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Redefining the language of geospatial industry
A case study from Brazil, where the availability of accurate and up-to-date data helped in the completing a major engineering project in the city. This story also brings before us the power of Bentley PowerCivil in combining the Surveying and GIS data to make complex plans. GIS for Humberto de Campos street extension project
America’s days are sadly numbered as a world leader and Europe is emptying its cargo off the ship while it still can. Europe’s infrastructure is seeing improvements despite a faltering economic system.
IKONOS (1m) Satellite Image of the World Trade Center Towers 911 Memorial Manhattan, New York – August 26, 2011 Click images to view in high resolution. Image Copyright © GeoEye and Courtesy ...
The cloud is growing in importance for GIS professionals, with cost efficiency, scalability, and flexibility as major drivers. We can see the beginnings of cloud options for many organizations with the ability to run ArcGIS Server ...
Via Richard Petry
June 15, 2012; New London, CT —Public officials and scientists today toured a research vessel that will begin mapping the bottom of Long Island Sound this summer as part of an effort to gather information and data on the ...
Princeton UniversityVideo feature: 'Mapping Princeton'Princeton UniversitySanborn created detailed maps of cities and towns across the country, including the town of Princeton when it was home to the then-called College of New Jersey.
Esri has released ArcGIS Runtime, a new technology for developing lightweight GIS applications on desktop and mobile devices.
So, ever since Apple officially lifted the lid off Apple maps at their recent Developer event there’s been loads of speculation as to what Apple maps will look like when it rolls out to iOS users later this year (recall at the event execs commented...
Geographers chart the 'next-generation digital Earth'Phys.OrgThe world has gotten smaller and more accessible since applications like Google Earth became mainstream, says UC Santa Barbara Professor of Geography Michael Goodchild.
Exprodat Leads in Unconventionals Reserve Mapping and Well Pattern ...Houston ChronicleUniquely, Team-GIS Unconventionals Analyst provides tools to automate SPEE's “Monograph 3 – Guidelines for the Practical Evaluation of Undeveloped Reserves in Resource...
The Eye on Earth global public information service promotes the principles of public data access and citizen science.
For a current project I'm currently working I show organism distributions using data from GBIF, and I display that data on a map that uses the equirectangular projection. I've recently started to create a series of base maps using ...
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Aurora CO (SPX) Aug 29, 2012 - Want a reason to enroll in an online geographic information systems (GIS) degree program? Consider this: When technology historians look back on 2012, they might look at this as the GIS year.
Many-layered mapmaking is helping scholars recreate vanished landscapes and envision history.
VRSS-1 is Venezuela’s first remote sensing satellite, and it will be mainly used for the country’s land resources inspections, environmental protection, disaster detection and management, crop yield estimation and city plans.
I’m at the ESRI UC for the first time this year and in preparation I have been looking into Image Analysis functionality with regards to Military Applications. There is an enormous amount of softwa...
Following months of uncertainty over impending budget cuts to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s EnhancedView commercial imagery program, and unsuccessful bids by both companies to acquire one another, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye announced merger plans July 23.
Farm tech: GPS, GIS play increasing role at local farm operationsSturgis JournalThe day is coming when farmers won't have to spend time driving tractors to do field work.
I recently co-wrote an editorial (download the full version here) with Mike Batty (UCL CASA) in which we explored some of the current issues surrounding the visualisation of large urban datasets.
transportation and logistics professionals all over the world have embraced geographic information systems (GIS) technology as a powerful tool for managing, planning, evaluating and maintaining their operations.
Geodesign is a methodology that provides a design framework and supporting technology to leverage geographic information, resulting in designs that more closely follow natural systems. Describing A Framework for ...
VentureBeatReport: Amazon Acquires 3D Maps Startup UpNextPC MagazineThe Kindle Fire may be lagging in tablet traffic, but Amazon is working hard to build its tablet into a go-to device.Amazon jumps into 3D mapping with purchase of...
Geocurrents.info posted an interesting item on UNESCO World Heritage Sites list. I suggested that their otherwise lovely static maps could be augmented via dynamic maps.
Apples new Maps app could spell the end for GPS systemsBaltimore Post-ExaminerYou may have heardthat Apple has dropped Google maps from their phones in the upcoming release.
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