AGI and Member Events

Managing Successful Geospatial Development Projects - one-day training course gi

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000

This well-established course covers the essentials of managing projects involving geographic or location-based information.

'I found the whole course useful and felt that there were key points from every session - that to me is always a winner.it was particularly useful to think about how GI projects differ from other projects and focusing on risks.' (Course feedback)

The course is aimed at experienced project managers new to geospatial development and those managers with some familiarity of this type of development but who want to deepen their knowledge.

Please note: this course is being run back-to-back with our Building the Business Case for Geospatial Development Projects one-day course. Reduced rates are available for those taking both courses. See the ConsultingWhere training page for further details

Key Topics

The factors that make geospatial development projects different;
People - selecting and building the team, clear roles and responsibilities. Engaging the champion at the top;
Knowing the risks on geospatial projects and how to manage them;
Setting off in the right direction: 10 things to do at the start of the implementation;
Planning for change;
Courage and leadership - saying things management don't want to hear but also celebrating success;
What goes wrong - reasons for failure;
Understanding data - modelling, access, quality, maintenance, storage and management;
Recovering from setbacks - crisis management;
Monitoring and controlling progress - avoiding death by a thousand cuts.

Presenters
The course will be delivered by Andrew Coote and Les Rackham. Both have operated at senior management level within both private and public sector organisations and bring with them over 50 years experience of justifying and managing major projects within the geospatial industry. The approach will be informal and interactive with an emphasis on the practical and the sharing of experiences.

Venue
The course will be held at ConsultingWhere's offices at Redbourn near St. Albans, just north of London. There are convenient links to the M1 and M25 motorways, Luton airport and trains to the north and central London.

Further information and enrolment
For further information and to enrol go to the ConsultingWhere training page

email info@consultingwhere.com or
telephone Andrew Coote +44 (0)1923 291000
Les Rackham +44 (0)1794 323797

MapInfo Advanced Level Training at CDR Group

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000

The advanced course is designed to develop the user's knowledge of MapInfo beyond the simple definition of the commands. The intention is to aid the student in using MapInfo to develop effective analysis and reporting techniques through hands-on use of the software. The course is aimed specifically at users who will be responsible for the administration of data and those who will be called upon by others to generate maps and queries or to those who wish to support other MapInfo Professional users. Delegates are provided with a full training manual that may be kept for future reference. Attendance on the Foundation course (MI2) is recommended but by no means statutory. Throughout the course we use examples from realistic business cases, and there is an opportunity at the end of the course for students to discuss the specifics of their business case with the trainer. NB The Advanced level course does not cover the basic tools and operations required to use MapInfo. Those applicants who are not yet fully conversant with the location and effect of each of the MapInfo tools should first attend the MI2 - Foundation course. Quotes from previous Advanced Course delegates: 'Very helpful and interesting.' 'Great course, fulfilled all expectations and more all in a great location.' 'All topics covered, nothing left out or rushed. Plenty of opportunity to ask questions. Built on the entry level course to a great degree' 'Very useful and enjoyable course. The pace, examples and hands on content just about perfect. Picked up a lot of useful tricks & shortcuts which I will be able to apply back at work.' 'A very useful course that brings in several complex themes without being too scary! .I am very grateful!' 'Excellent presentation of subject and willingness to answer all questions quickly' Participation in this Training Course carries 7 points towards AGI Continuing Professional Development (CPD). This course may count as CPD time for members of other professional bodies including the following: ICE, RICS, LI, ICES For further information contact the sales team on 01433 621282 or visit our wesite.

AGI Northern Group Meeting - 25 November 2009: DATE CHANGE

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000

Please note the date change for this event.

Recent developments in Supercomputing:
Render Farms / Cloud computing / Virtual Super-Computers - do you know what they are? Here's a man who does.[snip]

Speaker
Jim Mooney, Render Nation

Time
1630-1830

Venue
The meeting will be held at University of Manchester, University Place, Room 3.209 (maps here: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/visitors/travel/maps/ )

CPD
Please note that as a delegate at this event you can allocate 1.5 points towards the AGI continuing professional development scheme. More information on the scheme can be found [pands;195054;here]. Attendance certificates can be requested.

