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Thursday, March 9th, 2017
According to a press release, on February 24th, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA”) (TSX: MDA), a Canadian multinational communications and information company providing technology solutions to commercial and government organizations worldwide, and Colorado-based DigitalGlobe, Inc. (“DigitalGlobe”) (NYSE: DGI), a global leader in Earth imagery and geospatial content, announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement, pursuant to which MDA will acquire DigitalGlobe for US$35.00 per share in a combination of cash and stock.
 Nishinoshima Volcanic Island Growth. Image Courtesy of DigitalGlobe (more…)
Tags: climate change, cloud, data, DigitalGlobe, imagery, intelligence, mapping, maps, MDA, remote sensing, satellite imagery
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Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
Peter Becker, ArcGIS product manager, Esri, talked with GISCafe Voice this week about the ArcticDEM project, that recently released the largest addition of new elevation models to the project. An ongoing collaboration effort between the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the Polar Geospatial Center (PGC) and Esri, the ArcticDEM project produces high resolution elevation models to support the national security and scientific requirements of the Arctic. It also serves as a public data model that can be used by scientists to assess and augment climate change models. The NGA presented the new ArcticDEM elevation data the twentieth annual Esri Federal GIS (FedGIS) Conference, held February 13 and 14 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
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Tags: ArcGIS, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, Google Maps, imagery, location, mapping, maps, mobile, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Polar Geospatial Center, satellite imagery
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Thursday, February 16th, 2017
Six months ago the location-based augmented reality game Pokémon Go was released. Developed in partnership by Niantic and Google, it is really a data mining type of game developed for iOS and Android devices, where players can nab the historic Pokémon in their own local environments. The marriage of geospatial and augmented reality is a gamechanger for the geospatial industry, evidenced by just how many people can be reached with over 100 million Android downloads in the first month of its entry onto the market.
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Tags: cloud, crowdsourcing, geospatial, GIS, Google, Google Maps, GPS, location, mapping, maps, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Pokémon Go, PokéStops, smartphones, social media
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Thursday, January 26th, 2017
Climate Migrants is an Esri Story Map that tells the story of people misplaced geographically by climate change and in some cases, other change factors. Allan Carroll of Esri and his team wanted to create a climate change map that was oriented toward people.
The primary goal of the team is to produce apps that enable other people to tell stories. An analysis report by the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. was an influence in the development of the Story Map, which charts what factors contribute to people becoming “climate migrants.” In some cases, such as Syria and Darfur, droughts have precipitated migrations and led to violence and war.
“Some like these, are caused by both climate change and political indicators, sometimes by shortsighted government policies, but climate is a factor in all of them,” said Carroll.
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Tags: ABI Research, ArcGIS, climate change, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, mapping, mobile, story maps
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2017
Happy New Year!
The recent presidential election in the U.S. has created so much uncertainty that it is hard to know what the future of any industry will be. For the first time, I feel there is no point in making predictions for the New Year for the geospatial industry, unless one is an insider with special knowledge of the winds of change.
 Sevenhugs SmartRemote (more…)
Tags: ArcGIS, climate change, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, ESRI, geospatial, Google, GPS, imagery, Infrastructure, intelligence, LiDAR, location, maps, NASA, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, NOAA, satellite imagery, small sats
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Thursday, December 1st, 2016
In mid-October, Esri held their new annual GeoConX conference in Phoenix, AZ, now a combination of their former EGUG electric utility conference, and the Telecommunications User Group (TelUG).
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Tags: DataCapable, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, R&D, telecom, utility
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Thursday, November 17th, 2016
Amazingly, 80 percent of all business data contains a location component, yet most organizations are not using it or don’t know how. On Nov. 15, Boundless expanded its open GIS solution into an ecosystem of geo-aware open source data, content and expertise that makes the latest GIS data easily available to developers and analysts in both public and private sectors.
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Tags: ArcGIS, climate change, cloud, crowdsourcing, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, Google, location, mapping, maps, remote sensing
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Thursday, November 10th, 2016
On Media Day at the Bentley Year In Infrastructure 2016 Conference held in London, the media was treated to Industry presentations for the various industry segments that Bentley Systems serves. The event is a vehicle for Bentley’s jurored Be Inspired Awards, which are bestowed on the selected finalists at a Wednesday evening gala event. Prior to the event, technology sessions highlight the work of the finalists and the company provides industry forums to showcase new technologies on the horizon.
 Winner Innovation in Utilities and Communication – Hubei Electric, Engineering , 220kV Secondary Transformer Substation, China (more…)
Tags: ArcGIS, Bentley, Bentley Systems, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, geospatial, GIS, Google, GPS, imagery, location, mapping, satellite imagery
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
GISCafe Editorial Calendar 2017*
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Tags: Autodesk, Bentley, climate change, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, location, mapping, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, satellite imagery, small sats
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2016
It’s difficult not to be inspired when attending the Bentley Year In Infrastructure Conference, with so many talented professionals gathered to show off their infrastructure projects.
 Innovation in Rail and Transit Winner: Bandedamark – New Line, Copenhagen-Ringsted, Copenhagen Capital Region, Denmark. Image Courtesy of Bentley Systems (more…)
Tags: #YII2016, AEC, Bentley Systems, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, geospatial, GIS, Google, GPS, imagery, Infrastructure, intelligence, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, satellite imagery, USGS, Year In Infrastructure 2016, YII 2016
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