July 2008 Issue - GEOlympics

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.

IN THE CURRENT ISSUE:

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 Works Behind the Scenes

Salt Lake winter Olympics set new safety standard

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

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.

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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