise GIS / Pavement Management asset tracking system uses a Web-based map interface to identify problem pavement areas in near real-time.
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Intergraph’s geospatial data management solutions aid emergency response at San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District
Mar 29, 2005
New Web-based system integrates computer-aided dispatch, records management, geospatial data and mobile resources
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Integrators marry disparate GIS projects
Oct 11, 2004
As geospatial data becomes increasingly important to all types of agencies, integrators help to marry disparate GIS projects and build unified applications.
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Precision canvasing of voters for political campaigns
Oct 04, 2004
Wired Magazine talks about using GIS as an integral part of any successful political movement.
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GIS for Get-out-the-Vote Campaigns
Oct 01, 2004
Local governments are recognizing that GIS can make get-out-the-vote drives smarter, faster, and more cost-efficient.
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Bay Area Voter Registration Push to Go High Tech
Sep 19, 2004
GIS solutions for voter registration mean that "what used to take weeks to do can be done in minutes."
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Using Mapping Tech to Mine for Voters
Sep 16, 2004
eWeek discusses how election officials and activists are turning to Geographic Information Systems to tailor their approach to finding voters.
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Reclaiming Kaho’olawe
Sep 02, 2004
Using an island-wide GIS to track the location, disposition, and handling of suspected unexploded ordnance (UXO) - from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War - on the Hawaiian island of Kaho'olawe.
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Geospatial Web Portals Put GIS in Hands of the User
Jul 01, 2004
A geospatial portal's greatest value is in securely unifying the content of formerly uncooperative departments with minimal changes to operations.
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WIRED Magazine Looks at Farallon’s Kaho’olawe Project
Jun 01, 2003
Wired covers the Farallon GIS solution to help clean up live and spent bombs, rockets, guided missiles, grenades, and artillery shells on the Hawai'ian island of Kaho'olawe.
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