Connecting Cumberland Trails for Recreation and Conservation
The frontiersman Daniel Boone first blazed a trail through the wilderness of the Cumberland Gap with an axe and his trusty rifle, Ticklicker, by his side. In the centuries that followed, generations of...
View ArticleExtensis and LizardTech Unite as One Company
Extensis® and LizardTech today announced they are uniting as one global company to help organizations increase the ROI and value of their digital assets, fonts, and large imagery. With Extensis’ market...
View ArticleApple Maps Gains Indoor Maps at Over 20 Additional Shopping Malls and...
Apple Maps has added indoor maps at over 20 additional shopping malls and airports across the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Denmark. ...continued ...
View ArticleEsri Makes Digital Mapping Software Available to Schools
Esri Ireland announced the launch of ArcGIS for Schools, making €500 million worth of digital mapping software available to every primary and secondary school in the country. More than 900,000 students...
View ArticleComtech Wins Strategic $5.5 Million Contract to Provide Virtualized Mobile...
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that during its first quarter of fiscal 2019, its Enterprise Technologies group, which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, was awarded a...
View ArticleNCCS GIS Capabilities Support NASA Disaster Mapping and Citizen Science
The NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) Spatial Analytics Platform and related Geographic Information System (GIS) capabilities are supporting NASA disaster mapping and a new landslide citizen...
View ArticleGIS Day 2018 Showcases Location Intelligence Around the World
Esri announced that the twentieth annual GIS Day will take place on November 14, 2018. The day is a celebration of GIS software and unites the geospatial community in a global movement of...
View ArticleGoogle Class Action Says Company Tracks Location of Users Who Opt-Out
A Google class action lawsuit says the technology giant has been tracking the location of phone users illegally. The Google class action lawsuit alleges that the company is carrying out a deceptive and...
View ArticleNSW Spatial Services Turns $60m Image Archive Into Free 3D Models
The official public source of land information in NSW, Spatial Services, is turning its 70-year backlog of aerial photography into a 3D digital database for developers, conservationists and historians...
View ArticleCounty to Showcase How It Uses GIS Technology
Los Angeles County government is holding a free public event on Nov. 14 — National GIS Day — to showcase the county's GIS programs.Geographic information systems are used in emergency responses, social...
View ArticleMap Maker and Joins the Esri Partner Network and Will Offer Content via...
AND has joined the EsriⓇ Partner Network and will offer AND ZIP+4 Code Boundaries to existing and new Esri end users. The AND ZIP+4 Code Boundaries are part of the AND proprietary digital maps. The AND...
View ArticleMaptitude Achieves Top Ranking in G2 Crowd's GIS Relationship and Small...
Maptitude has achieved the highest GIS Relationship and Small Business GIS Relationship scores based on the responses of real users for each of the relationship related questions featured in the G2...
View ArticleEnhancements to The National Map
The “USGS Topo Base Map” service named “USGS Topo” has been refreshed with new data and design changes. In addition, several of the “Data Availability”, or “Data Index” services have new cloud hosted...
View ArticleCollaboration on GIS Can Smooth the Path for State and Local Agencies
If a road is built in a municipality, and no one from the state is around to know it, does it really exist? With much of the transportation and road construction authority in government going to local...
View ArticleResponders Explain How High-Tech Mapping System Helps During...
Geographic Information Systems, or G-I-S, is a technology that, at a basic level, is used in mapping apps on our smartphones. However, it really does much more, including helping emergency crews...
View ArticleFCC Allows iPhones and Other Devices to Receive European GPS Data for the...
Europe brought its own GPS satellite system online in 2016, as it was concerned that the US might switch off civilian access to GPS data in a time of crisis. Known as Galileo, the thinking was that as...
View ArticleGet Real-Time Smoke Reports From the California Wildfires Using These Maps
In addition to the obvious fire danger, all three fires are creating a substantial amount of smoke that can pose a health and safety risk to those who live nearby, even when that “nearby” in a few...
View ArticleHERE Technologies Location APIs and Services Are Yours, Through AWS
We've been thrilled since our partnership with AWS began earlier this year. Since then, we’ve continually expanded the means by which AWS developers can take advantage of the #1 rated location platform...
View ArticleWhy Geospatial Information Matters
Geospatial information is data referencing a place and space. By providing the fabric of the world, the data is able to support most decisions in policy making and development planning.With the aim to...
View ArticleCAI Technologies Acquires GIS Mapping and Annalysis
CAI Technologies (CAI) acquiried GIS Mapping & Analysis (GISM&A), a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) company located in Portland, Maine. ...continued ...
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