The Role of Geography in Addressing Global Health Needs
Senior Research Advisor from the American Association of Geographers, Yonette Thomas discusses the important role that geography can play in addressing global health needs, both in research and in...
View ArticleThe Transformative Power of IoT and GIS
Society is at an interesting inflection point as the combination of big data, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT) come together in what some are hailing as the fourth industrial...
View ArticleNew App TerraTRUTH Lets Users Report Damage They See on Utah’s Public Lands
Conservation groups have developed a new mobile application that lets users to document and report damage they might witness on public lands....continued ...
View ArticlePCI Geomatics Releases GXL 2017, Service Pack 1
PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced the release of Service Pack 1 for GXL 2017. GXL is used by large organizations that must...
View ArticleKey West Collects Comprehensive Assessments After Hurricane Irma Hits
In the hours leading up to the landfall of Hurricane Irma on the Florida Keys on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, a few technologists in the City of Key West’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) began to prepare...
View ArticleEsri Releases Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS
Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced that it has released a brand-new web browser application, allowing users to create reporting dashboards that use charts, gauges, maps, and...
View ArticleHexagon Geospatial Signs Partnership Agreement with USGIF
Hexagon Geospatial is proud to announce that they are an official partner with USGIF, the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation. The USGIF is the only organization dedicated to promoting...
View ArticleFrost & Sullivan Recognizes Mapbox with Its Enabling Technology Leadership...
Based on its recent analysis of the location-based services market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Mapbox with the 2018 North America Enabling Technology Leadership Award for its innovative technology...
View ArticleSolving Indoor Positioning with IoT Platforms from Acuity
According to a recent announcement, Acuity Brands has released a new end-to-end indoor positioning services (IPS) solution, which is comprised of two Atrius IoT platform services: the Atrius Navigator...
View ArticleBluesky Innovation Uses Mobile Phones to Create 3D Maps of Infrastructure
Aerial mapping company has completed a research project backed by the UK government’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, to develop the use of mobile phones for capturing accurate 3D spatial information....
View ArticleThe Marriage of GIS and BIM sets the stage for a happily ever after future
The marriage of GIS and BIM (Building Information Modeling) has been a long time coming and we are so ready to embrace the potential of bringing these two powerful capabilities together. Recent...
View ArticleTrimble Announces New MX9 Mobile Mapping System for Surveying, Engineering...
Trimble announced the release of the Trimble© MX9 mobile mapping solution. The Trimble MX9 combines a vehicle-mounted mobile lidar system, multi-camera imaging and field software for efficient, precise...
View ArticlePitney Bowes Simplifies and Accelerates Data Accessibility with New Software...
Pitney Bowes Inc. a technology company that provides innovative products, solutions and data to power commerce, announced the global availability of its new Software and Data Marketplace, simplifying...
View ArticleOmaha to Launch GPS Tracking of Snowplows, Day-Labor Program for Homeless
Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert used her fifth State of the City speech on Friday to emphasize that Omaha is “strong and improving by nearly every measure by which great and growing cities are judged.”But...
View ArticleWhat's New In Location Intelligence For 2018?
What makes this report noteworthy is the depth of analysis of the key dynamics, current and future state of Location Intelligence in 2018 and beyond. With the growth of visualization and the rapid...
View Article>IoT Will Fuel Explosive Drone Growth for Business Use
The technology exists to deliver drones with IoT capabilities today. The ultimate goal is for the combined technologies to deliver near real-time analytics on data captured over a long periods of time...
View ArticleAs MapmyIndia Enters Google Territory, Can It Beat The Goliath of internet?
It was a late January morning. Bitter winter had just taken leave of Delhi. Rakesh Verma, founder and CEO of MapmyIndia, settled down in his Jaguar, tapped on the built-in navigator and entered the...
View ArticleAirbus DS Communications Launches VESTA Map Local to Improve 9-1-1 Location...
Airbus DS Communications, a pioneer in public safety communications, announced today that it has launched a new solution within its VESTA® 9-1-1 portfolio - VESTA® Map Local. The new mapping...
View ArticleHow to Measure a Mountain
It’s not easy to measure a mountain. At 8,848 meters (29,029 feet) Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world above sea level. The mighty mountain’s height has been known since the middle of...
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