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Pix4D Releases Pix4Dcloud and Pix4Dcloud Advanced Mapping Platforms

Friday, June 26th, 2020

Pix4D, a photogrammetry and drone-mapping industry leader headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, announced recently the release of Pix4Dcloud and Pix4Dcloud Advanced: new mapping platforms for online surveying workflows and construction site monitoring.

 

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Mapping Hot Spots Using Satellites to Prepare for UK Summer Heatwave

Friday, May 15th, 2020

Bristol, UK, Earth observation company 4 Earth Intelligence has created a UK street level map of ‘at risk’ areas to help plan for and manage the effects of extreme hot weather conditions using satellites. Their Heat Hazard Postcode data is being made available free at the point of use to national organizations and multi-agency partnerships, such as Local Resilience Forums, that are currently battling the coronavirus pandemic.  Created with support from the Ordnance Survey through their Covid-19 Response licensing, the data is expected to be helpful in determining geographic areas experiencing extreme heat this summer.

 

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AGI Geospatial Analysis Showcase Recap

Friday, May 1st, 2020

Robert Cardillo, former director National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) was the keynote at the AGI Geospatial Analysis Showcase on April 28th. Cardillo brings background and depth to the topic. Currently president of the Cardillo Group, he supports the intelligence profession and bigger GEOINT community, and also serves as a member of the board of directors and consultant to Cesium.

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Web App TopoGrafi Captures Buried Asset Data for Utility and Infrastructure Sectors

Thursday, April 16th, 2020

MGISS, a Liverpool, UK geospatial specialist, released a new version of its web app TopoGrafi that allows for the display of 3D data in real world models. With enhanced 3D data processing capabilities, TopoGrafi is an end to end platform for capturing buried asset data and processing it for visually revealing and interactive Augmented Reality visualizations.  Specifically aimed at the utility and infrastructure sectors, TopoGrafi is already helping organizations in water and highways sectors enhance asset location data, improve on-site safety and reduce construction and maintenance costs.

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Special GISCafe Report: Drones for GIS and Mapping

Thursday, April 2nd, 2020

The FAA estimates that there will be nearly half a million registered commercial use drones in the U.S. by 2022 (FAA 2018 – 2038 Aerospace Forecast).

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Esri StoryMaps Tell the Covid-19 Geographic Story

Friday, March 20th, 2020

Esri StoryMaps have often been front and center in creating social change. Since the last week of January, Esri’s Cooper Thomas and Ross Donihue have been working on their Esri Covid-19 StoryMaps.

Johns Hopkins University map to capture all confirmed COVID-19 cases, fatalities and recoveries.

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Hexagon Geosystems Announces HxDR Smart Digital Reality Hub

Wednesday, February 26th, 2020

Pascal Strupler, Product Manager, HxDR, Hexagon Geosystems spoke with GISCafe Voice about its recent product announcement, HxDR. HxDR is aiming to be Hexagon’s central smart digital reality data hub, a new cloud-based digital reality visualization platform that can import and visualize any type of reality capture data from airborne, ground, and mobile sensors. This data can be integrated together easily, according to Strupler.

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GIS and AEC Partnerships with Esri

Friday, February 14th, 2020

In 2019, it came to my attention that there was more specific attention being paid to AEC and GIS integration, specifically two partnerships of AEC companies formed with Esri. In a conversation with Esri’s Kathleen Kewley, GISCafe Voice discussed the resurgence of interest of GIS in the AEC space from an Esri perspective. Kewley also worked at Autodesk at one time. In addition I have included information from a webinar conducted by Autodesk senior technical marketing manager Wes Newman and AEC Solutions engineer from Esri, Rafael Fernandes, about the partnership between Esri and Autodesk.

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GISCafe Industry Predictions 2020 – Part 6

Friday, February 7th, 2020

This is our final installment of Industry Predictions for 2020. Topics this week include satellites, Cloud for geospatial applications, data storage, data sentience, data sovereignty, growth, location, mapping fleets and much more.

Representatives from CubeWerx, DataCapable, T-mapy, GeoSapient, Inc. and Mapillary offer their insights into the industry and trends for the future.

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GISCafe Industry Predictions 2020 – Part 5

Thursday, January 30th, 2020

GISCafe Industry Predictions for 2020 move forward into February. Topics covered this week are cloud-based asset management systems, artificial intelligence, smart cities, citizen science, open source mapping and data, GNSS advancements, big spatial data analytics, drone industry, enterprise scale and dashboards and data visualizations.

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