Registration
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AGI Annual Awards Dinner - 26th November 2009

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000

The Annual Awards Dinner will be held on the 26th November 2009.[snip]

2009 signifies the 20th Anniversary of the establishment of the AGI. There will be an afternoon anniversary event including content with both a historical and forward-looking flavour before the Dinner!

For more information about the awards, please visit the Awards Section on the AGI website.

Address
The Royal College of Physicians
11 St Andrews Place
Regent's Park
London
NW1 4LE

Order of events
1845 Welcome drink and reception
1930 Best Paper at AGI GeoCommunity '09
2000 Dinner
2200 Awards
2300 Cash bar
AGI reserve the right to change the programme if necessary.

Dress Code
Lounge Suit

Registration
Tables are available for the whole of the evening's proceedings. Please book early to avoid disappointment. Places will be allocated strictly on date of receipt of the application.

When booking please provide the title and full name of each person attending. If you are making multiple bookings, each table seats 10, please detail the names in an email to Claire Huppertz. The name of the attendee may be changed up until Friday 20th November 2009. Please also include any details of dietry requirements.

Non members of the AGI can only be invoiced if they supply a purchase order number

AGI would like to thank the following award sponsors:
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Anniversary Afternoon: Thursday 26th November

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000

2009 signifies the 20th Anniversary of the establishment of the AGI, additional content with both historical and forward-looking perspectives is planned for the afternoon before the Dinner at a nearby venue![snip]

The event will be followed by the Annual Awards Dinner. Discounts are available for attending both events.

For more information about the awards, please visit the Awards Section on the AGI website.

Address

Radisson Edwardian Grafton Hotel

130 Tottenham Court Road
London
W1T 5AY

Programme

1430 Registration and Coffee
1500 AGI the last 20 years

The Birth of the AGI.
Early years and salient issues: the resolved; the unresolved; the unforseen
Anecdotes from along the way

1630   Coffee
1645   GI 2015: the AGI Foresight Study
1815   End

AGI reserve the right to change the programme if necessary.

Registration

Non members of the AGI can only be invoiced if they supply a purchase order number

PGA Boundary Workshop hosted by Dotted Eyes

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000

PGA members are invited to attend a free workshop run by Dotted Eyes with Landmark Information Group. The session will focus on the use of geographic boundaries for spatial analysis, including MarkerMap REGIONS as supplied to PGA members. The workshop will run from 10:30 to 14:00 on Thursday 26th November at Dotted Eyes' offices in[MEMBERS_IMAGE_RIGHT;a315860.jpg;PGA Boundary Workshop hosted by Dotted Eyes] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Refreshments and lunch are provided. To sign-up click the URL or email duncan.hill@dottedeyes.com for more information.

Underpinning Transformational Government

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000

This conference and exhibition will explore the key issues associated with the use of location based information in the public sector. It will also explore how Government can engage more effectively with citizens to increase social inclusion and efficiency whilst delivering better public services. Themes within the conference include: the importance of location to service delivery approaches to and the importance of sharing data across different agencies and partnership working representation of local government interest through projects such as the Government Connect programme and the formation of the Local Government CIO Council using location information to generate business savings the effect of becoming a unitary authority on local government datasets use of the NLPG in national projects such as ePIMS(OGC's Electronic Property Information Mapping Service), the 2011census and FiReControl project benefits of a widely used web based system based around common data using the NLPG to save lives an insight into new technology and services that will enhance interaction between the public sector and its customers case studies from Exemplar authorities and fire services Taking place in London, the conference and exhibition will also offer extensive networking opportunities within a flexible environment alongside key decision-makers and practitioners from local authorities, fire, police and national parks authorities.

AGI (Scotland) - Edinburgh Earth Observatory (EEO) Seminar Series - Friday 27th

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce the following event of the Edinburgh Earth Observatory (EEO)/AGI-Scotland Seminar Series in GIS, Remote Sensing and GeoInformatics. [snip]

Friday 27th November 2009 at 4pm in the Old Library, Institute of Geography, Drummond Street, EH8 9XP.

