Note: Some firms issue a press release when virtually anything that could be construed as news happens (it's a marketing thing, we suppose). While we’re regularly winning and delivering successful projects, forging new business partnerships, hiring exceptional people, expanding into new markets, exhibiting and presenting at conferences all over North America, releasing product updates, and developing new offerings—we’re just not really a press release sort of company.
If you notice a gap in news releases, don’t worry… it means our noses are to the grindstone!
That said, keeping clients up-to-date is important to us. We mostly do this through our blog and our newsletter (which is mailed quarterly; you are welcome to subscribe).
2008
09/22 Latitude Geographics and ESIMEX announce partnership for Latin American market07/31 Latitude Geographics delivers full support for ArcGIS Server 9.306/16 Latitude Geographics Releases Geocortex Essentials 1.3 for ArcGIS Server04/02 ESRI Korea Becomes Authorized Reseller of Latitude Geographics’ Geocortex Solutions in South Korea02/01 Registration Underway for IMF/Geocortex User Conference in Victoria, BC01/15 Geocortex Essentials 1.2 for ArcGIS Server Released2007
12/10 GISTEC becomes authorized Geocortex reseller in Middle East11/26 York Region selects Geocortex Essentials for its Atlas Plus project11/08 Latitude Geographics releases Geocortex IMF 5.2 for ArcIMS07/17 Latitude Geographics Releases SP1 for Geocortex Essentials 1.105/08 Geocortex Essentials 1.1 Released05/04 IMF/Geocortex User Conference Concludes01/25 Geocortex Essentials 1.0 for ESRI’s ArcGIS Server 9.2 Released2006
12/05 ArcGIS Server Connector for IMF Released12/01 IMF/Geocortex User Conference Registration Opens07/05 Latitude to Attend ESRI International User Conference05/09 User Conference a Success03/23 2006 ESRI Foundation Partner of the Year01/25 IMF/Geocortex User Conference01/01 Latitude Geographics Office Expansion2005
08/20 ESRI UC Conference Winner07/14 Seattle Area Office Opens07/05 ESRI User Conference04/14 ArcIMS Editing Demo Launched03/18 Dokdo Controversy02/21 Latitude Geographics named ESRI Canada's 2005 Partner of the Year02/12 Latitude is moving to new offices01/14 Latitude Geographics launches quarterly Geocortex Newsletter01/04 Steven Myhill-Jones to speak at CA/HI/NV Regional UG Conference2004
08/20 ESRI UC - Geocortex Uptime Winner07/21 ESRI International User Conference07/05 Latitude Geographics Celebrates 5th Anniversary06/15 Geocortex Uptime Beta04/12 ESRI Business Partner Conference04/05 Bruce MacKenzie joins Latitude Geographics03/28 URISA Integrating GIS and CAMA Conference2003
12/28 Hosting Facilities Upgrade12/15 Steven Myhill-Jones to speak at South Carolina GIS Conference
09/22/2008
Latitude Geographics and ESIMEX announce partnership for Latin American market
Victoria, British Columbia-Latitude Geographics is pleased to announce it is collaborating with ESIMEX, a web-GIS consulting firm based in Mexico, to help introduce Geocortex solutions for ESRI’s ArcGIS Server technology to the Latin American market.
"Our collaboration with ESIMEX goes back a number of years now, and we’ve found them to be an excellent partner," notes Steven Myhill-Jones, President & CEO of Latitude Geographics, "They’ve played a critical role in adapting our software and marketing materials for the Latin American market."
In addition to representing Geocortex technology in Mexico, ESIMEX is also helping Latitude Geographics build relationships with end-users, resellers and implementers throughout Latin America.
"We believe that Geocortex technology offers compelling benefits to organizations deploying ArcGIS Server in Latin America", explains Fernando Basurto, Chief Operating Officer of ESIMEX, "and we’re committed to working with Latitude to develop a strong customer base and reseller network in the region."
Latitude Geographics and ESIMEX will showcase Geocortex solutions and deliver a presentation together at the ESRI Latin American User Conference in Santiago, Chile (October 1-3, 2008).
About Latitude Geographics
Latitude Geographics Group Ltd., through its Geocortex Internet Mapping division, helps people succeed with web-based geography - to enable better decisions about the world around us. Specialists in market-leading ESRI web-GIS technology since 1999, Latitude Geographics creates software that streamlines and accelerates the process of building and maintaining world-class ArcGIS Server and ArcIMS applications. For more information about Latitude Geographics please visit www.latitudegeo.com
About ESIMEX
Established in 1976, Equipos y Sistemas de Mexico (ESIMEX) has strived to bring new technologies to the Mexican market in both the public and private markets, by way of partnering with selected technology companies, integrating several hardware, software and consulting services during more than 30 years of operations.
More recently, ESIMEX has provided high performance real time monitoring systems to the energy utilities market, Business Process Management systems, as well as GIS solutions that integrate complex back-office corporate applications that help clients visualize data with a better understanding of their geographical information, helping their decision making processes. For more information about ESIMEX please visit www.esimex.com.mx
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07/31/2008
Latitude Geographics delivers full support for ArcGIS Server 9.3
Victoria, British Columbia-Latitude Geographics has released a new version of its popular Geocortex Essentials software that delivers full support for ESRI’s ArcGIS Server 9.3.
Geocortex Essentials 1.4 offers more than just basic ArcGIS Server 9.3 compatibility. In addition to ASP.NET script callbacks, Geocortex Essentials 1.4 introduces full support for MS AJAX partial postbacks incorporated as part of ArcGIS Server 9.3.
For 1.4, the Latitude Geographics development team also conducted a detailed Geocortex Essentials performance review. To coincide with performance improvements in 9.3, these enhancements have boosted general performance and concurrent user capacity.
The general release of Geocortex Essentials 1.4 comes after weeks of user beta testing. "We often get asked about our responsiveness around ESRI’s major releases," observes David Stevenson, CTO of Latitude Geographics, "and I think shipping a release-candidate beta offering full support less than two weeks after the 9.3 release speaks for itself."
Core development on a major upcoming Geocortex Essentials release continues, which will integrate important emerging ArcGIS Server developer technologies as well as introduce several new tools.
For more information about Geocortex Essentials, please visit: www.geocortex.com/essentials
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06/16/2008
Latitude Geographics Releases Geocortex Essentials 1.3 for ArcGIS Server
Geocortex Essentials 1.3 contains major new features for data linking, printing, reporting, workflow modeling and security management.
Victoria, British Columbia - Latitude Geographics has released Geocortex Essentials 1.3, its market leading software for extending ESRI’s ArcGIS Server platform. Version 1.3 includes important new tools to allow GIS professionals to quickly build and deploy focused, feature-rich ArcGIS Server applications that integrate with other information technology systems.
Major new features at 1.3 include: comprehensive data linking (with any ADO.NET data source), flexible reporting and print templates with GIU-driven design options, business workflow integration (driven by Windows Workflow Foundation) and fine-grained authorization/security.
