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Tuesday, April 28th, 2015
Over the weekend, a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal near the city of Kathmandu, followed by aftershocks that also resulted in many deaths and structural damage. Simultaneously, climbers on Mount Everest’s base camp were buried in an avalanche, precipitated by the quake.
The following are some sites that provide some geospatial insight into the events. I’m leaving the links whole in most cases so that they are easy for people to access and will add others as I learn about them. If anyone has any other links that should be added to this list, please contact me at susan.smith@ibsystems.com.
 Dharahara Tower, Kathmandu April 2014 before the earthquake, courtesy DigitalGlobe (more…)
Tags: climate change, cloud, crowdsourcing, DigitalGlobe, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, Google, Google Maps, imagery, Infrastructure, intelligence, LiDAR, location, mapping, Mount Everest, Nepal Earthquake, NOAA, remote sensing, social media, USGS
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Thursday, April 16th, 2015
I was pleased to hear about this White House announcement that the First Lady will join students from across the country to plant the White House Kitchen Garden for the seventh year in a row. In 2009, Mrs. Obama planted a vegetable garden on the South Lawn to initiate a national conversation around the health and wellbeing of our nation—a conversation that evolved into her Let’s Move! initiative.
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Tags: cloud, crowdsourcing, data, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, imagery, satellite imagery, social media
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2015
Technology for electric utilities is not always particularly exciting, but Space-Time Insight raises the bar for the industry in terms of providing virtual reality to actually access and analyze situations arising in utility facilities.
 Oculus view of a Circuit Breaker (more…)
Tags: data, geospatial, GIS, imagery, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, situational intelligence, Space-Time Insight, utilities
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Thursday, March 26th, 2015
In an interview with vice president of Public Safety Products, Intergraph SG&I Kalyn Sims, and Russ Johnson, director of Public Safety for Esri, discussed the latest collaboration between the two companies, to enhance geospatial capabilities for public safety and security agencies. Through the collaboration, the companies will work to more tightly align Intergraph’s Computer-Aided Dispatch system, I/CAD, and Esri’s ArcGIS Platform.
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Tags: ArcGIS, cloud, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, intelligence, Intergraph, location, public safety
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Friday, March 20th, 2015
In recent years, Emergency Response and Recovery has been tasked with addressing the growing number of natural disasters and manmade disasters worldwide. When a disaster happens, the role of GIS and geospatial is front and center in the identification of location and the location of individuals impacted in the event, as well as the clarification of the physical damage to vital structures. It is also fundamental to the provision of medical care and utilities during a time when those things may be scarce or non-existent.
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Tags: ArcGIS, Autodesk, Bentley Systems, climate change, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, GPS, imagery, Infrastructure, intelligence, Intergraph, iPhone, lbs, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, mobile, navigation, satellite imagery, smartphones, social media, TomTom
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
Last week, Uber announced that it acquired deCarta, a small location based services (LBS) company. As Uber has made its name as the “ridesharing giant,” a company spokesman said that they hoped to improve Uber’s ETA times as well as carpooling service with the acquisition. It also will reduce the company’s reliance on Google and Apple.
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Tags: Bing, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, deCarta, geospatial, GIS, Google, Google Maps, GPS, Infrastructure, intelligence, iPhone, location, Location Based Services, mapping, maps, mobile, smartphones, social media, Uber
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Friday, February 27th, 2015
Michel Gilles, vice president for Utilities and Communications for Intergraph, talked with GISCafe Voice this week about the recent strategic alliance between Intergraph and ETAP, to collaborate on their products’ integration and address the market for utilities and telecommunications. This fast-growing market is now beginning to support new sources of generation and production of energy. The announcement was made at DistribuTECH.
 The ETAP Microgrid (more…)
Tags: asset management, climate change, cloud, distribution management systems, geospatial, GIS, Infrastructure, intelligence, Intergraph, location, mapping, maps, SCADA, Smart Grid, smart meters, solar energy, telecommunications, utilities, wind farms
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
During the week of March 17th , GISCafe Voice will run a special feature blog on the topic, “Emergency Response and Management Solutions.”
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Tags: AEC, Bentley, climate change, cloud, crowdsourcing, DigitalGlobe, ESRI, geospatial, geospatial analysis, GIS, GISCafe, GISCafe Voice, Google, Google Maps, GPS, Haiti, Infrastructure, intelligence, Intergraph, iPhone, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, mobile, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, NOAA, remote sensing, smartphones, social media, special coverage
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2015
New proposed rules covering small “unmanned aerial systems” (UAS) issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) this Sunday, could be game changing for those who are looking to use unmanned drones for business purposes.
 A Reaper UAV drone (more…)
Tags: aerial photography, farming, geospatial, GIS, Google Maps, government, imagery, Infrastructure, intelligence, land survyeing, smartphones, social media, UAS, UAV
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2015
Esri announced the launch of a new site aimed to help citizens locate organizations sharing open data around the world and provide direct access to thousands of open government datasets. Citizens can search, download, filter, and visualize this data through their web browser or mobile device.
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Tags: ArcGIS, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, ESRI, intelligence, location, maps, mobile, NASA, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, NOAA, social media, USGS
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