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Péter Baranyi, Director of the GIS Branch of VARINEX in action. Image: HUNAGI Visuals resource, 2007

Synergy using GI/GIS in logistics

At the 15th Congress of the Hungarian Association of Logistics, Purchasing and Inventory Management two sessions were dedicated to innovative IT-based solutions mainly around the bar-code, active-passive RFID tags and related middleware and information systems and discovery services, web and wireless internet based applications as well as satellite positioning and navigation based location based services. HUNAGI and MLBKT has MoU since 2006 with the aim to provide synergy with the cross-fertilisation of the technologies and know-how. In the two sessions chaired by SG of HUNAGI, six presentations were demonstrating the importance of location/time/global object identification/attributes. Adding the sensor webs from local to global and the emerging SDI, totally new, innovative R+TD and spin-off products and services are anticipated.
Hotel Ramada in Balatonaliga, County Veszprém, venue of the Congress. Image: HUNAGI Visuals resource, 2007

It was agreed, that a joint brainstorming-like workshop also serving as info-day will be arranged involving experts of logistics and spatial data management scheduled for Spring 2008.