Esri and Waze Deliver Near Real-Time Data for Smarter Cities
Waze Live Alerts on Traffic and Infrastructure Now Available in ArcGIS Marketplace. The Connected Citizens Program, a two-way sharing of publicly available traffic and road condition information,...
View ArticleIf an Algorithm Draws Lines on a Map, Is That the Same as Land Surveying?
When does drawing a digital line on a satellite map cross an ethereal threshold into the centuries-old practice of licensed land surveying? This is the existential question now before a Mississippi...
View ArticleCities From the Sky: The Best Urban Drone Photography of the Year
Drone photography is still an incredibly new and emerging art form. Just a few short years ago it would have been nigh on impossible to capture some of the images that we now see on a regular basis....
View ArticleGoogle Maps Restricts Its API, Government Collectively Shrugs
On July 16, Google Maps is going to make it more difficult and expensive to use its API, which could make custom maps that rely on the service less sustainable or even unfeasible for the people who...
View ArticleHexagon’s Geospatial Division and Planetek Sign Agreement to Distribute...
Planetek Italia and Hexagon’s Geospatial division signed an agreement to distribute Rheticus© monitoring services worldwide, through the global network of Hexagon’s partners. The agreement was signed...
View ArticleMake Breathtaking Maps With Your Data
If you collect a lot of geographic data for research, or if you like poking around census files or other databases full of stats, you’ve got a new tool for visualizing that data in a 3D, dynamic map....
View ArticleLocation Solves Just Part of the Geospatial Challenge
There is no greater difference in how enterprises and consumers use technology than in their use of location data. Location-based services on consumer mobile devices have set the expectation for ease...
View ArticleHow Technology Mapped a Massive Fire Cleanup
Last fall in northern California, blazing wildfires wine vineyards and home developments into debris and ash. Soon after, make-shift tents started rising on the charred landscape. ...continued ...
View ArticleMapping Technology Being Touted to Develop Mussel Farming Industry
The Department of Science and Technology (DoST) and the University of the Philippines (UP) are seeking to develop the mussel farming industry using geolocation technology. In a statement by Philippine...
View Article10 Best Hiking GPS App
Planning your perfect hike, training run, or bike ride is just an app away with one of these GPS hiking apps. Your smartphone is an essential companion on a hike, so add an app or two to help you make...
View ArticleRoanoke Valley GIS Collaboration
The City of Roanoke is participating in a regional GIS data-sharing project with neighboring localities Roanoke County and the City of Salem. Earlier this year, the municipalities applied for and...
View ArticleNGA Selects Esri for Geospatial Technology Contract
Esri announced that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has signed a multiyear technology contract to deploy Esri’s ArcGIS platform throughout the organization. The NGA will use ArcGIS to...
View ArticleGeospatial Analytics Startup Ursa Raised $5.7 Million To Expand Its Data...
Geospatial analytics startup Ursa, which builds business intelligence products based on satellite radar imagery, announced Thursday that it has raised $5.7 million in new venture funding in a round led...
View ArticleDARPA Digging for Ideas to Revolutionize Subterranean Mapping and Navigation
The goal of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge is to discover innovative solutions to rapidly and remotely map, navigate, and search complex underground environments, including human-made tunnel systems,...
View ArticleOGC Calls for Participation in Vector Tiles Pilot
OGC Vector Tiles Pilot will create extensions for use in OGC Web Services, GeoPackage, and supply a conceptual abstract model that can be used across OGC standards ...continued ...
View ArticleTroy University Academic Offering Taps Hot Field of Geomatics
Time waits for no one, and neither does technology. Just after students graduate college, the digital realm has often advanced far enough to make many newly-acquired skills practically obsolete. Troy...
View ArticleEsri Enters into Memorandum of Understanding with World Bank
Esri announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the World Bank, an international organization with the mission to reduce global poverty. Under the agreement, Esri...
View ArticleChanges in USGS Lidar Data Distribution
The USGS is making this change because LAZ is an open source, directly accessible, ready-to-use format that also provides significant compression. By switching to LAZ, USGS will reduce costs associated...
View ArticleNGA Releases Updated Commercial GEOINT Strategy
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency recently released a commercial GEOINT strategy update, emphasizing innovation in the face of a rapidly advancing technological landscape. The strategy...
View ArticleInfraWorks Updates Build Bridge To Geographic Information Software
Last week Autodesk released the year's first InfraWorks update. Although the update focuses on improving the design experience and simplifying workflow, the most noteworthy new feature is a bridge...
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