One conference ends and the next one begins. Just over a week ago we held the wrap up meeting of the conference team for AGI 2007, after basking in the glory of a successful event our thoughts inevitably turned to “What next?” Amazingly all of the committee were enthusiastic about the prospect of “just one more” so we are about to embark on AGI 2008 and somehow I was persuaded to chair a second conference […]
Monthly Archives: October 2007
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I was in Australia recently visiting our colleagues and meeting some clients. I learnt about the national address database G-NAF (Geocoded National Address File) which has been built by PSMA in combination with Logica CMG and Geometry Pty and including data from local government and the Australian Postal Service and the electoral commission There seemed to be little of the acrimony between the parties that characterises addressing in the UK. Of course I may not […]
Jeff Thurston at Vector One was not only an active particpant at the conference but has also written some very complementary stuff about the conference: “This conference can be deemed as nothing less than a resounding success. In fact, this is one of the best conferences I have attended this year – the AGI 2007 Conference having a sense of buzz and vibe!” For more see: Day 1Day 2 Thanks Jeff
I contributed to this article over 6 months ago but it has only just been published today on Contingency Today which is well worth a read (apart from my piece) if you are into Emergency Planning and Response. Nothing much has changed in 6 months and the address wars rumble on. When will we get this resolved?