Robin McLaren, Know Edge Ltd, will be coming along to give a talk entitled: 'The Role of Urban Sensing in Managing Megacities'.

Many megacities are growing at an annual rate of over 6% and some will double their populations in the next decade. This incredibly rapid growth of megacities causes severe social, economical and ecological problems. New tools, techniques and policies are required to baseline and integrate the social, economic and environmental factors associated with megacities, to monitor growth and change across the megacity and to forecast areas of risk - all within shorter timeframes than previously accepted.

This presentation explores the role of 'urban sensing' that uses cellular phones, sensor technologies, GIS related technologies, Web 2.0 and crowdsourcing (mass collaboration using Web 2.0) to support the creation of a public infrastructure, a 'data commons,' that will allow the citizen to increasingly participate in politics, civics (including land administration and management), aesthetics and science. These emerging techniques have the potential to strengthen the Spatial Data Infrastructures and urban change information available to megacities.

As usual refreshments in the form of wine, beer and nibbles will be available.

Cost effective reuse of spatial infrastructure

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000

Many organisations have invested significantly in an information systems architecture to support business operations that are underpinned by spatial data - this is their spatial infrastructure. With large sums of money already spent on data, software, hardware and training, it is essential to reuse this infrastructure to maximise return on investment. 1Spatial is pleased to invite you to a free event dedicated to this topic on 27th November 2009 at Oracle Scotland offices in Edinburgh. This event is aimed at GIS managers, data custodians, IT managers and IT directors who want to learn more about methods and tools for achieving cost effective reuse of their spatial infrastructure. The day will take the form of presentations and a workshop, with emphasis on the following: * Spatial Data Management * Oracle Unlimited Access Licence (ULA) for Public Sector * Ordnance Survey Great Britain Business Strategy 1Spatial will present on methodologies and tools and will run an afternoon workshop on spatial data management, data integration and quality control. Event Itinerary 9.00 Coffee and Registration 9.30 Welcome and Introduction. Nic Snape, 1Spatial 9.45 Oracle ULA for Government. Alastair Fraser, Oracle 10.00 Business Strategy and OS MasterMap Updates. Dominic Cuthbert, Ordnance Survey 10.20Drivers for Infrastructure Reuse. Stewart McCall, South Ayrshire Council 11.00 Coffee Break 11.20 Cost-effective geospatial tools for Government. Crispin Hoult and Alan Howie, 1Spatial 11.40 Taking advantage of Open Source. Crispin Hoult, 1Spatial 12.20 Summary and Close. Nic Snape, 1Spatial 13.30 Spatial Data Management and Quality Workshop. Tim Downs, 1Spatial 15.30 Day Ends The afternoon session provides an opportunity for data custodians to explore issues with their peers, on the path to publishing and sharing online spatial information. Topics to be covered include: * Archiving and versioning OS MasterMap and planning data * Data precision, scale and representation * Spatial data quality * Open standards for sharing spatial data * Sharing spatial server infrastructures A panel of 1Spatial senior consultants will be on hand to field questions and initiate debate from the mornings presentations.

AGI Crime & Disorder Event - 1st December 2009

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00 +0000

Understanding and tackling alcohol-related crime and disorder

This seminar will explore analysis, problem-solving and responses to tackling alcohol-related crime and disorder. It will explore the use of data collected by agencies other than the police (particularly data relating to alcohol-related violence), the challenges and lessons learnt from improving the collection and recording of data by Accident and Emergency Departments, and how police forces, Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs), and Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) have gone about analysing and trying to tackle crime and disorder issues associated with the night-time economy.[snip]

The seminar includes speakers who have an intimate understanding of data recording challenges, information sharing, analysis, licensing and the practicalities of implementing effective responses.

The seminar should appeal to those working in CDRPs and CSPs, police forces, and the health sector that have an interest in understanding and tackling alcohol-related crime and disorder.