"Along with the major new features, this release of Geocortex Essentials represents a turning point because we've gone beyond replicating capabilities towards feature parity with ArcIMS-generation deployments" says Steven Myhill-Jones, President of Latitude Geographics, "we’ve included capabilities that simply weren't available with the previous generation technology".
Looking ahead, users can expect a release of Geocortex Essentials compatible with ESRI’s ArcGIS Server 9.3 shortly after the release of 9.3 by ESRI. Thereafter, Latitude will start leveraging 9.3’s additions (e.g. the JavaScript/REST APIs) and other options for overall technology stack performance enhancements.
For more information about Geocortex Essentials, please visit:
http://www.geocortex.com/essentials/index.html
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04/02/2008
ESRI Korea Becomes Authorized Reseller of Latitude Geographics’ Geocortex Solutions in South Korea
Latitude Geographics announced today that ESRI Korea will resell the firm’s Geocortex software products throughout South Korea. These off-the-shelf products enrich ESRI’s core web-GIS solutions by adding capabilities, simplifying customization, and streamlining ongoing enterprise deployment.
ESRI Korea is representing both Latitude Geographics’ popular ArcIMS-based solutions as well as Latitude’s next-generation ArcGIS Server-based technology, including their flagship Geocortex Essentials product for ESRI’s .NET Web ADF.
As Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.’s Authorized Distributor for South Korea, ESRI Korea has promoted ESRI GIS technology throughout the country since 1988. Jay Yoon, CEO of ESRI Korea explains that "Geocortex technology provides our customers and services team a rich foundation on which outstanding web-GIS applications can be built quickly and easily-particularly leveraging ESRI’s next-generation ArcGIS Server technology."
ESRI Korea is Latitude Geographics’ first reseller in the Asia-Pacific region. "ESRI Korea has an excellent reputation and it’s clear they possess the expertise and experience to help their customers make the most of ESRI’s web-GIS technology", observes Steven Myhill-Jones, President & CEO of Latitude Geographics.
For more information about ESRI Korea, please visit us at www.esrikr.co.kr and/or contact Mr. Jung-ho Jang at info@esrikr.co.kr or +82-2-2025-6700. For more information about Geocortex solutions, visit www.geocortex.com.
About Latitude Geographics
Latitude Geographics Group Ltd., through its Geocortex Internet Mapping division, is in the business of helping people succeed with web-based geography - to enable better decisions about the world around us. Specialists in market-leading ESRI web-GIS technology since 1999, Latitude Geographics simplifies ArcIMS and ArcGIS Server deployment by providing software and services that eliminate inefficiencies in the process of building and maintaining web-based GIS applications. For more information about Latitude Geographics please visit www.latitudegeo.com
About ESRI Korea
As the official distributor of ESRI in Korea, ESRI Korea has greatly contributed to the advancement of the Korean GIS industry since 1988. 300 staff including GIS & IT professionals help customers to think and plan geographically. ESRI software and the solutions based on its technology are the top of market share in the Korean GIS industry. They are used in central governments and their subsidiaries, government-invested corporations, local governments, private companies and educational institutions. Also, ESRI Korea is working tightly together with an affiliated company, Sundosoft, which has business functions in professional services and R&D. For more information about ESRI Korea & Sundosoft, please visit at www.esrikr.co.kr
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02/01/2008
Registration Underway for IMF/Geocortex User Conference in Victoria, BC
Registration is underway for the third annual IMF/Geocortex User Conference , which will take place April 20 to April 22nd, 2008 in Victoria, BC. The event is hosted by Latitude Geographics Group Ltd. to provide an intimate opportunity for the IMF/Geocortex user community to learn, share knowledge, and acquire the information required to make informed decisions about the future.
“We’ve always received great feedback about this event and our pre/post conference workshops,” observes Steven Myhill-Jones, President & CEO of Latitude Geographics, “and I think this year will be even better because a major focus will be on smart, correctly-timed transitions to ESRI’s next-generation technology—which is a hot topic.”
Latitude Geographics is offering three tracks; a session track for developers relatively new to the technology, an advanced developer track, and a coordinator-centric track for less-technical attendees. Emphasis will be on topics related to Internet Mapping Framework for ArcIMS and Geocortex Essentials for ArcGIS Server, but there will be a number of sessions that relate to other topics. In addition to a wide variety of user presentations, the conference includes sessions about maximizing the possibilities of ArcIMS and ArcGIS Server, effective application design, system planning, and hardware/software implementation. More optional pre/post conference workshops have been added to accommodate demand, and parallel content will be offered for Latitude’s growing network of third-party resellers and implementers.
On the weekend prior to the two-day conference, Latitude Geographics will provide opportunities for attendees to get acquainted with Victoria and discover the reasons why the city is so popular with international visitors.
To register or find out more about the IMF/Geocortex User Conference, visit: www.geocortex.com/uc
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01/15/2008
Geocortex Essentials 1.2 for ArcGIS Server Released
Latitude Geographics announces the availability of Geocortex Essentials 1.2, software that simplifies the process of building enterprise-level applications built on ESRI's ArcGIS Server and Web ADF technologies. Geocortex Essentials includes a powerful development foundation and ready-to-use tools that simplify the process of creating and managing ArcGIS Server applications.
While most other vendors are taking steps to adapt their ArcIMS-generation products to work with ArcGIS Server, Geocortex Essentials has been engineered from the ground-up using ESRI's next-generation ADF technology—which Latitude Geographics considers critical for ensuring customers are on-track for the future.
Geocortex Essentials provides capabilities that dramatically reduce the time and effort it takes to create quality ArcGIS Server applications. Geocortex Essentials 1.2 provides everything you need to jumpstart success with ArcGIS Server 9.2.
In addition to a variety of key tools and features, Geocortex Essentials 1.2 introduces a web and GUI-based Geocortex Essentials Manager for creating and managing ArcGIS Server applications. Geocortex Essentials Manager means you don't have to be a Visual Studio developer to build complete, feature-rich ArcGIS Server applications. Geocortex Essentials Manager provides total control over development and maintenance of real-world .NET ADF applications by leveraging an innovative configuration architecture, which includes the ability to manage template components across departments within an organization.
According to Steven Myhill-Jones, CEO of Latitude Geographics, Geocortex Essentials is much more than just useful tools and features for ArcGIS Server developers. "Our work over the last eighteen months represents the foundation of our vision for a cohesive, complete product that will continually evolve over time to complement ESRI's ongoing technology direction," explains Myhill-Jones, "and I think this product will especially appeal to people that are mindful of their long-term requirements alongside their short-term needs."
For more information about Geocortex Essentials 1.2, register for an upcoming web seminar, or to arrange a free 60-day evaluation, please visit www.geocortex.com.
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12/10/2007
GISTEC Becomes Authorized Reseller of Latitude Geographics’ Geocortex Solutions in the Middle East
Reseller agreement paves the way for Geocortex Internet mapping solutions to be deployed throughout the Middle East.
