Archive for the ‘deCarta’ Category
Friday, May 4th, 2018
Data providers abound in the GIS and geospatial industry. Choices range from mapping, built and natural terrain modeling, survey, GIS/LIS technologies, geospatial web, asset inventory, mapping, geodetic and engineering surveying, photogrammetry, satellite imagery and real-time satellite data, remote sensing, aerial and ground-based LiDAR surveys, geographic and land information systems (GIS/LIS), and spatial computing and analysis, data provided by drones, and much more.
 McMurdo Station Iceberg, Antarctica, NASA, taken from a small sat. (more…)
Tags: air pollution, autonomous vehicles, EarthSense, hurricanes, indoor mapping, OpenStreetMap, real estate, reality modeling, situational intelligence, small sats
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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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