Library Symposium on Geographic Information Systems
The Library of Congress will celebrate GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Day on Nov. 14 with an all-day series of talks on the use of GIS technology in the federal government and academia.The...
View ArticleHow Geotagging Helps Marketers Locate Active Customers
Today’s marketers can pinpoint precisely where customer activity occurs based on data as simple as a hashtag, a location mention or a photo. Marketers also have a multitude of sources to mine to...
View ArticleWhite House High on Drones, FAA Gets Tech to Help Manage Them
Citing drones' ability to provide new, low-cost capabilities for public safety, agriculture, commerce and transportation, the Trump administration has issued plans for accelerating the integration of...
View ArticleOGC to Demonstrate Cutting Edge Geo-Technology Relating to Cloud Computing,...
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) invites members and the public to attend the OGC Testbed 13 demonstration of the outcomes of its latest Innovation Program initiative on December 12-13 2017 at...
View ArticleTomTom Offers Developers Free and Easy Access to their Online APIs
TomTom announced their completely revamped developer portal. Updates include enhancements to its product offerings and a pricing model geared towards small and medium sized businesses to easily...
View ArticleSignificant Milestone in Improving Usability of Landsat Satellite Data
Improvements to the quality and usability of Landsat satellite data have been made with the release of a new USGS product called Landsat Analysis Ready Data (ARD). This product will help reduce the...
View ArticleLocation-Based Service a Plus for Banks
Banks are in a race to differentiate themselves as digital technology from new fintech providers speeds the commoditization of bank products. Being digital is no longer enough. Banks and credit unions...
View ArticleNGA Seeks Support for Cloud Development, Collaboration
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is looking for contractors to help it with unclassified cloud development support and industry collaboration services. NGA is considering a five-year...
View ArticleSatellite Data Gives Responders Baseline for Recovery Efforts
To help with response and recovery efforts after September's hurricanes, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a method that leverages satellite imaging data from extremely...
View ArticleUC Riverside Debuts New Center for Geospatial Sciences
Human beings have been making maps for millennia, but the birth of geographic information systems (GIS) in the late 1960s ushered in an era of tech-infused cartography. Nowadays, GIS is a ubiquitous...
View ArticleEsri Signs Global Enterprise Agreement with Airbus Defence and Space
Esri, announced that it entered into an enterprise agreement with the intelligence program line of Airbus Defence and Space. With this new agreement in place, the core GIS will be expanded to meet...
View ArticleDigitalGlobe Goes All-In on AWS
Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) announced that DigitalGlobe has gone all-in on AWS and is leveraging AWS machine learning technologies to drive deeper insights and improved responsiveness for...
View ArticleMicrosoft Previews Azure Location Based Services
Microsoft this week previewed Azure Location Based Services, a new set of services with APIs for developers that lets applications tap geographical information. The APIs available with Azure Location...
View ArticleDrone2Map for ArcGIS 1.3 Released
Building an accurate geographic information systems requires significant technological assets. GIS is not just the pretty map on the screen -- many would argue that is the easy part. The key to it all,...
View ArticleHere's Updated Mapping Vehicle Paves Way for Self-Driving Cars
t may have been a while since we last we came across a Here 3D mapping vehicle, but that's not to say the company hasn't been using its cars lately. In fact, the Here True collection vehicle is now in...
View ArticleRemote GeoSystems and North Shore Rescue announce successful deployment of...
Remote GeoSystems and North Shore Rescue announce successful deployment of geoDVR and FLIR gimbal for SAR Missions with Talon Helicopters, LineVision Software Donation The geoDVR Gen2 is an advanced...
View ArticleMonsanto and Boundless Collaborate for Open Source GIS Contributions
Boundless, a leader in open GIS for the enterprise, and Monsanto Company, a global modern agriculture company, today announced their collaboration on the contribution of open source geospatial code...
View ArticleNew Map Showcases the Recreational, Mining and Historical Heart of Colorado
Stretching from the historical mining town of Leadville to the riverside ranching and farming community of Salida, the map spans over 60 miles in the middle of the Centennial State, providing both an...
View ArticleWhat’s New in Esri Vector Basemaps
The Esri Vector Basemaps have recently been updated with some important changes and enhancements. The existing web maps were updated with new vector tile layers that use a new vector tile set. The most...
View ArticleCartogram Maps Provide New View of Climate Change Risk
Cartograms are maps that change the relative size of areas according to certain characteristics of the region. For example, a cartogram that distorts the shape of countries based on population would...
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