Oracle Magazine presented Editors Choice Awards 2009

It has come to the 8th year for the editors of Oracle Magazine to present the Editors’ Choice Awards to people who exemplify leadership, vision, and dedication in working with and managing Oracle technology.

And the winners for year 2009 are:

• João Cumerlato from Odebrecht Group, Brazil - CIO of the Year (Latin America)
• Andy Platt from The J.M. Smucker Company, Ohio - CIO of the Year (North America)
• Hyojoong Kim from STX Group and ForceTEC, Korea - CIO of the Year (Asia Pacific)
• Giovanni Chiarelli from Telecom Italia Group, Italy - CIO of the Year (Europe, Middle East, and Africa)
• Hideo Higuchi from Omron, Japan - CIO of the Year (Japan)
• Katherine M. Tamer from United Space Alliance, Texas - CTO of the Year
• Angelo Romano from Office of the Comptroller, Connecticut - IT Manager of the Year
• Jake Ruttenberg from Starbucks Coffee Company, Washington - Data Warehouse Architect of the Year
• Zachary Sherburne from Black & Decker, California - Performance Management/Business Intelligence Architect of the Year
• Martin Buechi from Avaloq, Switzerland - PL/SQL Developer of the Year
• Jerry Aber from MoneyGram, Minnesota - Content Management Architect of the Year
• Kari Branjord from University of Colorado, Colorado - Applications Implementer of the Year
• Hüsnü Sensoy from Turkcell, Turkey - DBA of the Year
• Kelly Tuggle from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas - SOA Architect of the Year
• Tim Frazier from National Ignition Facility/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California - Enterprise Architect of the Year
• John Turato from Avis Budget Group, New Jersey - Oracle Grid Architect of the Year
• Raimonds Simanovskis from TietoEnator Alise, Latvia - Developer of the Year
• Brenda Hughes from Cisco Systems, California - Security Architect of the Year
• Jennifer Briscoe from Collect America, Colorado - Oracle Fusion Middleware Early Adopter of the Year
• Edwin Biemond from Whitehorses, the Netherlands - Java Developer of the Year
• Chris Muir from SAGE Computing Services, Australia - Oracle ACE Director of the Year
• David Jones, Gerry Hanifan & Arnaud Benjacar from Irish Life Investment Managers, Ireland - Oracle Fusion Middleware Architects of the Year
• Naveen Garg from Colorcon, Pennsylvania - Oracle Enterprise Manager Architect of the Year
• Ross Sharman from Knowledge Global, Australia - Green IT Architect of the Year
• Dimitri Gielis from Apex Evangelists, Belgium - Oracle Application Express Developer of the Year
• Patricia Dues from City of Las Vegas, Nevada - User Group Evangelist of the Year
• Ray Fasullo from Telcordia Technologies, New Jersey - Embedded Architect of the Year

Using GMapTool with cGPSmapper to convert finalized gmapsupp.img back to MapSource maps

We talked about using GMapTool to combine multiple maps into one mapset file for Garmin GPS earlier on. This article is about the reverse, which is to split the combined mapset file back to the original files which can be opened with Garmin MapSource application.

Prerequisites:

• You need to have the mapset file (eg. gmapsupp.img). I'll use the mapset file of MalSingMaps NT 2009.30 to show you how to do it. Click here for more information about MalSingMaps NT 2009.30.
• You need to have GMapTool, which you can download here.
• You need to have cGPSmapper, which you can download here. The free version can be used for this purpose.
• If you want to have MapSource too, you can download here.

Firstly, you need to create a new directory in your computer to store the generated files (output of this conversion process). In the example here, I'll create C:\Garmin\MalSingMaps.

Under the Files section of GMapTool, select the mapset file by clicking on Add Files.

Then, you must specify the full path of your installed cGPSmapper in the Options section.

Continue to the Split section.Click the Directory button and select the new directory you've just created. Make sure you choose to create files for MapSource. You might also want to compile the preview map.

Click the "Split all" button when you are done. Make sure there is no error and the process completed successfully with a "Done!" message.

To install the map for MapSource, run the install.bat script in the output directory.

Now you should be able to open the map in MapSource.

If the map is locked, you need to unlock it by saving the unlock code in MapSource before you are able to see the map. You can do so by going to Utilities > Manage Map Products > Unlock Regions. Click the Add button and paste in your unlock code for the map.

You might be interested to also read about:

• Fixed GMapTool problem regarding "Multiple products in img, creating TDB aborted"  

The Edge Malaysia Top Property Developers Awards 2009

The Edge Malaysia Top Property Developers Award ranks the best property players in the country, from the consumer’s perspective for both their quantitative and qualitative attributes.

The quantitative elements were the companies’ shareholders’ funds, revenue, pre-tax profit, gearing, and cash and cash equivalents for the fiscal year ended 2008.

The qualitative attributes include the quality of the product, innovation and creativity, value creation for buyers, image and expertise.

And the Top 30 ranking is:

• Sime Darby Property Bhd
• SP Setia Bhd
• Sunway City Bhd
• IGB Corp Bhd
• Island & Peninsular Sdn Bhd
• IOI Properties Bhd
• Bandar Raya Developments Bhd
• Eastern & Oriental Bhd
• Sunrise Bhd
• Bandar Utama City Corp Sdn Bhd
• Gamuda Bhd - Prop Div
• IJM Land Bhd
• YTL Land & Devt Bhd
• Paramount Corp Bhd
• Selangor Dredging Bhd
• Mah Sing Group Bhd
• Naza TTDI Sdn Bhd
• Selangor Properties Bhd
• Dijaya Corporation Bhd
• UEM Land Holdings Bhd
• PJ Devt Holdings Bhd
• WCT Land Sdn Bhd
• Metro Kajang Holdings Bhd
• Penitude Bhd
• Naim Holdings Bhd
• Malton Bhd
• United Malayan Land Bhd
• Hunza Properties Bhd
• Segajuta (S) Sdn Bhd
• Bolton Bhd

Is your house's developer among one of the Top 30 above?

For more information, please refer to the City & Country pullout of The Edge Weekly dated 12-Oct-2009.