Skyhook: The Location Data Company That, Literally, Put The Blue Dot On The Map
One of the most valuable forms of data right now is behavioral data because it tells a retailer or brand where a customer or potential customer goes, does and spends their time and money on. In other...
View ArticleBLM, USGS Publish Data and Visualization Site for Sagebrush Geospatial Data
The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Geological Survey have published a hub to enable easy visualization and access to geospatial data about the west’s “sagebrush sea.” This will help guide...
View ArticlePitney Bowes Introduces MapInfo Pro™ v15.2
Realize improved data access with support for larger files sizes and multi-lingual (Unicode) datasets. Gain seamless access to precise global geocoding via integration with the Pitney Bowes Location...
View ArticleEsri Offers Free Aid To Agencies Battling Disasters
Fire? Flood? Hurricane? You can apply for free Esri tech support...continued ...
View ArticleUnderstanding latitude and longitude in aviation apps
Even with all of our modern aviation databases, sometimes you just can’t beat a lat/lon coordinate. Maybe you’re visiting a private airport that isn’t in the database, or you want to circle a landmark...
View ArticleLocation software firm Sensewhere secures £1.4m grant
Sensewhere will use the money for research and development. Its software uses electromagnetic sources such as wi-fi and Bluetooth signals to triangulate a user's location in areas where GPS signals are...
View ArticleAmazon and the CIA Want to Teach AI to Watch from Space
Why can’t computers watch the Earth from above and automatically map our roads, buildings, and trash heaps? Satellite operator DigitalGlobe is teaming up with Amazon, the venture arm of the CIA, and...
View ArticleRenault-Nissan and Microsoft Partner to Work on Connected Driving Technology
The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Microsoft Corp. have signed a global, multiyear agreement to partner on next-generation technologies to advance connected driving experiences worldwide. The companies...
View ArticleGIS – a necessary public safety tool
Every nation strives to protect and secure its citizens, natural resources, assets, and way of life. With increasing threats, public safety organizations are experiencing a new level of pressure to...
View ArticleEsri Chosen by Microsoft as its GIS Service for Enterprise Users
Esri is collaborating with Microsoft Corp. on two new offerings leveraging Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Azure. This collaboration makes the power of geospatial analytics available to a much broader...
View ArticleGeospatial-as-a-Service Isn't Far Off
Instead of fielding its own systems, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is developing a "credit card swipe" approach to adding commercially gathered, unclassified intelligence to its data,...
View ArticleTomTom Launches On-Street Parking Service to Help Drivers Find that Parking...
TomTom announced the introduction of an On-Street Parking service, a game-changer for drivers on the hunt for that hard to find parking spot. The service will be initially available as a data feed[1]...
View ArticleLocation-based Marketing vs Proximity Marketing
Since I have just recently started at Unacast, I am still discovering, digging into and having the need to understand many different and unknown areas. Thus I found this particular topic to be a good...
View ArticleOpen Data and GIS Improve Forest Management
Open data enables citizens and communities around the world to engage in important societal and environmental issues. Besides stimulating innovation, entrepreneurship and scientific discovery, open...
View Article4 Things You Think You Know About Location Services (But Don't)Cloud...
Mobile apps are becoming more advanced in their use of location services. Just consider the breakout success of Pokémon Go, a virtual reality game that requires users to turn on location services to...
View ArticleGlobal Mobile Satellite Services Market 2016-2020
This market analysis recognizes vendors such as Globalstar, Inmarsat, Iridium Communications, Singtel, and Telstra as the key players in the global mobile satellite services market. This report also...
View ArticleCloud Solutions Simplify GIS Data Management for States
For state agencies working with geographic information systems, data storage and transfer can present quite the challenge — GIS files are frequently massive.ºFor instance, the aerial imagery that...
View ArticleMicrosoft may bring location-based marketing to Office 365
It's still early days for location-based marketing, but recent integrations and acquisitions by Microsoft indicate it has LBM on its roadmap.]>...continued ...
View Article3 Ways Georgia Is Using GIS Mapping to Chart its Path Forward
Improving technology is offering government new opportunities to meet a range of service needs. In Georgia, officials rely on GIS technology for everything from luring businesses to the state to major...
View ArticleGeocoding Improvements and Deprecations in ArcGIS Desktop 10.5 and ArcGIS Pro...
With almost every new release of ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS for Server, there are changes that aim to improve software quality and performance; sometimes, these changes require you to update your...
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