SDI Events Roundup — April 2017

April 18, 2017

Gordon Plunkett

Here’s a roundup of events happening in Canada and globally, related to spatial data infrastructure (SDI). You’ll also find insightful reports from recently held SDI events that you may find useful for your own projects.

Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI) Coastal/Marine Best Practice Webinar #2

Recently, the GSDI Coastal/Marine Best Practice Project conducted the second 90-minute webinar in its current series devoted to looking at challenges, issues and successes in developing and implementing coastal/marine spatial data infrastructure around the globe.

Innovative emerging businesses at 2017 Esri Partner Conference (EPC) Startup Zone

The annual 2017 Esri Partner Conference (EPC) and Developer Summit (DevSummit) recently ended. For those who didn’t get a chance to attend, here’s an update on the outcomes of the Startup Zone at EPC. The Esri Startup Program is a global, free, three-year program giving emerging businesses the tools to build mapping and location analytics capabilities into their products. As part of the program offering, members have access to participate at Esri events such as the EPC, DevSummit, Esri UC and more.

Esri Developer Summit keynote: The future of real-time mapping

Tracking assets and vehicles, changing data from sensors and combining real-time data and maps is exposing the functionality to a broader set of developers through easy-to-consume data sources and mapping APIs. In his keynote from the recent 2017 Esri Developer Summit, PubNub CEO Todd Greene discussed what’s driving the demand for real-time applications and how this challenges today’s developers.