Comments on: AGI 2007 Here come the neogeographers

By: Computing, GIS and Archaeology in the UK » FOSS4G … and we’re done

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:10:45 +0000

[...] just been catching up with my RSS feeds, sadly neglected over the last few days and I came across a short review by Ed Parsons of the Association for Geographic Information (AGI)’s 2007 conference in London (caution- [...]

By: Chris Holcroft

Chris Holcroft — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:05:06 +0000

Hi Ed

Thanks for the keynote speech on conference day one and I’m pleased you enjoyed the broader event. BTW you’ve just impressed my 11 year old son with your Iphone – “way cool” he tells me!

AGI’07 has been a major project for the AGI Team – a new format this year with most of the management functions brought ‘in-house’, so positive feedback such as this gives us – the permanent employees of the organisation – the boost that it’s been a worthwhile and successful venture!

Here’s to building on this formula in 2008!

I wonder where AGI found that band?

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:26:57 +0000

Ed,

As a member of the AGI team, I appreciate your comments about this year’s conference. We are all very pleased with the way the conference went. The pre-planning work, and some of the risks of change which we took, were all worthwhile. And Steven Feldman’s enthusiasm kept us motivated throughout the hard work.

I am normally the Finance guy at the AGI, so my knowledge of geography and all its new prefixes is limited. But I was motivated to attend 11 sessions at AGI2007. They demonstrated to me a mature industry, dealing in a innovative way with fast-moving technology and willing to debate openly on the opportunities and benefits ahead.

We on the AGI team will gather the feedback, reflect upon it, and hopefully use it to deliver an even better conference in 2008. Village People are going global.

By: Andy Jones

Andy Jones — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:28:01 +0000

I think Neogeography will be really fun and exciting and I am seriously looking forward to getting in on the action. Although most of the industry focuses on B2B solutions that support the more complex GIS requirements, the new ‘Web 2.0′ and Open Source areas of Neogeography will bring a healthy new focus on what we can offer. I think Neogeography will be GIS for the masses and show how important location can be in enriching our everyday lives.