Worth a Look: UNICEF RapidSMS

UNICEF Innovation RapidSMS RapidSMS is UNICEF’s open source platform for data collection, logistics coordination and communication allowing any mobile phone to interact with the web. About UNICEF UNICEF is on the ground in over 150 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence. The world’s largest provider of vaccines …

Worth A Look: MobileIron C4I in the Cloud

Network World Names MobileIron a Top 10 Start-up to Watch (Company Press Release) MobileIron’s Innovative Solution for Smartphone Management Drives Selection Smartphone usage in the enterprise continues to grow rapidly. Forrester Research recently released data showing that 78 percent of information workers across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. either already use or would like …

Definitions: Spatial Referencing System (SRS)

A spatial referencing system (SRS) or coordinate reference system (CRS) is a coordinate-based local, regional or global system used to locate geographical entities. Some of systems in existence are: Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system British national grid reference system Irish grid reference system Irish Transverse Mercator Israeli Transverse Mercator Israeli Cassini Soldner Jordan Transverse Mercator …