Today Infonaut Inc. presented Region Watch Live to investors, technology providers and information service companies as part of the Emerging Technology Series of events presented by the MaRS Discovery District.

Featured amongst companies such as Research In Motion (RIM), IDC Canada, Skymeter and Wallace Wireless, Infonaut CEO Niall Wallace presented as part of an expert panel on location-based services, profiling some of the trends, technologies and companies who are driving the growth of this exciting market.

Since 2004, Infonaut Inc. has been helping governments and health-related organizations make sense of previously overwhelming amounts of information – data that is vital to protecting peoples’ health.

Infonaut’s development of GIS tools and full service solutions for Health and Pandemic purposes are helping to ensure those trusted with keeping the public safe make sound decisions.

Today, Infonaut has grown into a trusted partner for various government organizations, agencies, healthcare providers and related private-sector companies across Canada, and recently the USA.

MaRS is a not-for-profit corporation founded by leaders from the business and public sectors to improve commercial outcomes from Canada’s foundation of science and technology innovation. For more information on the organization, please visit their website at http://www.marsdd.com

For more information on Infonaut’s products and services, please contact us at info@infonaut.ca.

Infonaut was in attendance at the second annual IMF Geocortex User Conference in Victoria, BC where Sevaan Franks, GIS Applications Specialist, showcased Region Watch Live to attendees in a presentation entitled “The Challenges of Dynamic Theming in Internet Mapping”.

The conference, featuring Latitude Geographics Business Partners from around the world, is dedicated to the Geocortex Internet Mapping Framework, and the innovators who are taking the software to new heights.

For more information on Latitude Geographics, please visit: http://www.latitudegeo.ca.

For more information on Infonaut and our services please contact us at: info@infonaut.ca.

The ‘LHIN Health Atlas’ a branded version of Region Watch Live, developed with Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, has been profiled as a cover story in HealthyGIS, an international industry publication.

The ministry created the atlas to provide ministry and LHIN management with quick and easy access to maps depicting LHIN-level and sub-LHIN-level health care provider and health-related information as well as metrics.

It is a powerful tool that has been customized for their specific health care planning purposes. Preset map extents and LHIN-based queries, enables easy access to the information they need.

The core strength of the atlas is comprehensive data. The ministry can now, in one system, see all the service providers (e.g., long-term care homes, hospitals, public health units, community care access centers) and relevant local health data and indicators at the same time.

This is the second time in 6 months that Infonaut has been recognized in an international publication, having been featured in Wired magazine in November 2006.

Click here to download a PDF copy of HealthyGIS.

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