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August '08
“What’s
Happening in Mapping”
Product News
Mapping Data updates for everyone!
MDS Data Clients who are on maintenance will be issued with
the following updates by early September.
- Australia and New Zealand Suburbs and Postcodes boundaries
- New Zealand Address Points
- Australia CADLite
- Australia GNAF
In mid-September MDS will be providing updates for the
QuickLocate Geocoders' GNAF Spatial Databases (SDB). Updates
for Australia and New Zealand
SDB's will follow shortly thereafter.
If you are not currently under subscription maintenance or
would like to purchase these products, Margreet
would be pleased to hear from you. Contact
her on (02) 8436-2812 or via email.
Demographers determine - "Baby Boomers the nations biggest spenders"
For all you
demographers, business analysts and retailers out there, you
may be interested to know that the baby
boomers are spending up big, while Gen Y have no money but still shop at
designer stores. Click here to read
more.
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Due to the
tremendous success of MDS' Tactician Online Service across a wide variety
of industries, the latest worldwide Tactician Corporation quarterly
newsletter features a review of the APAC region, with particular focus on Australia.
To review the newsletter click
here.
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To discuss how you can benefit from being able to visualise,
analyse and report on demographics and key metrics in your business, conduct
site selection validation, or interrogate trade areas, please contact Tony on (02) 8436-2845 or email.
Events
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MDS would like to thank those we met during the
recent events
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The Microsoft Virtual Earth "Meet the Experts" roadshow
drew a huge crowd. There were over 300 people in attendance over three
locations with Melbourne
sold out. If you were unable to attend or you would like to know more about
VE and its future direction
from Microsoft please contact
Ravi on (02) 8436-2834 or email.
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Margreet
and Ravi would like
to thank all those they met during the SEGS'08 in Canberra
last month. Your in house GIS departments are working on some amazing
projects with an increased focus on your internal and external customers.
MDS is always happy to partner with you on these projects, helping to
visually enhance your GIS applications.
For Data Product
enquiries, please call Margreet
on (02) 8436-2812 or via email.
For deployment across Microsoft
Virtual Earth, please call Ravi on (02) 8436-2834 or email.
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MDS looks forward to seeing you at the following
events
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Water on.....Water
off.
Students "crack it" using
Virtual Earth
During TechEd (3-5th Sept), MDS
will be joining Team SOAK
the 2008 Microsoft Imagine Cup Champions on Wednesday 3rd September in the Microsoft Showcase.
Come and see how four students from four universities build a system using
VE, minimising water use in the
agriculture industry. See how the system waters when the
plants need it most, while monitoring moisture content in the ground.
To read more about Team SOAK and their award winning
system, click
here.
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Calling all
retailers
Open new stores....fill them with
customers.
The franchise event of the year is on 16th - 18th October
at the Sydney Convention Centre. MDS will again be there giving you the
opportunity to talk to the experts about the latest development in
demographic analysis, site selection and territory management.
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Staff
To keep up with the increase in its business and business
opportunities, MDS is looking to fill the positions listed below. If you know
of anyone interested in a GIS or Development manager position, please have
them contact Celia on (02) 8436-2813
or email.
GIS Officer
- for a position description click
here.
Software Development Manager
- for a position description click here.
Did you
know...?
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Quiz: Name
all the Olympic hosts cities since 1896.
Don't worry if you get stuck. Click
here to see the list and each stadium. Make sure you have a look at the
venues using BirdsEye.
Did you know that BBC Radio Headquarters now occupies the
site of the 1908 London Olympics?
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by clicking here
or give us a call on (02) 8436 2800.
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