According to Frost & Sullivan analyst Daniel Longfield: “The explosion in the collection of advanced imagery and other spatial data and its consumption by non-GIS experts necessitates solutions to make data-rich intelligence more conveniently available and actionable by the broader enterprise and in the field.”
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Archive for October, 2011
GeoEye and TerraGo Team Up to Offer Spatial Imagery on the Go
Monday, October 10th, 2011Connecting Mobile to the Office
Sunday, October 9th, 2011GIS4Mobile, demonstrated by Ove Lindholt Hansen and Nikolaj Moller Nielsen of Denmark, focuses on the concept of connecting a mobile device to the office.
With this application “the very minute you have information in the field it is available in the office,” said Hansen, emphasizing how important it is to have an online connection.
TerraGo Version 6 Allows Sharing and Updates
Saturday, October 8th, 2011A significant technology and release cycle characterize the latest 6.0 release of TerraGo. According to CEO Rick Cobb, the company has released the first version of their TerraGo SDK – a modular functionality that you can use through a service, a rapid dynamic link library. “Every major function we perform can be plugged into someone else’s app, into the cloud or some other server based app,” said Cobb. “The SDK is being deployed by GeoEye this summer so when someone goes to the GeoEye iCloud services based platform they will be able to use TerraGo to make collaborative GeoPDF images.”
TerraGo booth at Esri UC Conference 2011 in San Diego
Autodesk’s New Infrastructure Portfolio Additions
Saturday, October 8th, 2011Autodesk announced recently their Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler 2012 software for conceptual design and AutoCAD Utility Design 2012 software for electric utility design, two new additions to the Autodesk Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Infrastructure portfolio for planning, designing, building, and managing more sustainable infrastructure. These new products complement the Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 2012, and are designed to help professionals address the failing infrastructure crisis.
GIS Without the Map
Saturday, October 8th, 2011Lamont Norman, global product manager – OnDemand, Geocoding & Risk Data of Pitney Bowes Insight, jokingly said that they “do GIS to people and they don’t know it,” in other words, they provide GIS without the map. This is common in the world of risk management, where what is important is a geocode of an address.
Leaf peepers take note: Track the link between changing leaf color and climate change
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Citizens can help track climate change by noting the timing of aspen leaf changes and other plant and animal species and logging onto the USA National Phenology Network and recording their findings.
Go to USA National Phenology Network and click on “Nature’s Notebook”
Phenology is the study of the seasonal life-cycle events in plants and animals. Phenology has been shown to be a key indicator of climate change. Data collected is used to track how climate change impacts forests, through fire, insects and disease.
Another
reason to view the aspens: Santa Fe New Mexican, Monday, October 3, 2011
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