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It's Not the Place, It's the People

Where 2.0 brings together business leaders, technical visionaries, and grass roots developers to show us what's possible now, what's on the horizon, and what's being developed in university research labs and industry R&D departments. Session topics will focus on finding value in the geospatial industry. Where will developers make money? Which applications will strike it rich with businesses? Which will be rolled out to consumers? Where will enterprises be placing their bets? And what promising technologies will be attracting the attention of the venture capital community?

The Speakers and the Sessions

Thought-provoking, revealing, enriching. From government surveillance to cool new mashups, the sessions at Where 2.0 present some of the best thinking on geospatial issues today. These are just a few of the speakers and topics featured at Where 2.0:

Di-Ann Eisnor, co-founder of Platial, a people's atlas of favorite places, will speak on democratizing the map making process with easy-to-use, map-making tools.

Jim Greiner, from MapQuest, will lay out his strategic vison for the future, and how his company plans to remain the foremost resource for finding places via the Internet.

Sean Gorman, CEO and a founder of FortiusOne, will explain how maps can deliver eye-popping social insight and hard economic value using Universal Data Resources.

John Hanke, product director of Google Earth, will talk about building a 3D Model of the globe using satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D modeling software.

Myles McGovern, CEO of Immersive Media Corporation will showcase GeoImmersive Imagery. Using video capturing techniques and GPS data, video feeds from up to 11 cameras are stitched together into a geo-referenced 360 degree data stream that takes visual mapping interaction to a whole new level and places a viewer right in the middle of an environment.

Mor Naaman, research scientist at Yahoo! Research Berkeley, will explain a visualization technique called "tag mapping" and how armchair travelers can explore the world through photos using an "attraction map" with Flickr geotagged images.

Eric Rodenback, founder of Stamen Design, combines interactive data visualization and innovative design in a visually rich, cross-fertilization of ideas and technologies. Mappr.com, which places Flickr photos on an interactive map of the United States, is an example of the studio's web-based data visualization work. Stamen recently released Cabspotting.org, a collaboration with the Exploratorium, which builds live interactive maps based on GPS positions of taxicabs in San Francisco.

Andrew Turner will introduce the concept of the GeoStack, a collection of tools, standards and technologies that allow users to share and utilize their geographic data. Combine blogging tools, geotagged photographs, mobile devices and geolocation techniques with data format standards that can carry geographic information from provider to consumer; add aggregate services that mix and match feeds of data from their source to potential users; and top it off with geographic search and visualization libraries - that's GeoStack.

Unique Where 2.0 Events

We've already planned lots of great events for the evening hours at Where 2.0 - the famed Where Fair, an exhibit hall reception, Ignite Where (new this year!), Birds of a Feather sessions, and much more. There are more unique events in the works - so stay tuned.

Looking for the future of location-based technology and geospatial information? Look for Where 2.0, May 29-30, 2007 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California, U.S.

Where 2.0 Conference
May 29-30, 2007
Fairmont Hotel San Jose
San Jose, CA
http://conferences.oreilly.com/where/