Esri Acquires ClearTerra Location Data Extraction Technology From ClearShark
Esri announced that it has acquired technology from ClearTerra, a leader in geospatial and activity-based intelligence tools. This acquisition will provide ArcGIS platform users the ability to easily...
View ArticleResearchers Pinpoint the Geographic Location of "The Middle of Nowhere"
The place to go when you want to get away from it all, The Washington Post reports, is Glasgow, Montana. About 4.5 hours from the nearest city, it's about as close as you can get to "the middle of...
View ArticleLewis Aerial Mapping to Assist Multiple County Offices, Development
New aerial mapping of Lewis County will assist several county offices, as well as those considering moving to or starting a business in the county. Once completed, the public will be able to access the...
View ArticleCary NC to Start Testing Sewage for Opioid Usage
According to the Town of Cary, opioid overdoses increased by 70 percent in 2017, with fatal overdoses increasing by 40 percent. To find solutions to opioid addiction in the area, Cary is undergoing a...
View ArticleStreetscape Follow-Up Gets Village on Track
At the Board of Trustees meeting this past Tuesday, February 27, Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi spoke about the follow-up initiatives from the Streetscape (downtown districts) work session, a joint...
View ArticlePlaced Open-Sources Location Analytics Platform Available to Public
Placed is making its location analytics platform, Placed Insights, available to the public at no cost. Launched in 2013, and utilized by hundreds of users across various industries including brick and...
View ArticleWoolpert Appoints Frank Orr as GIS Program Director
Frank Orr, a certified geographic information systems and project management professional, has joined Woolpert as program director for the company’s GIS solutions business....continued ...
View ArticleMapbox Launches Location-Based AR Platform with Multi-User Support
Location services provider Mapbox is giving developers a means for building location-based AR apps and multi-user experiences with its new Mapbox AR toolkit. Mapbox AR provides developers with 125...
View ArticleGoogle Releases Android P Developer Preview With Indoor Positioning, Notch...
Google has released their first version of Android P Developer Preview ahead of Google I/O 2018. Android P is now available to download on Google smartphones: Pixel, Pixel XL Pixel 2, and Pixel 2 XL....
View ArticleHow Machine Learning Is Improving Location-Based Services
Location-based services use real-time geographical data from mobile devices like a smartphones to provide the device user with useful information. In simple terms, these are apps and computer programs...
View ArticleMoviePass Drops Location Tracking
MoviePass, a subscription-based film ticketing service, updated its iOS app and removed an “unused app location capability” for which it faced backlash. Last week, CEO Mitch Lowe said the company was...
View ArticleFive Women Pioneers of the Geospatial Industry
While traveling to work today (March 8), as I received the first ‘Women’s Day’ greetings, my mind started ticking….I wanted to reply differently, and boom! My heart coined a new definition of these...
View ArticleFour States Pilot Map-Based System to Share Resources Across Fire Jurisdictions
The National Mutual Aid System (NMAS), a nationwide cloud-based communication system for firefighters that was first announced in October, has opened beta testing in four states — California, Utah,...
View ArticleChange Management and GIS Smooths Path to Millions in Savings
Bill Thompson was anguishing over an ever-deepening problem that threatened the ability of one of Tennessee’s largest water providers to effectively serve its customers. As general manager of the White...
View ArticleSat Nav Rip Off as Owners of Modern Cars Face Annual £300 Bill to Update...
An investigation by Auto Express magazine found that the cost of updating the in-built sat nav system varies by hundreds of pounds, depending on the make, model and age of your car, even though most...
View ArticleEsri Partners Honored at Esri FedGIS Conference for Excellence in Location...
Federal Small Business Specialty Awards Recognize Companies Using The Science of Where to Support the Nation ...continued ...
View ArticleAfghanistan Gets Its Own Geo Portal Center
Over the last 15 years, about $1 billion USD has been spent on purchasing systems, software and images containing geographic information.” ...continued ...
View Article10 Things to Cheer in ArcGIS Pro
By now, most of you may have seen ArcGIS Pro in a demo even if you haven't started using it. Also, it's no secret now that while ArcMap will continue to be supported for some time, ArcGIS Pro is the...
View ArticlePatching Security Holes in GPS, Computer Timing
When Navy ships were involved in two collisions in the summer of 2017 — one off the coast of Japan and another near Malaysia —some analysts suspected that the cause might have been 'GPS spoofing,'' the...
View ArticleBluesky Launches New Online Resource for Geographic Information of Ireland
Aerial mapping company Bluesky has launched a new online Mapshop to serve the rapidly expanding mapping and geographic information industry in Ireland. With tens of thousands of square kilometres of...
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