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GEOlympics Supplement
The Big Challenge
GEOlympics
July 2008
Volume 1 · Issue 1
2012 – What can the Consumer Expect?
Shane Lennon, SVP strategy and marketing at Gypsii, discusses developments in location-based services and mobile social networking technologies and the effect these will have on the consumer mobile phone experience in four years time.
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The Indispensable, Multifunctional Mobile
Navteq’s peter beaumont takes a visionary look at how visitors to the 2012 Olympics may well be using this invaluable tool
GIS Takes Gold at Turin
While spectators remained firmly focused on the aspirations and performances of the athletes at Torino 2006, the organizing committee worked non-stop behind the scenes to ensure that sporting events and related activities were conducted with clockwork precision.
The Complexity of Land Ownership
Steve Keyworth and graeme summers, environment systems directors, explain issues and propose solutions to tackle the complexity of land ownership and occupation in preparation for the London 2012 Olympics
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Mobile Location Solutions
Brian varano, director of marketing at trueposition discusses the security and logistical benefits that mobile location solutions can bring to the London games in 2012.
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Real-Time Accuracy
Elizabeth Wilkinson from Snowflake Software, shares her opinions and suggestions for a smooth running of the 2012 Olympics
Real-Time Operational Systems
A look at examples of close integration of spatial technology with real-time operational systems and how this is transforming decision support for major event security and critical infrastructure protection in the context of 2012.
Streets Ahead
Symology’s Scott Hutchinson discusses how the introduction of new legislation and the use of spatially enabled management systems can be used to help ease congestion and improve travel in the build up and during the Olympic games.
Super Gazetteers to Aid the Olympics
Carl Hankock from aligned assets explores the role of the british gazeteers behind the wings of the Olympics transport and infrastructure scenes
Unlocking the Potential of 3D Geology
Katherine Royse, British Geological Survey, offers an example from the Lower Lea Valley Olympic site, for the needs of the geotechnical community.
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Each month we select a hot topic and a leading figure in the industry to write about it.HAVE WE REALLY LEARNT THE LESSONS FROM LAST YEAR’S FLOODS?
Flooding costs associated with extreme weather, both financial and emotional, have increased considerably over the last decade, and experts have predicted this trend is set to continue.
Paul Livett, Chairman of GroundSure looks into how increasing the use of flood risk information in property transactions can help to ensure both residential and commercial transactions are conducted on a truly informed basis, with buyers being made aware of environmental risks prior to purchase.
Over 2.2 million homes and small businesses in the UK are located in areas considered at risk of flooding, and the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said that 570,000 of these face a high risk of flooding. The floods in June and July last year left approximately 48,000 households… More…
Paul Livett
Chairman of GroundSure