MassGIS Data: LiDAR Terrain Data
Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) terrain and elevation data cover the entirety of Massachusetts. ...continued ...
View ArticleFounder of QGIS: Gary Sherman
If Roger Tomlinson is considered the father of GIS, then Gary Sherman is one of the godfathers. He started building a GIS to solve a particular problem, and it has since grown into the world’s...
View ArticleOGC Seeks Public Comment on Draft Charter for Artificial Intelligence in...
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the draft Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) Domain Working Group (DWG) Charter.Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning (DL)...
View ArticleImportance Of Adding Geolocation To Your Mobile Application
One of the most concerning issue with mobile applications is that many users install an app out of curiosity and use it once or twice before abandoning it and eventually those mobile apps get...
View ArticleResearchers Receive $1.25 Million Grant to Map Marine Ecosystems With Drones
You may soon be able to spot UCF drones collecting data all along the Pacific coast - from Baja California to Alaska. Timothy Hawthorne, assistant professor of GIS in the Department of Sociology, and...
View ArticleDC Embraces Augmented Reality to Plan Its Future
Imagine touring Washington, DC, with an interactive virtual guide that shares fascinating historical details about buildings and monuments. You could listen to stories about people and events by simply...
View ArticleTomTom Offers Free Mobile Maps Sdks to Developers
As the 2016 presidential election was heating up, the statistical news website FiveThirtyEight released a projection map suggesting the distribution of votes if only women voted. The map, sent out in a...
View ArticleGeospatial Fact Sheet: Open Source GIS
URISA released its Geospatial fact sheet on open source GIS. This guide walks you through the who what and why of open source GIS and answers your most likely questions. ...continued ...
View ArticleTrimble Enhances its TruETA Solution with New Add-On Modules for Improved...
Trimble announced the introduction of enhancements to its TruETA solution for improved route planning. While estimated time of arrivals (ETAs) are not new to the trucking industry, the application adds...
View ArticleData Facts Expands Geographic Footprint into New Markets
Data Facts, Inc. a national and international provider of background screening solutions, recently announced seasoned veteran, Senior Vice-President Lisa May, is stepping in to expand the company's...
View ArticleChina-Based Hackers Burrow Inside Satellite, Defense, and Telecoms Firms
An advanced hacking campaign originating in China has spent the past year infiltrating satellite operators, defense contractors, and telecoms companies in the US and Southeast Asia, researchers from...
View ArticleWilton Puts Entire Town Online
The town has just put a geographic information system (GIS) online that provides one-stop access to information, including property data, topography, wetland information, aerial photography, and...
View ArticleUniversity of Redlands and Esri Partner to Shape Future 'Spatial Transformers'
The global use of geographic information systems (GIS)/location intelligence is expected to double by 2023, becoming a $10 billion industry. To maximize the understanding and effectiveness of this...
View ArticleGIS Plays Expanding Role at the Centers for Disease Control
n the last few years, geographic information systems (GIS), geography, geospatial science and visualization have been applied much more often in the public health work of the U.S Centers for Disease...
View ArticleFor GIS That Makes a Difference, State GIOs Need Decision-Making Authority
For geospatial information systems leaders in state government, efficiency and empowerment in decision-making is key. For Cy Smith, Oregon’s geospatial information officer, that authority came from the...
View ArticleHow I Went From Google Intern to the Head of Google Maps
Google is officially celebrating its 20th bithday this Thursday. But though its namesake search engine launched in 1998, the then tiny startup didn’t get around to hiring any interns until 1999. When...
View ArticleArgentine Coast Guard Selects Esri to Monitor Illegal Activities in Waterways
Esri announced that Prefectura Naval Argentina and Aeroterra S.A. have partnered to implement Esri's ArcGIS platform for a real-time tracking system. The new system, called Guardacostas Pro, uses a...
View ArticleGoogle Maps Now Lets You Poll Friends on Where to Eat
Google’s group planning feature for Google Maps, which the company first announced back at Google I/O 2018 in May, is now rolling out to users (via TechCrunch). The feature allows users to create a...
View ArticleGIS: ‘Front page to Puerto Rico Power Mission’ - Hurricane Maria
Gregory Aponte, a civil engineer with the New York District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, surprised his parents by showing up unannounced at their home in Puerto Rico.He had to because he had no way...
View ArticleConnexient Named as a Leader in Gartner's Report "Cool Vendors in Location...
Connexient is pleased to announce its "Cool Vendor" status proclaimed by Gartner, a global research and advisory firm. Gartner's recent "Cool Vendors in Location Services for Wayfinding" report...
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