Autodesk and Esri Partnering to Advance Infrastructure Planning and Design
Autodesk, Inc. and Esri, Inc. ... announced the start of a new relationship to build a bridge between BIM and GIS mapping technologies. Together Autodesk and Esri plan to enable a broad range of...
View ArticleThe Consumerization of Geographic Information Systems
Now that people have become comfortable with geospatial technology through consumer applications, it is putting pressure on many parts of the business to intelligently utilize geo-location data. A...
View ArticleGPS Backlog Complicates Readdressing
Montour County lacks cooperation from major GPS providers with county address changes, Commissioner Chairman Ken Holdren said on Tuesday. As a result, he has been getting multiple calls each week from...
View ArticleCounty Debuts Interactive, Informative Geoportal
Sullivan County Director of Real Property Tax Services Ed Homenick announces the release of the County’s new Geoportal. “This is a new tool I’m very excited to have our Office bring to the public,”...
View ArticleEsri Technology Will Help Power the United Nations' New Global Data Hub
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 ArticleLeica Geosystems’ Technology Used in Research of Nobel Prize in Chemistry...
The trio was recognized “for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution." In research leading to the recognition, Henderson and...
View ArticleDevelopers Argue Changes to Pensacola's GIS Map Are Latest Example of...
Recent changes to the boundaries of the Palafox Historic Business District on the city of Pensacola's geographic information systems map have sparked clashing views on the consistency of City Hall's...
View ArticleGov. Hutchinson Announces Completion of Statewide Mapping Project, Hands Off...
County officials now have the most up-to-date aerial maps of Arkansas, which will, among other things, better prepare counties for future infrastructure and economic development projects, as well as...
View ArticleDrone Collects Information to Benefit Great Lakes
The USDA Forest Service and Michigan Technological University (MTech) are using unmanned aerial systems, or drones, to advise the Hiawatha National Forest’s land management efforts. Located in...
View ArticleFuturistic Maps
I was casting about for map design idea one night, and my wife had a good suggestion. You’re always replicating old maps. Why not make the map from the future? Never one to turn down a challenge, I...
View ArticleThe Gaia GPS App for Trip Planning and Use on the Trail
There are many other ways to use the app, including the importing of gpx routes, saving maps for a pre-determined route, etc., but most of my backpacking allows for much leeway in my route choice and...
View ArticleEsri Collaborates with Mobileye to Bring Real-Time Sensor Data to Public Transit
Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced a collaboration with Mobileye, an Intel Company and a leading provider of advanced driver-assistance systems software, to integrate Esri...
View ArticleIndustry Notes as of 08 Jan 2018
Technology and GIS abstracts affecting Government, Utility and Technology industries
View Article“Real time” Story Map Tours
Story Map Tour is a popular Story Map, ideal for presenting a set of photos or other media along with captions, linked to an interactive map. It has been used to author interesting tours such as Places...
View ArticleLiDAR Drone Market Outlook to 2025 by Phoenix Aerial Systems, 3D Laser...
LiDAR drone has become an important tool for both the scientific and industry based investigation of forest structure. LiDAR is also known as light detection and ranging information used in surveying...
View ArticleNew GPS tool helps tourists find public toilets across China
Chinese tourism authorities have partnered with a tech company to launch a new tool to help tourists locate over 500,000 public toilets across the country, reports Xinhua. The new tool is the result of...
View ArticleHow And Why The United Nations And Others Are Working Towards Location Based...
Know why location-based technology is a key component towards shaping our future and why most of the organisations across the globe, including the United Nations, are working towards making it more...
View ArticleJack and Laura Dangermond Give Major Gift to Enable Preservation of Iconic...
Esri announced that its co-founders Jack and Laura Dangermond have made a gift to The Nature Conservancy that enabled the organization to purchase and preserve thousands of acres of environmentally...
View ArticleNGA seeks nominations for 2018 Hall of Fame
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is accepting nominations through March 15 for individuals to be considered for induction into the 2018 Geospatial Intelligence Hall of Fame. The Geospatial...
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