Victoria, British Columbia—Latitude Geographics announced today that GISTEC, ESRI’s Distributor in the United Arab Emirates and a highly successful systems integrator, will resell the firm’s popular Geocortex Internet mapping solutions in the Middle East.
GISTEC is representing Latitude Geographics’ proven ArcIMS-based solutions as well as the firm’s next-generation ArcGIS Server-based technology. Geocortex IMF for ArcIMS is the world’s leading solution for ArcIMS-based deployments, and Geocortex Essentials is powerful new software that helps organizations successfully leverage ESRI’s ArcGIS Server using ESRI’s .NET Web ADF.
As ESRI’s Distributor in the United Arab Emirates since 1991, GISTEC has a remarkable track record for advancing the use of GIS across the UAE and elsewhere in the Middle East. “Geocortex technology gives our customers a valuable foundation on which significant ESRI-based web-GIS applications can not only be built quickly and easily but also be maintained and kept up to date by the customers without any programming effort,” explains Mohamed Abuziad, Managing Director & CEO of GISTEC.
“We’re impressed with GISTEC, and it’s clear they possess the expertise and experience to help their customers make the most of ESRI’s web-GIS technology”, explains Steven Myhill-Jones, President & CEO of Latitude Geographics, “and this partnership represents the first of what we expect to be many international distributors of our Geocortex solutions, given that a core focus of our next-generation software development is on internationalization/localization of our product line for distribution and implementation by channel partners.”
Initial implementations of Geocortex solutions by GISTEC are currently underway.
For more information about GISTEC, please contact Mohamed Abuziad, +971-6-575 0055 or visit www.gistec.com. For more information about Geocortex solutions, visit www.geocortex.com.
About GISTEC
GISTEC is a professional GIS services company specializing in the development of intelligent, enterprise wide geospatial solutions for clients in a variety of disciplines and industries. Its services include GIS Consulting, Database Services, Geographic Imaging, Applications Development, Server and Web GIS. GISTEC offers its customers the most modern and comprehensive selection of geospatial solutions worldwide. It integrates GIS with traditional IT applications, corporate databases, existing work-flows, and back-end systems in an organization. For more information about GISTEC please visit www.gistec.com
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11/26/2007
York Region Selects Geocortex Essentials for its Atlas Plus Project
Geocortex Essentials is an out-of-the box application for ESRI’s ArcGIS Server that empowers any organization to quickly develop, deploy and manage web-based GIS applications while eliminating considerable ongoing intervention associated with typical starter templates.
Toronto, Ontario—Latitude Geographics announced today that York Region has selected Geocortex Essentials as the foundation technology for six web-based planning decision-support applications and views to be used as a regional atlas for planning and monitoring sustainable development of the region.
Atlas Plus is a GeoConnections-funded project awarded to the York Region, with participation of 9 additional YorkInfo partners comprising nine local municipalities and two conservation authorities.
“Atlas Plus will result in improved service delivery related to planning inquiries, fully leveraging ‘next-generation’ web-mapping technology founded on Latitude Geographics’ Geocortex Essentials 1.2 and ESRI’s ArcGIS Server 9.2 Enterprise Advanced Edition” says York Region’s Nancy Prout, Director of Geomatics.
York Region is expected to grow by 567,000 new residents over the next 25 years and development to accommodate this population increase will be constrained by Ontario Provincial Government legislation targeting growth management including Places to Grow, Oak Ridges Moraine, Greenbelt and the Generic Regulations from Conservation Authorities. “Atlas Plus will enhance our existing GIS infrastructure bringing together data through Web Map Services allowing planners and decision-makers to use and share information for sustainable development and integrated planning in the region” adds Nancy Prout.
Underlying Atlas Plus is Geocortex Essentials which will serve as the framework technology for visualization, geoprocessing, data management, reporting and output capabilities to planners and decision-support makers from across the region.
“We are thrilled to be working alongside York Region on this exciting project.” says Steven Myhill-Jones, President of Latitude Geographics. “Geocortex Essentials offers York Region everything they need to meet and exceed their web-GIS targets including unparalleled integration with ESRI’s ArcGIS Server and ADF, a functionally rich and easy-to-use interface that is both OGC and CGDI compliant and an administrative layer for multi-department management and enterprise control of the web-based views and applications.”
“Geocortex Essentials is more than just a template for viewing maps on the web” adds Rob Lenarcic, Latitude Geographics Business Development Manager. “Geocortex Essentials provides a hierarchical framework that will allow York Region administrators to create, manage, and extend multiple web mapping applications from a single deployed instance of Geocortex Essentials. This approach not only assures total flexibility in application design to accommodate future enhancements but will propagate any changes into other York Region applications – saving the region valuable development time and dollars.”
For more information on GeoConnections, please visit www.geoconnections.org. For more information about the York Region Atlas Plus project please contact Andrew Satterthwaite, www.geocortex.com/imf
 5.2. Geocortex IMF is the market leading software for extending the power of ESRI’s popular ArcIMS web mapping engine, and version 5.2 provides a variety of new features and tools for customers to continue maximizing the potential of ArcIMS.</p>
<p>“While our development focus is on next-generation products such as Geocortex Essentials for ArcGIS Server and the .NET ADF, Geocortex IMF is at the core of many ArcIMS successful implementations that will be transitioning over time,” explains David Stevenson, CTO of Latitude Geographics.</p>
<p>“Geocortex IMF 5.2 contains considerable input from our users” notes Drew Millen, Geocortex IMF Product Manager, “Their ideas and feedback were incorporated into our design, making IMF 5.2 a highly-anticipated release for our customers.” In addition to new features and functionality, Geocortex IMF 5.2 also includes a new, modernized user interface that is easy for customers to customize through cascading style sheets.</p>
<p>Geocortex IMF contains a set of powerful tools that make it easy to create superb ArcIMS applications, including built-in capabilities to integrate other information technology systems. Geocortex IMF uses an elegant site configuration approach that delivers unrivalled functionality though a consistent interface—even when deployed from a variety of departments within an organization. Using Geocortex IMF, fully customized ArcIMS applications can be set up quickly, often within a few hours.</p>
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07/17/2007
Service Pack 1 adds functionality and other improvements to help organizations faster develop ArcGIS Server applications using ESRI’s .NET Web ADF
Latitude Geographics announces the availability of Geocortex Essentials 1.1, Service Pack 1. Geocortex Essentials is extension software that jumpstarts the process of building applications built on ESRI’s ArcGIS Server 9.2 and ADF technologies. Geocortex Essentials includes a powerful development foundation and ready-to-use tools that simplify the process of creating and managing enterprise ArcGIS Server applications.
Along with revisions and fixes, Service Pack 1 introduces new features that increase the power and usability of Geocortex Essentials. Developers can now easily add custom controls to viewer pages, embed map viewers within external applications, and make available our viewer enhancements to their ArcGIS Server applications.
