2004 Panda Consulting News & Notices
November 2004 - Panda Consulting Announces New Employee
It is our pleasure to announce the addition of John V. Nguyen to the staff of Panda Consulting. John is a recent graduate of Florida Atlantic University where he double majored in Criminal Justice and Political Science as well as minored in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). John comes to us after serving GIS Internships with the Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Commission and the West Palm Beach Police Department CompStat Unit. He will serve as our GIS Technician and is a great addition to the Panda Team.
August 2004 - Panda Consulting Survives Hurricane Jeanne
It seems hard to believe that yet another hurricane has swept through Florida. Luckily, we are all safe, the office came through intact, and most of our homes sustained only minor additional damage. Though a little unnerved, we all feel blessed that we were spared from the major destruction incurred by our neighbors to the north, and our thoughts and prayers are with them as they begin the rebuilding process. As we return to work, we're happy to see that there are no new storms looming on the horizon, and we are hopeful that we have seen the very last of them.
August 2004 - Panda Consulting Survives Hurricane Frances
Tens days ago, Panda Consulting experienced the effects of Hurricane Frances. Many of us at Panda experienced the storm by taking shelter at the same site as landfall. We have emerged from the storm slightly scathed; with no injuries; but with a new found respect for Mother Nature's fury and with several of us needing new roofs. The only casualty of the office seems to be a single server that does not want to return to work after being visited by Frances.
The office finally has sufficient utilities that we can begin to reassemble Panda and work on the projects that have been delayed too long. There is electricity, water, air conditioning, and phone service. There is not, however, access to the Internet nor email from the office. (Bellsouth has given me an appointment for October 11, 2004 at 8:30 am to restore the DSL service.) Of necessity, we will be use whatever means we can to communicate, but please consider internet access and email to our office unavailable for a while.
Please bear with us and we will notify all when we have regained broadband access, In the meantime, several links on this site have been changed to temporary servers.
April 2004 - Frank Conkling Presents Session at the 2004 Joint Mapping Conference
Frank Conkling, the founder of Panda Consulting, presented a session today at the Joint Mapping Conference in Daytona Beach, Florida on Designing and Implementing a Geodatabase for Parcel Mapping. This presentation discussed the advantages of migrating to this new technology and stepped the attendees through the decision process involved in designing and implementing a geodatabase for parcel mapping purposes. Discussions included the benefits and approaches to conversion of existing coverage and shapefile-based parcel fabrics into the geodatabase structure, development of domains, subtypes and topological rules for data consistency and strategies to ease the transition. A copy of the presentation is available here.
April 2004 - Panda Consulting Announces New Employee
It was announced today that Panda Consulting has hired Amanda Miranti-Paxton as its office manager. Amanda brings many years of experience in Real Estate and office management to Panda Consulting and is a great addition to the Panda Consulting team. Amanda will oversee all office activities and develop and manage a cohesive training program for the Palm Beach Gardens office.
January 2004 - Panda Consulting Announces New Training Workshops
It was announced today that Panda Consulting has introduced new one day workshops to assist its clients in learning and integrating GIS technology into their organizations. These workshops will provide an easy way to continue your GIS experience beyond the standard one and two day classes; these workshops will focus on a single topic and provide complete in depth knowledge transfer about that single topic. For a complete list of the workshops, their outlines and scheduling, please go to our Training section.
