Bluesky Acquires US Aerial Survey Company Col-East
British aerial mapping innovator Bluesky International is expanding its business into North America following the acquisition of Col-East Inc (www.col-east.com), a Massachusetts based aerial survey...
View ArticleStreamline Business Workflows with M.App Enterprise
Hexagon Smart M.Apps are revolutionizing the way we communicate geographic information. They allow us to communicate complex data in a non-complex way. By fusing together content, workflows and...
View ArticleMapQuest Tackling More Location Data and Services Under Verizon Ownership
As a veteran player in digital mapping, MapQuest has amassed a vast amount of location data over the years. Elise Neel, the head of MapQuest for business, says the company has evolved to meet not only...
View ArticleTAMU-CC’s Geographic Information Science and Surveying Program Wins First...
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s Geographic Information Science (GISc) and Geospatial Surveying Engineering program continues to achieve excellence. A team of six undergraduate students in...
View ArticleNYS GIS Association: Over 500 Datasets Available in the Geographic...
Sometime in February we added additional datasets to the Geographic Information Gateway repository that brought data holdings to over 500 datasets! Here is an example of some of the newly added...
View ArticleEsri Announces 2017 Storytelling with Maps Contest
Esri announced that it is inviting people to submit their top Esri Story Maps projects for a chance to win prizes and peer recognition at the Esri User Conference. Contest participants can submit up to...
View ArticleState GIS group Launches 'GeoWomen' Tto Promote Diversity In Geospatial Tech
Nearly a year after hiring Molly Schar as its first executive director, the National States Geographic Information Council launched an advocacy program encouraging women to pursue careers in geospatial...
View ArticleInfoGeographics releases MapChecker App on Apple, Google Play, and Microsoft...
InfoGeographics Inc. is announced that it has published MapChecker, an App on the Apple, Google Play, and Microsoft Stores. Administrators of web mapping sites are responsible for those sites being up...
View ArticleGIS Technology Now A Critical Tool In Flood Zone Determination
We know that flooding is a major natural disaster that affects many parts of the world, including developed countries such as the U.S. It causes billions of dollars in infrastructure and property...
View ArticleNew eSpatial Release Coming Q2 2017
We are excited about our upcoming Q2 2017 release which includes some frequently requested cool new features. The two primary areas are buffer capabilities and SSO (Single sign-on). The buffer...
View Article2017 ISO Metadata Summit
The FGDC is hosting a 2017 International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Metadata Summit on May 24, 2017 at USGS Headquarters in Reston Virginia. ...continued ...
View ArticleTOMTOM Encourages U.S. National Park Visitors To Go Off The Beaten Path By...
TomTom today announced a concerted effort to encourage visitors to go off the beaten path and explore less traveled trails within U.S. national parks. In the past year, U.S. national parks saw a 7.7...
View ArticleGoogle shuts down Google Maps’ editing tools
Google has shut down Google Map Maker. A support page went up over the weekend declaring that Map Maker is closed but that "many of its features are being integrated into Google Maps." Map Maker was a...
View ArticleUse Web AppBuilder to create configurable app templates
Once you’ve authored a map, you can complete the user experience by creating a web app. You can create a web app by choosing from a pre-established collection of configurable app templates, or using...
View ArticleHow GPS Changed the Way We Think About Our Planet
Iceland is breaking apart. While the country's 333,000 people, millions of puffins, and influx of tourists live in harmony, the rock underneath them is slowly separating. That's because this Nordic...
View ArticleOGC seeks comment on proposed GeoScience Domain Working Group
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks comments on the draft charter of a proposed GeoScience Domain Working Group (DWG). GeoScience encompasses a number of scientific domains focused on providing...
View ArticleHERE, MediaTek team up to deliver advanced global positioning solutions for...
In a world with billions of connected sensors, advanced location positioning technology is unlocking new opportunities for businesses everywhere. HERE Technologies, a global provider of location...
View ArticleHow to Build Innovative Geospatial Solutions
The geospatial industry has been going through a transformation. The rate of change is accelerating. Natural disaster response must happen in record time. Sewers and roadways are deteriorating more...
View ArticleHawaii Government's Version of Google Maps Gives Greater Access to Public Data
Maps identifying everything from the locations of homeless shelters to ahupuaa boundaries are now available online to the public thanks to a partnership between the state Office of Planning and the...
View ArticleEsri to Showcase Advanced Developer Tools at TechCrunch Disrupt NY
Esri announced it will be a sponsor and exhibitor at the TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017 hackathon and conference, to be held in New York City May 13 through 17. Esri staff will be on hand to provide...
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