“When we decided to release a service pack ahead of the next major release, we saw it as a great opportunity to add new functionality that had been fully completed and tested ahead of schedule”, explains David Stevenson, CTO at Latitude Geographics, “and these enhancements give developers new tools and processes to accelerate development of true next-generation ArcGIS Server applications.”
For more information about Geocortex Essentials or to arrange a free 60-day evaluation, please visit www.geocortex.com/essentials. For more information about ArcGIS Server, visit www.esri.com/arcgisserver
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05/08/2007
Geocortex Essentials 1.1 for ESRI’s ArcGIS Server 9.2 Released
VICTORIA, BC - Engineered from the ground-up as extension software for ESRI’s next-generation ArcGIS Server 9.2 and .NET ADF technologies, Latitude Geographics unveiled Geocortex Essentials 1.1 during the plenary session of the 2nd Annual IMF/Geocortex User Conference on April 30, 2007.
”It is clear that organizations are recognizing the value of ESRI’s Application Developers Framework, which is ESRI’s development foundation for the future,” notes David Stevenson, CTO of Latitude Geographics, “so we’ve invested more than five thousand hours of development to create core tools and streamline the process of building real-world ArcGIS Server applications using the .NET version of Web ADF.”
Latitude Geographics is the first web-GIS firm to release a software product to enhance the powerful ADF foundation provided by ESRI. “We expect Geocortex Essentials will appeal primarily to organizations that wish to remain closely aligned with ESRI’s ongoing technology direction,” continues Stevenson, “As ADF evolves, Geocortex Essentials will grow and expand with it—without having to reinvent the wheel or play catch-up.”
Geocortex Essentials provides tools, features, and other enhancements to ESRI’s default Web ADF viewer, but also provides powerful site management tools to simplify the process of creating and managing multiple applications.
”Our goal is to make ArcGIS Server as ‘out-of-the-box’ as possible for developers and implementers,” explains Steven Myhill-Jones, President & CEO of Latitude Geographics, “A Geocortex Essentials license provides an immediate and compelling return on investment, and that value will continually increase as Geocortex Essentials, Web ADF and ArcGIS Server evolve.”
For more information about Geocortex Essentials, visit: www.geocortex.com/essentials
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05/04/2007
2nd Annual IMF/Geocortex User Conference Concludes
The second annual IMF/Geocortex User Conference took place April 30 to May 3, 2007 at the Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort & Spa in Victoria, BC. Once again, the event was a success, with excellent feedback from attendees.
With guests from the Netherlands to Wisconsin, the sixty-five attendees took in two days of presentations that covered both technical and business related topics. Many attendees also participated in one or more optional pre/post-conference workshops.
Users shared best practices, developers took in in-depth technical sessions, and Latitude Geographics and Moxi Media shared their vision for next-generation web-GIS technology and developing a strategy around ESRI’s important 9.2 release.
From a brewpub dinner to whale watching, Latitude Geographics also organized a range of social events that provided an opportunity for attendees to meet, share ideas, and enjoy the charms of Victoria, British Columbia.
Latitude Geographics plans to announce a date/location for the 3rd Annual IMF/Geocortex User Conference in the near future.
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01/25/2007
Geocortex Essentials 1.0 for ESRI’s ArcGIS Server 9.2 Released
VICTORIA, BC - Engineered from the ground-up as an extension to ESRI’s ArcGIS Server 9.2 and .NET ADF, Latitude Geographics is proud to announce Geocortex Essentials 1.0. Available now, this next-generation product provides tools and features enabling users to more quickly create web-based applications.
“We originally planned to release Geocortex Essentials 1.0 at the end of March 2007, but clients told us they wanted a first release sooner so they could start building applications with some key functionality not provided as part of ESRI’s 9.2 product,” explains Drew Millen, Product Manager at Latitude Geographics, “This initial release includes several already completed core tools that clients can leverage immediately”
While licensing Geocortex Essentials 1.0 eliminates the cost and redundancy of recreating several tools, it is the upcoming Geocortex Essentials 1.1 that comprises the complete next-generation release. Geocortex Essentials 1.1 will provide many new tools and features, including an architecture for building and managing .NET ADF applications for ArcGIS Server.
“We have focused our Research and Development on products providing functionality to assist clients with their transitions to ESRI’s 9.2 technology,” explains Steven Myhill-Jones, President & CEO of Latitude Geographics, “F rom our work integrating our popular Geocortex IMF with ESRI’s next-generation technology to Geocortex Essentials, our objective is to do for ArcGIS Server what we did for ArcIMS—simplify life for our clients.”
Prior to the official release of the comprehensive Geocortex Essentials 1.1 product, Latitude Geographics is licensing Geocortex Essentials 1.0 at a reduced cost and licensees will be upgraded to the new release.
For more information about Geocortex Essentials, visit: www.geocortex.com/essentials
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12/05/2006
ArcGIS Server Connector for IMF Released
Available now from Latitude Geographics, the ArcGIS Server Connector for Geocortex IMF allows Geocortex Internet Mapping Framework (IMF) licensees to immediately leverage ArcGIS Server 9.2. The release coincides with ESRI’s long anticipated ArcIMS/ArcGIS Server 9.2, which is now shipping.
Provided as part of ongoing product support, the ArcGIS Server Connector for Geocortex IMF translates AXL requests into ArcGIS Server/ArcObjects requests. Virtually all out-of-the-box tabs and tools Geocortex IMF provides for ArcIMS have been ported for use with ArcGIS Server. However, the connector can also be customized to invoke custom tools that harness the advanced capabilities of ArcGIS Server. The level of effort associated with creating custom tools depends on the nature of the desired functionality.
“This connector provides a simple way for our clients to start leveraging the power of ArcGIS Server 9.2 without making significant changes to their existing web-GIS architectures,” explains Steven Myhill-Jones, President & CEO of Latitude Geographics, “It represents a key first step in helping our clients transition to the future.”
In development since early 2005, the ArcGIS Server Connector for Geocortex IMF is representative of Latitude Geographics’ ongoing commitment to offer timely strategies for clients to implement ESRI’s next-generation server-GIS technology at a pace that makes sense for their organizations.
In early 2007, Geocortex Essentials for ESRI’s ADF, a new Latitude Geographics product that extends the functionality available to users of ESRI’s .NET ADF, will be released. Geocortex IMF 6.0 is also on an aggressive development schedule, and will allow direct ArcGIS Server support.
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12/01/2006
IMF/Geocortex User Conference Registration Opens
Latitude Geographics, in conjunction with our business partner Moxi Media, is busy organizing the second annual IMF/Geocortex User Conference, which will take place April 29 to May 1, 2007 in Victoria, BC. The conference is now open for registration.
On the weekend prior to the two-day conference, we’ll provide opportunities for attendees to get acquainted with Victoria and discover the reasons why the city is so popular with international visitors.
