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Graham scoops AGI Director's Award

The Association for Geographic Information (AGI) held its annual awards dinner on London on 24th November to celebrate innovation and best practice in the UK geographic information sector. Graham Morgan of Spatial Consultants was presented with the AGI Director's Award for his work in developing the geocommunity in the north of England.

The North fared very well during the evening with Barrow Borough Council receiving the award for Innovation in the Public Sector, and Manchester Geomatics picking up the award for Innovation in the Private Sector.

Graham is Chairman of the AGI Northern Group, a professional group that holds a monthly programme of events across the north of England. He supported by a dedicated team including John Marchant of Skilstream, Mike Cottrill of Sellafield, Peter Wightman of Greater Manchester Transport, Mike Shankster of the Environment Agency, Stuart Mitchell of United Utilities and Ross Carter from Arup. The AGI Northern Group is online at http://www.agi.org.uk/north.

Cockerhoop Fell Run Completed

On 19th November Graham marked the second anniversary of the West Cumbrian floods with a 35 mile fell run to raise money for new flood defences in Cockermouth. Please support this cause by donating online at JustGiving or by texting HOOP55 and the amount to 70070 e.g. HOOP55 £15.
The run formed a loop around the skyline of the River Cocker, starting and ending in the heart of Cockermouth where the river joins the River Derwent. Graham was accompanied by a fabulous support crew and a host of runners, including his son Adam and brothers Alasdair and Andrew.
For more information on the run, visit Cockerhoop-Fell-Run-For-Flood-Defences.

A press release is available.

Fell Running for Flood Defences

On 19th November Graham will mark the second anniversary of the Cockermouth floods with a 35 mile fell run to raise money for new flood defences. Please support this cause by donating online at JustGiving or by texting HOOP55 and the amount to 70070 e.g. HOOP55 £15.
The run will form a loop around the skyline of the River Cocker, starting and ending in the heart of Cockermouth where the river joins the River Derwent. It will cover 24 named summits including Melbreak, Red Pike, Dale Head, Grasmoor and Ladyside Pike and will involve over 13,000 ft of ascent.
More information at Cockerhoop-Fell-Run-For-Flood-Defences.

Britain's Energy Coast Presentation

Graham Morgan provided a presentation to Britain's Energy Coast Business Cluster at the Energus facility yesterday. His talk described the role of location in integrating and visualising information to understand complex situations and inform decision makers.
Graham's presentation is available on SlideShare.

SPATIALinfo Conference Presentation

Graham Morgan travelled to Denver, Colorado to present a paper on 'The Dark Art of Data Migration' at the SPATIALinfo user conference. Graham's paper provided a proven approach for the automated migration of telecommunications fiber data into the SpatialNet system. The company is currently involved in migrating data between an ESRI/SQL Server system and SPATIALinfo's AutoCAD/Oracle Spatial system. Graham's paper is available online at the SPATIALinfo website and on SlideShare.

Spatial Consultants in Britains Energy Coast article

Spatial Consultants Ltd has recently been featured in an article on the Energy Opportunities Supply Chain Project website and in the Times and Star newspaper.