CPD
Please note that as a delegate at this event you can allocate 4 points towards the AGI continuing professional development scheme. More information on the scheme can be found [pands;195054;here]. Attendance certificates can be requested.

Programme
0915    Registration and refreshments
1000    Welcome
1010    Alcohol-related crime and disorder: definitions, data, and geography - Spencer Chainey, UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science and Chair of the AGI Crime and Disorder SIG
1045    Speaker TBC
1115    Refreshment break
1135    The impact of licensing changes on crime and disorder - Andrew Newton, Centre for Applied Criminology, University of Huddersfield
1205    Problem solving alcohol-related crime and disorder - Professor Nick Tilley, UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science
1235    Lunch
1320     Recording and using data on alcohol-related crime in the NE of England: experiences from Stockton - Anna Clark, Stockton CDRP
1400     Alcohol-related crime in Oldham's Night-Time Economy: the problems for analysts - Chris Sykes and Julie Luckman, Oldham Community Safety Services
1440     Measuring the impact of alcohol misuse in Birmingham - Helen Hodges, Safer Birmingham Partnership
1520     Closing comments
1530     Close
AGI reserves the right to amend the program without prior notice.

Address
The Priory Rooms
Quaker Meeting House
40 Bull Street
Birmingham
B4 6AF

Registration
Non members of the AGI can only be invoiced if they supply a purchase order number

Exhibition & Sponsorship
If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at this event please contact Claire Huppertz.

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CANCELLED: AGI Pub Quiz - 2nd December 2009

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:00 +0000

The evening will begin at 1700 with the quiz starting at 1800.

Address
The Slug and Lettuce
1 America Square
City of London
EC3N 2LS

Teams will be made up of no more than FOUR players. You can book as a team or individually and you will be placed in a team on the night. The cost of the evening will be £6+VAT per person (£24+VAT per team) and will include nibbles, 1st place, second place and mid round prizes.

Registration

Introduction to FME from Safe Software (Dotted Eyes)

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:00 +0000

Duration: 2 days FME is a versatile tool that provides spatial ETL (Extract, Transform & Load) capability for both vector and raster data. With FME, geospatial professionals can manage and integrate vector and raster data with one single solution - and even within the same data transformation session. This training course is intended for[MEMBERS_IMAGE_RIGHT;a306762.gif;Introduction to FME from Safe Software (Dotted Eyes)] new users of FME or users who wish to refresh their skills. Our trainer will guide you through the functionality of FME, offering you help, advice and tips to improve your data translations and transformations along the way. Course description The full course description is available to download from www.dottedeyes.com/fmeintro It includes the following sessions: - Getting started with FME; - Data Translation Basics - Format to format translations and the Universal Translator; - Data Inspection - Effective use of the Universal Viewer; - Data Transformation; - Format Translations; - Working with Datasets and Feature Types; - Practical Transformer Use; - Efficient Workbench Usage; - Practical FME Use. Course prerequisites There are no FME prerequisite skills required to attend this course. An understanding of basic GIS principles as well as a fundamental understanding of one or more GIS or CAD software packages would be an advantage. Accreditation This course is accredited by the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) and contributes towards achieving Chartered Geographer status. Delegates who attend are eligible to receive 6 CPD points towards their Continual Professional Development. Visit the AGI website or the Royal Geographical Society website for more information about the Chartered Geographer scheme. Training Facilities Our custom built training suite at Hanbury Court in North Worcestershire provides purpose built facilities for up to 12 delegates. Each delegate has the use of an up to date individual computer with TFT screen and the latest edition of the relevant software. Disabled access - There is full disabled access to the building with dropped kerbs offering easy access. All training is conducted on the ground floor where a dedicated disabled washroom is also situated for your convenience. We are especially keen to welcome disabled guests and make their visit as comfortable as possible. Car parking - There is ample free car parking on site. Dietary requirements - All courses include lunch as well as mid morning and afternoon refreshments. We are happy to cater for vegetarians and those with other dietary requirements, providing we have advance notification. For more information: Call: +44 (0)1527 556920 Email: training@dottedeyes.com Web: www.dottedeyes.com/fmeintro