During the core sessions, there will be a session track for developers and a separate track for less-technical attendees. Emphasis will be on topics related to the Internet Mapping Framework, but there will be some sessions that are specific to other Geocortex products, including our new Geocortex Essentials for ESRI’s .NET Application Developer’s Framework. Tracks will also include sessions related to ArcIMS and ArcGIS Server, effective application design, system planning, and hardware/software implementation. The conference will include a number of user presentations, and attendees are encouraged to submit a presentation abstract now through the user conference website. We’re adding two new optional pre/post conference workshops (‘Developing in Java/.NET’ and ‘Getting Started with ArcGIS Server 9.2’).
Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn, share knowledge and continue building a strong IMF/Geocortex community. Registration is limited and will be provided on a first come, first served basis. This event is expected to sell out again this year—so register early to avoid disappointment!
To register or find out more about the conference, visit: www.geocortex.net/uc
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07/05/2006
ESRI International User Conference
ESRI’s twenty-sixth International User Conference will be held August 7-11, 2006, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. This conference is the largest gathering in the world of professionals who use or support GIS tools. Participants develop their GIS skills by attending technical workshops, user presentations, and software demonstrations. In fact, we’ve got two clients (1, 2) delivering user presentations.
As always, Latitude Geographics will have a presence in the exhibit hall (Booth 1415 this year—which is a 10’x20’ space). Make sure you stop by to say hello and see what we’ve been working on. Also, don’t miss the Geocortex Picnic Lunch at Embarcadero Marina Park South at 12-2 pm Wednesday, August 9th!
With clients and partners scattered all over North America, we look forward to meeting up with our colleagues to catch-up and share ideas.
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05/09/2006
IMF/Geocortex User Conference a Success
The first annual IMF/Geocortex User Conference took place April 30 to May 2, 2006 at the Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort & Spa in Victoria, BC.
Latitude Geographics organized the event in conjunction with our business partner, Moxi Media. Given that we’d never organized an event like this, we kept things small; this resulted in the event selling out earlier than we would have liked (fifty people for the main conference, and fifteen for the post-conference advanced developer workshop). Regardless, it was a great start and we were thrilled to discover a wonderful community of enthusiastic, visionary colleagues who joined us from all over—a diverse group from Texas to the Netherlands, and everywhere in between.
There was a small group of early arrivals that went kayaking in Victoria’s Inner Harbor on Saturday, and a dozen attendees went whale watching on the sunny Sunday afternoon (they observed a pod of resident Orcas off San Juan Island). On Sunday evening, everyone got acquainted with one another at the reception over drinks and appetizers.
The conference kicked-off Monday morning with a plenary session, which included a thoughtful and entertaining keynote speech by Dr. Peter Keller, who is Dean of the Faculty Social Sciences at the University of Victoria. After the plenary session, the group broke into a technical track for developers and a business track for less-technical attendees, and shared ideas over lunch and during breaks.
On Monday evening, about thirty folks met at a local brewpub for dinner, which provided another great opportunity to compare and contrast experiences implementing web-based GIS within respective organizations—and socialize.
Both days included some exceptional user presentations, and the technical and business tracks continued on Tuesday. That afternoon, the main conference concluded with a look at the road ahead for the industry at large, and how Latitude Geographics and Moxi Media plan to respond to and participate in the evolution of web-based GIS technology.
The following day, fifteen attendees participated in the Post-Conference Advanced Developer Workshop, which had been moved to a larger venue to accommodate demand. They worked through a series of hands-on exercises under the guidance of senior Latitude Geographics instructors.
We got some great constructive feedback from attendees on how we can make the conference even better next year. As it was our first event, there were bound to be minor areas for improvement, but we were thrilled by how smoothly everything went (even the weather cooperated)!
Because attendees overwhelmingly indicated it should be an annual event, we’ve just booked a larger venue for the 2nd Annual IMF/Geocortex User Conference, which will take place April 28-May 1, 2007. We’ll ensure we can accommodate more attendees, be centralized around adjacent meeting rooms, offer more user presentations, create pre-conference introductory workshops (e.g. Introduction to Java for the Spatial World), and provide more opportunities for networking and sharing ideas. Basically, we’ll endeavor to incorporate as many of the good suggestions offered by attendees as we can.
If you have any questions about the event next year or require any support information for budget requests/planning, don’t hesitate to get in touch!
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03/23/2006
Latitude Geographics named ESRI Canada’s 2006 Foundation Partner of the Year
Latitude Geographics was pleased to receive an award as ESRI Canada’s 2006 Foundation Partner of the Year on March 19, 2006 at the ESRI Business Partner Conference in Palm Springs, California.
"Latitude Geographics has continued to build a strong strategic relationship with ESRI Canada," said Myron Doherty, Pacific Region Manager, ESRI Canada. "They have been an integral part of many projects with ESRI Canada across the country and we look forward to continuing to work with them in the future."
The entire team at Latitude Geographics is grateful for this recognition from ESRI. In 2005, we were pleased to be acknowledged as ESRI Canada’s 2005 Partner of the Year.
As always, Latitude Geographics is dedicated to providing the best available Internet geography technology to our clients—regardless of any specific vendor relationship. However, we are strong advocates for ESRI technology because they offer the best solutions in the marketplace. We’ll continue to recommend ESRI’s foundation technology as long as they continue to offer the best software available to meet our clients’ needs.
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01/25/2006
IMF/Geocortex User Conference
Latitude Geographics, in conjunction with our business partner Moxi Media, is busy organizing the first annual IMF/Geocortex User Conference, which will take place April 30 to May 2, 2006 in Victoria, BC. The conference is now open for registration.
On the weekend prior to the two-day conference, we’ll provide opportunities for attendees to get acquainted with Victoria and discover the reasons why the city is so popular with international visitors.
During the core sessions, there will be session track for developers and a separate track for less-technical attendees. Emphasis will be on topics related to Internet Mapping Framework, but there will be some sessions that are specific to other Geocortex products. Tracks will aslo include sessions related to ArcIMS and ArcGIS Server, effective application design, system planning, and hardware/software implementation. The conference will include a number of user presentations, and attendees are encouraged to submit a presentation abstract now through the user conference website.
Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn, share knowledge and continue building a strong IMF/Geocortex community. Registration is limited and will be provided on a first come, first served basis. This event is expected to sell out quickly—so register early to avoid disappointment!
To register or find out more about the conference, visit: www.geocortex.net/uc
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01/01/2006
Latitude Geographics Office Expansion
With renovations complete, Latitude Geographics has begun operations out of its expanded premises in Market Square. Acquired to accommodate steady growth, the additional space provides new offices for the product team and technical support, as well as a fully-equipped training and presentation theatre.
“While we will continue to travel to provide client training on-site, we’ve built this training facility to accommodate growing demand for Victoria-based training,” explains Colin Doak of Latitude Geographics, “and if we didn’t get more office space, we’d have staff actually stacked on top of each other by the end of January”.
It has not gone unnoticed by staff that the new 8’x10’ video projection system will also greatly enhance Latitude’s much anticipated movie nights.
