At this event, we will be covering two topics: Mapping Technology for the Municipal Tracking Market and Landmap: providing UK academia with a high quality spatial data download service.

This event has been sponsored by Landmap, (http://www.landmap.ac.uk) who are based at the University. Landmap is JISC-funded and provides web-based access to spatial data and learning materials for UK HE and FE.

Presentation 1: Mapping Technology for the Municipal Tracking Market
Speaker: Mark Wilcox, General Manager, Exactrak limited.
Synopsis: Its been a tough winter on the roads. Its also been a challenging one for local and highways authorities as they have struggled to keep the roads clear. This is where Exactrak comes in. The Exactrak real time vehicle tracking system is a web based tracking and monitoring system for specialist municipal and highways maintenance vehicles, including gritters, gully emptiers and refuse trucks. In his presentation, Mark will explain how Exactrak uses street-level Ordnance Survey Mapping combined with aerial topography layers together with vehicle telematics to provide customers with data such as cumulative weight collected, how many times the boom on a gully sucker has moved or how much salt a gritter has spread (and where and when). The presentation will last around 45 minutes and there will be plenty of time for questions and answers.

Presentation 2: Landmap: providing UK academia with a high quality spatial data download service.
Speaker: Gail Millin-Chalabi, Geodata Services Development Officer, Landmap
Synopsis: The Landmap Service provides UK academia with a high quality spatial data download service which is enhanced and supported by a range of learning materials. Landmap's key activities include the provision of Geospatial Support Services via the spatial helpdesk; research into and the development of new data delivery methods; KML for viewing data in Google Earth; the creation of Web Map Services (WMS) and Web Coverage Services (WCS) to improve interoperability between web services; applications of radar and optical data; dissemination and outreach by participating in key Remote Sensing and GIS events e.g. RSPSoc, GISRUK, FOSS4G and GeoForum and seeking out new learning materials from the academic community.

Afterwards: The whole event should be over by 6.30 and for those so inclined, we may pay a networking visit to nearby licences premises.

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 here. Attendance certificates can be requested.

Time
1600 for a 1630 start, approximate end time is 1830

Address
The University of Manchester
University Place
Room 5.206
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL

Registration
This is a free event: register here

This is a free networking event. Non-AGI members are very welcome to attend one meeting of the Northern Group as a taster, but if they wish to continue attending, will be expected to become members of the AGI at either the individual or corporate level.

AGI Northern Group
The AGI Northern Group provides local access to Association for Geographic Information facilities and fosters a GI user network in the North. We host an annual programme of seminars at venues across the region and encourage professional development through active promotion and support of CPD and the CGeog(GIS) accreditation. To attend an event simply register your interest via our web-site or sign up for alerts via LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook.

The group is online at http://www.agi.org.uk/north/