[Urbanstudy] Cartonama - a conference on geospatial data, maps and location based services

[Zainab Bawa]

Geographic data is an invaluable resource in today's times. We each refer
to this data - on our mobile phones, tablets and laptops - for finding the
nearest medical store, for making decisions about property purchases, and
for understanding orientation when driving to a new place. Geospatial data
is also important for governance and planning, responding to disasters and
economic activity such as retail trade.

HasGeek <http://hasgeek.com> presents Cartonama conference, where you will
learn about geospatial data, maps, and applications that are being
developed to provide location based services. The conference will feature
talks about challenges and best practices of working with location data,
building location based platforms from scratch, and GIS based frameworks
for real estate analytics. Speakers from Yahoo!, Dell and startups such as
Onze, Topomancy, Pipal Tech Ventures and CommonFloor will share their
experiences about building location based services and maps, thereby giving
you an overview of the technology stack available to work with geospatial
data.

The conference will conclude with a panel discussion about the present and
future of geospatial data, issues concerning standards and technology,
products in the market, and opportunities for innovation.

Hands-on workshops about geo-simulation, managing geodata on the web, use
of tools such as TileMill, and sourcing, processing and indexing location
data for search will be held from 23rd to 25th September. For more details
on workshops, visit http://cartonama.com/2012/workshops

*Date:* 22nd September, 2012

Conference website: http://cartonama.com/2012

To purchase tickets for the conference, visit http://cartonama.doattend.com

For more details, contact Ashwan Lewis on ashwan at hasgeek.com or Sajjad
Anwar on sajjad at hasgeek.com

-- 
Zainab Bawa
Ph.D. Student and Independent Researcher

http://writerruns.wordpress.com/
... ambling along roads and courses, not knowing whether I am running
towards a destination or whether the act of running is destination in itself
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