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08/20/2005
ESRI UC Conference Winner
With over 13,000 attendees, ESRI’s twenty-fifth 2005 International User Conference (July 25-29, 2005) in San Diego was a great opportunity for Latitude Geographics Group Ltd. to share ideas and introduce our technology to people who need it.
Congratulations to Michael Smith of City of Alexandria, Virginia, who won our draw for a free Geocortex Statistics license. Thanks to everyone who entered the draw!
This was a successful conference for Latitude Geographics—and our clients. In addition to our high-visibility advertisement on the back cover of the conference agenda (see below), we were thrilled that three clients (Oklahoma County Assessor, OK; GeoLib, FL; Hamilton County, TN) were selected by ESRI for Special Achievement in GIS awards.
The back cover of the ESRI user conference agenda
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07/14/2005
Latitude Geographics Launches Seattle, WA Office
While it has been in operation since mid-May, Latitude Geographics is pleased to officially announce the launch of our new Seattle Region Office.
Regardless of the nearly transparent trade relationship between Canada and the United States, we felt that it was appropriate for our corporate structure and workforce to reflect the number of clients we have in the United States. We imagine this decision will also be meaningful to our US clients and partners.
We’re going to start small in Seattle and grow organically. While we plan to grow the office substantially in the coming years our commitment is to grow well—not quickly. As always, the greatest challenge to growth is finding and hiring exceptional people.
Seattle was a good choice for our United States office for several reasons. We want to ensure all staff to be able to stay informed and regularly share knowledge and ideas in person. It is fast and inexpensive for staff to travel between the two offices. Downtown Seattle is about two hours by fast ferry from the Victoria office (and only about thirty minutes by floatplane). Seattle is a major airline hub, which will eventually streamline logistics for client visits and Washington State is a good place to do business. Also, given the endless torrents of rain, we should get lots of computer programming done.
Darin Loucks will be the primary business contact in Seattle in the coming months. Until joining our team, Darin was a Technical Account Manager with ESRI’s California Regional office. Darin brings tremendous knowledge of the ESRI product line and lots of great ideas for industry-specific vertical applications.
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07/05/2005
ESRI International User Conference
ESRI’s twenty-fifth International User Conference will be held July 25-29, 2005, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. This conference is the largest gathering in the world of professionals who use or support GIS tools. Participants develop their GIS skills by attending technical workshops, user presentations, and software demonstrations.
Latitude Geographics will have a booth in the exhibit hall again this year (Booth 1622), and five Latitude Geographics staff will be in attendance. Over 12,000 attendees will be carrying the conference agenda that includes a full page, color advertisement for Geocortex Internet Mapping on the back outside cover.
With clients and partners scattered all over North America, we look forward to meeting up with our colleagues to catch-up and share ideas. The ESRI International User Conference is also a great opportunity to learn and meet new people.
This year, in addition to new versions of Geocortex Statistics and Geocortex Uptime, we will also be officially launching our new Geocortex Secure Data Gateway (SDG) software. We’ll be giving away a copy of Geocortex Statistics.
If you are attending the conference this year, please be sure to stop by our booth and say hello!
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04/14/2005
Public Geocortex IMF Editing Demonstration Site for ArcIMS Launched
April 14 2005
Latitude Geographics Group Ltd. has launched a public website showcasing our innovative ArcIMS-based editing tools. The purpose of the public Geocortex IMF Editing Suite product demonstration site is to give GIS decision-makers a sense of the capabilities available though these remarkable, plug-in free ArcIMS-based editing tools.
Geocortex IMF Editing Suite is an extension product for the Geocortex Internet Mapping Framework (IMF), and leverages ArcIMS and ArcSDE to allow authenticated users to perform a variety of common layer editing functions using a number of easy-to-use, yet powerful, tools. The product allows organizations to collect spatial knowledge from non-specialist GIS users in a safe and efficient manner.
Geocortex IMF Editing Suite is a foundation for organizations with an established GIS or Internet mapping program that wish to provide map layer editing capabilities to selected users. First released and licensed as an off-the-shelf product in 2003, Latitude Geographics has previously provided authenticated access to Geocortex IMF Editing Suite demonstration sites to individuals who specifically request permission.
“Given more than thirty-five hundred hours of development, successful implementations, and a strategy for dovetailing the product with future technologies like ArcGIS Server, this is a product that has proven itself to be well-suited for enterprise implementation,” notes Steven Myhill-Jones, President & CEO of Latitude Geographics, “and we want the mainstream GIS community to be aware of what these tools can do.”
Link: www.geocortex.net/editing
Latitude Geographics Group Ltd. is a Victoria, British Columbia, Canada based Internet Geography firm whose core business focus is its Geocortex Internet Mapping division. Geocortex provides a suite of proven products, services and knowledge that organizations can use to deliver effective, successful Internet GIS using ESRI's ArcIMS and ArcGIS Server technology.
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03/18/2005
Dokdo Controversy
To the People of South Korea and Elsewhere,
We were recently alerted that there was controversial information appearing on one of the world maps we host on behalf of a client organization. The issue related to the labels appearing on two disputed islands between Korea and Japan.
Neither our client nor Latitude Geographics were aware that any contentious information appeared on this map of the world. Given that Latitude Geographics remains impartial regarding controversial geopolitical issues, we have responded by simply removing all labels/information associated with these islands from appearing on the map. These very small, uninhabited islands now appear as simple outlines.
From our perspective, this matter is now resolved. Until this dispute is resolved satisfactorily between the Republic of Korea and Japan, we are choosing to not label these islands at all. There is no need to send additional emails, and thank you to the people who have taken their time to express their concerns.
Yours truly,
Steven Myhill-Jones
President & CEO
Latitude Geographics Group Ltd.
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02/21/2005
Latitude Geographics named ESRI Canada's 2005 Partner of the Year
Latitude Geographics was pleased to receive an award as ESRI Canada’s 2005 Partner of the Year on February 12, 2005 at the ESRI Business Partner Conference in Palm Springs, California.
"This award honors and recognizes the strong and long standing relationship which exists between Latitude Geographics and ESRI Canada," said Myron Doherty, Pacific Region Manager, ESRI Canada. "Over the past five years, Latitude Geographics has been committed to the advancement of 'Internet Geography'. With a suite of value added products built around ESRI's ArcIMS technology, and an innovative hosting service, Latitude Geographics has helped clients throughout North America deploy successful internet mapping applications.”
The entire team at Latitude Geographics is grateful for this recognition from ESRI.
Latitude Geographics is dedicated to providing the best available Internet geography technology to our clients—regardless of any specific vendor relationship. However, we are strong advocates for ESRI technology because they offer the best solutions in the marketplace. We’ll continue to recommend ESRI’s foundation technology as long as they continue to offer the best software available to meet our clients’ needs.
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02/12/2005
Latitude Geographics is moving to new offices
Latitude Geographics is relocating to new offices on the weekend of February 18-20. Having expanded as much as possible in our existing area, a move is required to handle future growth. Given that a large construction project will be getting underway across the street from our current location within a few weeks of our move, the timing is ideal.
