GIS Customer News : October 2007 : OGCbuying.solutions GIS Customer eZine

GIS Customer News

By OGCbuying.solutions

UK GI Strategy renamed

At the April 2007 GI-Panel it was proposed that, as government's were concerned with location rather than geography, it should be renamed the UK Location Strategy; should be linked to INSPIRE and therefore led from Defra. Read more about the renaming of UK GI Strategy.

IGGI Data Preservation Working Group

The group met on the 26th June, recommendations from the group will be put forward to the UK Locations for consideration.

The group's remit is "The life-cycle management of government geospatial data to ensure its permanent preservation and future availability." Deliverables:

A presentation on progress to IGGI workshop Autumn 2007.
Updated IGGI best practice guides.
Guidance from The National Archives on what supporting and contextual documentation is required for archiving alongside the Geospatial data.

For further details visit the IGGI website.

The next Working Group meeting is scheduled for the 25th September.

GIS Customer Focus Group

We run a GIS Customer Focus Group which meets 3 or 4 times a year to discuss GIS issues and to ensure customer input into the framework agreements we manage. Customers are encouraged to attend our meetings - the next will be held from from 1:30pm on Tuesday 13th November at the Treasury Building, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ.

Feedback from our customers is used to produce appropriate framework agreements for use by the whole of the public sector.

For an invitation to the next GIS Customer Focus Group or more information please email us at: GISCustGrp@ogcbs.gsi.gov.uk

Events

Geographical Information Management enabling Transformational Government - 12th September 2007, City of Manchester Stadium
AGI2007 - AGI Conference and Exhibition, 19th & 20th September
Geographic information in the public sector - Taking the information out of the system. Inmarsat Conference Centre, London (Tuesday 6 November 2007)
2007 IGGI Annual Seminar - The seminar brings together all IGGI members with an opportunity to network; share information, describe your activities and celebrate success. 14th November 2007
eProcurement Solutions, Beyond Implementation - driving real return from eProcurement. 24th October, Cavendish Conference Centre, London

Flora London Marathon - Training Route Planner

For the exercise junkies or those simply trying to get/stay in shape here is a very handy tool that can help you plan and measure your running (or walking, or cycling) routes. Don't be put off by the word "marathon", by using this tool you are not committing yourself in anyway to run the London Marathon!

(Infoterra, Bluesky, and The Geoinformation Group, suppliers on the current GIS Framework supplied a significant amount of the aerial imagery used in this tool)