PODS - PODS 2Q11 Newsletter

PODS 2Q11 Newsletter TOC

PODS Update to Members Webinar

Sponsor the User Conference

Announcing the 2011 User Conference

New Work Group - Alternate Referencing

Future RDBMS GUID Data Types

Announcing Upcoming Webinar

PODS Update to Members

Register to Attend

July 13, 2011

3:00 pm Central

The PODS Board of Directors invites you to attend our upcoming webinar on July 13th at 3:00 pm Central.

Janet Sinclair, Executive Director

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and

JW Lucas,

PODS President

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will announce several changes and updates to members, including:

New Work Groups

New Initiatives

New Fees

PODS-members

are strongly encouraged to attend.

The webinar is also open to the non-members.

Phone lines will be opened at the end for Q&A with PODS Board members.

Register to Attend

Sponsor the 2011 User Conference

Your company will receive the following benefits for the $500 Sponsor fee.

Your logo published on the PODS website, and printed on conference signs.

Recognition during the Welcome presentation.

A half-page company description included in the conference printed materials.

The opportunity to provide a logo bag-insert in the PODS conference bags.

One slide included in the rotating sponsor slideshow shown during breaks.

Sign-up to Sponsor

View our 2010 Sponsors

Join the PODS Group on Linked In.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

The 2011 PODS User Conference

October 11 - 12, 2011

Sugar Land, Texas

The 7th annual PODS User Conference will be held October 11th and 12th, 2011, in Sugar Land, Texas. This annual meeting of pipeline professionals offers a uniquely open forum to discuss challenges, developments, real-world experiences, and progress in the field of pipeline data collection, analysis, and management.

This year's PODS User Conference has been expanded to 2 days, and the agenda and format have been developed to encourage open dialogue and idea sharing. The conference format will include break-out sessions, workshops, panel discussions, and technical presentations from PODS member companies. PODS member companies are strongly encouraged to attend the annual PODS User Conference.

View Preliminary Conference Agenda

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Conference Fees (per person)

PODS-member Company $0

Non-member Company $75

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This year's User Conference features Special Guest Speaker

Eric Gakstatter

GPS World magazine, Geospatial Solutions

"Broadband vs. GPS - Latest Developments in the Light Squared / GPS Interference Controversy"

and

"The Future of High-Accuracy GPS"

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Conference Location

The 2011 PODS User Conference will be hosted by

Fluor Enterprises, Inc.

1 Fluor Daniel Drive

Sugar Land, TX 77478-3899

(281) 263-1000

Where is Fluor located in Sugar Land?

Where is Sugar Land?

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Hotel Accomodations

Sugar Land Marriott Town Square

16090 City Walk · Sugar Land, Texas 77479

has reserved a block of rooms at a specially discounted rate for those attending the PODS User Conference.

They offer complementary shuttle service to Fluor

which is just 1/2-mile away, and are conveniently located on the Sugar Land Town Square. This location offers restaurants, bars, and shopping within walking distance of the hotel.

Be sure to mention "PODS User Conference" when booking your room to receive the special discount rate. This rate is available from October 8 - 13th for those attending the conference, but rooms must be reserved by September 19th.

We look forward to seeing you in October!

Announcing - New Work Group

Alternate Referencing

In the April PODS Board meeting, the Board approved the creation of a new Alternate Referencing Work Group. This work group will be tasked with developing a recommended method for PODS to incorporate alternative referencing, or to accommodate both linear and geographic coordinate referencing methodology, in the PODS Pipeline Data Model.

PODS work groups are open to both PODS-member and non-member companies. However, in order to Chair the work group, you must be employed by a PODS-member company.

Initial activities will be to define the work group's membership, leadership, and to develop a charter to be approved by the PODS Board of Directors. The charter will define the objectives, scope, schedule, communications, reviews, and approvals required of the work group's deliverables.

If you are interested in participating in the Alternative Referencing Work Group, please send your contact information to the PODS Executive Director.

Announcing - New GUID Data Types Planned

Future PODS Relational Releases to support Native GUID Data Types

In the April PODS Board meeting, the Board approved a motion to support both native DBMS recommended GUID data types and the current CHAR(38) data types in future releases of the PODS Pipeline Data Model (RDBMS). This means that starting with PODS 6.0, the PODS model will support both character data types for unique ID's and the recommended globally unique identifier native data type for the RDBMS.

For example the datatypes for the Event_GUID will be:

PODS 5.0/5.1 (Current)
Oracle: CHAR(38)
SQL Server: CHAR(38)

PODS 6.0+ (Future)
Oracle: CHAR(38) or RAW(16)
SQL Server: CHAR(38) or UNIQUEIDENTIFIER

The Oracle RAW(16) datatype is compatible with the SYS_GUID function. The SQL Server 2008 UNIQUEIDENTIFIER is compatible with the NEWID function. The UNIQUEIDENTIFIER stores a 16-byte binary number.

The GUID datatype for the ESRI PODS Geodatabase will remain esriFieldTypeGUID.

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