As part of a quarterly series of TechTime columns for GeoWorld, this article is ghostwritten on behalf of an industry thought leader. It explores the benefits of standards, service-oriented architecture, and the Open Geospatial Consortium. Information was gathered through interviews with subject matter experts.
As part of an international media tour in autumn/winter 2005, there was a meeting with a contributing editor for GeoInformatics which resulted in the article linked below. The conversation was primarily an update on the company, as it had recently been acquired and was in the midst of several significant product releases.
The media tour was conducted with two executives, one travelling internationally and the other meeting with domestic publications. Leveraging the company’s long-established relationships, my role in the tour included both outreach and scheduling, moderating the meetings, and follow-up with the media.