We are relocating to a larger space on the south-east corner (yes, our many tropical plants are excited) of the historic Market Square complex. Geographically speaking, we are moving approximately 200’ south of our current location.
We’ve done everything possible to minimize the impact of this move on our clients. Our ArcIMS hosting and co-location clients will be completely unaffected, as the Geocortex Data Centre is not moving. It is likely that our telephone system may be briefly unavailable on the afternoon of Friday, February 18. Please leave a message and we’ll call you back as soon as possible.
Please be aware that our mailing/physical address is changing from 257 Market Square to 204 Market Square (see below). We are now located at the top of the stairs at the main Johnson Street entrance. If you arrive on horseback, it is very convenient because the stairs are adjacent to the last remaining horse drinking fountain in the city. We’re not kidding.
So, our new address is:
Latitude Geographics Group Ltd.
204 Market Square
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada V8W 3C6
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02/12/2005
Latitude Geographics is moving to new offices
Latitude Geographics is relocating to new offices on the weekend of February 18-20. Having expanded as much as possible in our existing area, a move is required to handle future growth. Given that a large construction project will be getting underway across the street from our current location within a few weeks of our move, the timing is ideal.
We are relocating to a larger space on the south-east corner (yes, our many tropical plants are excited) of the historic Market Square complex. Geographically speaking, we are moving approximately 200’ south of our current location.
We’ve done everything possible to minimize the impact of this move on our clients. Our ArcIMS hosting and co-location clients will be completely unaffected, as the Geocortex Data Centre is not moving. It is likely that our telephone system may be briefly unavailable on the afternoon of Friday, February 18. Please leave a message and we’ll call you back as soon as possible.
Please be aware that our mailing/physical address is changing from 257 Market Square to 204 Market Square (see below). We are now located at the top of the stairs at the main Johnson Street entrance. If you arrive on horseback, it is very convenient because the stairs are adjacent to the last remaining horse drinking fountain in the city. We’re not kidding.
So, our new address is:
Latitude Geographics Group Ltd.
204 Market Square
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada V8W 3C6
Stay tuned for the launch party…
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01/14/2005
Latitude Geographics launches quarterly Geocortex Internet Mapping News
Latitude Geographics has begun mailing the inaugural edition of Geocortex Internet Mapping News. The purpose of this quarterly newsletter is to keep people abreast of the latest developments in the world of Geocortex Internet Mapping and associated technologies.
While the Geocortex newsletter does include updates and news related to Latitude Geographics, the core focus is on providing useful information—technical advice and reviews of new technologies (hardware and software), relevant profiles of client applications, and other pertinent features—whether or not someone is currently a Latitude Geographics client.
The first issue includes advice on purchasing suitable servers, profiles how Bay County, Florida used an Internet mapping site for emergency evacuations before Hurricane Ivan struck, provides specific design tips for better Internet mapping applications, reviews ArcGIS Server, and provides information on new features and capabilities of IMS technology.
Latitude Geographics is distributing the newsletter as a paper publication. To sign up for a free subscription, visit: www.geocortex.net/newsletter
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01/04/2005
Steven Myhill-Jones to speak at CA/HI/NV Regional User Group Conference January 26, 2005
The California/Hawaii/Nevada/Guam ESRI Regional Users' Group Conference will be held in Sacramento, California on January 25-27, 2005.
Steven Myhill-Jones, President & CEO of Latitude Geographics Group Ltd. will present a session entitled Developing a Successful Internet Mapping Initiative Using ArcIMS on January 26 at 11:30AM.
Myhill-Jones' session will combine practical big picture advice for developing web-mapping initiatives with specific examples that will help you ensure your organization's Internet mapping initiatives are successful. His presentation is designed to be accessible to non-technical individuals while remaining informative and insightful to more advanced developers.
Professional Career:
After graduating from the University of Victoria in 1999 with a strong vision for the emerging field of Internet-based mapping, Myhill-Jones founded Latitude Geographics Group Ltd. in Victoria, BC, Canada. In five years, Myhill-Jones has grown the company into a leader and innovator in the field of Internet geography.
Myhill-Jones spearheaded the development of Geocortex Internet Mapping, which is the firm’s strategy for helping organizations communicate geographic information over the Internet. With offices in the United States and Canada, Latitude Geographics provides Internet mapping technology to organizations across North America.
A passionate advocate of using Internet-based mapping to help people make better decisions, Myhill-Jones has delivered presentations on Internet GIS-related issues to a wide range of audiences across North America.
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08/20/2004
ESRI UC Conference/Geocortex Uptime Winner
06/16/08
Latitude Geographics Releases Geocortex Essentials 1.3 for ArcGIS Server
Geocortex Essentials 1.3 contains major new features for data linking, printing, reporting, workflow modeling and security management.
Victoria, British Columbia - Latitude Geographics has released Geocortex Essentials 1.3, its market leading software for extending ESRI’s ArcGIS Server platform. Version 1.3 includes important new tools to allow GIS professionals to quickly build and deploy focused, feature-rich ArcGIS Server applications that integrate with other information technology systems.
Major new features at 1.3 include: comprehensive data linking (with any ADO.NET data source), flexible reporting and print templates with GIU-driven design options, business workflow integration (driven by Windows Workflow Foundation) and fine-grained authorization/security.
"Along with the major new features, this release of Geocortex Essentials represents a turning point because we've gone beyond replicating capabilities towards feature parity with ArcIMS-generation deployments" says Steven Myhill-Jones, President of Latitude Geographics, "we’ve included capabilities that simply weren't available with the previous generation technology".
Looking ahead, users can expect a release of Geocortex Essentials compatible with ESRI’s ArcGIS Server 9.3 shortly after the release of 9.3 by ESRI. Thereafter, Latitude will start leveraging 9.3’s additions (e.g. the JavaScript/REST APIs) and other options for overall technology stack performance enhancements.
For more information about Geocortex Essentials, please visit:
http://www.geocortex.com/essentials/index.html
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07/21/2004
ESRI International User Conference
ESRI’s twenty-fourth 2004 International User Conference will be held August 9–13, 2004, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. This conference is the largest gathering in the world of professionals who use or support GIS tools. Participants develop their GIS skills by attending technical workshops, user presentations, and software demonstrations.
Latitude Geographics will have a booth in the exhibit hall again this year (Booth 1522 specifically), and five Latitude Geographics staff will be in attendance.
This conference is a great opportunity to meet new people and to visit in person with many of our existing clients. With clients scattered all over North America, it is especially exciting to meet new clients with whom we have not previously met in person.
This year, in addition to a number of enhancements to many of our existing products, we will also be officially launching our new Geocortex Uptime software for ArcIMS. We’ll be giving away a copy of Geocortex Uptime as part of a prize draw. Over 12,000 attendees will be carrying the conference Pocket Agenda that includes a full page, color advertisement for Geocortex Uptime on the back outside cover.
If you are attending the conference this year, please stop by our booth and say hello!
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07/05/2004
Latitude Geographics Celebrates 5th Anniversary
(A message from Steven Myhill-Jones, President & CEO)
July 5th, 2004 marks Latitude Geographics Group Ltd. fifth anniversary of incorporation.
Our company is truly fortunate to have such a remarkably talented staff and network of business partners. Our success to date is due in large part to the commitment of my colleagues whose dedication, talent and enthusiasm have consistently exceeded the expectations of our clients.
It is also an honor to work with our clients. Though spread across many places and industries, a common thread is their loyalty, vision, and spirit of collaboration. Many of the ideas and development directions that we pursue are based on feedback from our clients.
Since 1999, Latitude Geographics has experienced steady, sustainable growth and has emerged as one of North America’s leading Internet geography firms. Everything we do revolves around one goal; to help people use geographic information to make better decisions.
We have built our client base one by one, project by project. We have grown without the assistance of venture capitalists-our business model depends on quality results and satisfied clients.
We look forward to the next five years.
Steven Myhill-Jones
President & CEO
Latitude Geographics Group Ltd.
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06/15/2004
Geocortex Uptime Beta
Thank you to the organizations that have participated in our Beta program. Latitude Geographics is presently conducting final testing and preparation of our new off-the-shelf Geocortex Uptime for ArcIMS product.
Though it is a high-quality and well-designed product, ESRI’s ArcIMS is not immune to unplanned downtime because it still relies on the proper integration and performance of numerous third-party software and hardware components.
As a licensed Application Service Provider and manager of numerous co-located ArcIMS installations on behalf of clients, Latitude Geographics helps monitor and manage dozens of ArcIMS sites 24/7/365. In 2001, due to mounting administrative responsibilities associated with managing the growing Internet geography architecture for which we are responsible, Latitude Geographics developed a suite of software modules for ArcIMS architecture management.
Due to ongoing client interest, in 2004 Latitude Geographics has embarked on a project to productize these modules that have been developed, tested, and implemented over several years. After a comprehensive design review and the addition of numerous new features, Geocortex Uptime is nearing readiness for commercial licensing.
Designed to ensure maximum ArcIMS/ArcMap Server uptime and efficient architecture management, Geocortex Uptime is scheduled for final release as an affordable, off-the-shelf software product in late July 2004.
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04/12/2004
ESRI Business Partner Conference
Latitude Geographics recently attended the 2004 ESRI Worldwide Business Partner Conference in Palm Springs, California (March 6–9, 2004).
With our Geocortex Internet Mapping division, our objective is to provide our clients with the best and most advantageous Internet-based geography technology available.
In addition to meeting with our various business partners, this conference primarily gives us an opportunity to learn about ESRI’s latest product developments and future technology directions. This helps us properly align our offerings with the future of ESRI’s products and services. For example, this year we were able to determine a clear strategic pathway to ensure our Editing Suite for ArcIMS dovetails with ESRI’s emerging ArcGIS Server technology.
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04/05/2004
Bruce Mackenzie joins Latitude Geographics
Latitude Geographics Group Ltd. is very pleased to announce the addition of Bruce Mackenzie to the Latitude Geographics team as a Senior Internet Geographer.
From 1994-2004, Bruce Mackenzie developed a reputation as one of British Columbia's most respected "GIS gurus" at Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management (formerly Ministry of Environment). During his time with MSRM, Bruce oversaw the creation and expansion of their spatial data warehouse containing hundreds of layers of geographic data. He created the MSRM GIS website (http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/gis/) and helped design, develop and/or manage four generations of spatial data query applications, including the Internet Mapping Framework (IMF) layer for ArcIMS.
Bruce also facilitated a working group of GIS professionals across government who developed an enterprise distributed ArcInfo GIS network with hundreds of internal government users. In October 1999, on behalf of the entire Information Management Working Group, Bruce Mackenzie accepted an award from ESRI Canada for implementing GIS so successfully within the organization.
Prior to working in the provincial government, Bruce worked in the private sector helping to develop PAMAP GIS.
At Latitude Geographics, Bruce will be applying his experience as a spatial architect and his involvement in enterprise system design to ongoing client consulting, project management, and contributing to large system developments.
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03/28/2004
URISA Integrating GIS and CAMA Conference
Latitude Geographics will exhibit at the eighth annual Integrating GIS and CAMA Conference in Austin, Texas, March 28-31 2004. Latitude Geographics’ booth will showcase the Geocortex Internet Mapping products and services that the firm has applied to integrate Internet-based GIS (Geographic Information Systems) with CAMA (Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal) systems.
The conference brings together assessment, appraisal, and GIS professionals to discuss, demonstrate, and create the vision for how assessment jurisdictions, appraisers and others can work together more effectively and efficiently.
“One of the remarkable things about Geocortex is the diverse range of licensees across different industries,” observes Robert Lenarcic, Latitude’s Director of Marketing. “I’m excited about this conference because we’ll have a chance to share our work in the area of Internet GIS and CAMA integration—which has been a real focus for us in the last year and has shown some great results.”
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12/28/2003
Hosting Facilities Upgrade
To better serve our clients no matter what the world throws at our fair city, Latitude Geographics has migrated its data center from 257 Market Square to Group Telecom’s nearby $13 million facility.
The new Latitude Geographics Data Center is fully climate controlled, but is now located in a state-of-the-art earthquake-reinforced building that is protected from fire by an Inergen-based fire suppression system, and offers multi-day UPS protection. It is even more secure from unauthorized access, using verified Photo-ID passcard access with 24-hr video monitoring.
The Latitude Geographics Data Center offers high speed Internet connectivity (10MB/s, with up to 100MB/s burst speed available) through redundant fiber optic cable connections that offer fast, reliable service.
Latitude Geographics has served as a licensed Application Service Provider (ASP) for ESRI's ArcIMS since August 2000. This allows us to host Internet maps on our servers for clients, which saves them time and money—our service is low risk and commitment free. In this time, we have developed and hosted many ArcIMS applications, ranging in size from 50MB of data to 30GB. Some clients have hosted several months, others for more than two years.
In addition to our Geocortex server infrastructure, we also co-locate servers for numerous clients. Using a client’s hardware and software, we fully manage all aspects of their co-located Internet mapping server.
The entire architecture was migrated late at night over the holidays, in a three-stage process that ensured minimal service interruptions.
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12/15/2003
Steven Myhill-Jones to speak at South Carolina GIS Conference January 30th, 2004
The 16th South Carolina GIS Conference will be held in Columbia, South Carolina on January 28-30, 2004.
Steven Myhill-Jones, President & CEO of Latitude Geographics Group Ltd. will address attendees during the Friday luncheon with a speech entitled The Future of Internet-based GIS.
Myhill-Jones will discuss the future of Internet-GIS and the new technological directions that are about to profoundly transform the landscape of the GIS industry itself.
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