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Geospatial Predictions for 2017 from Boundless CEO, Andy Dearing

Thursday, February 2nd, 2017

As I wrote last year, 80 percent of all business data contains a location component, yet most organizations are not using it or don’t know how. Boundless’ open, cloud-based and highly scalable platform, allows developers to deploy an entire scalable GIS infrastructure with just one line of code, and analysts can visualize all of their geospatial data in real time without any licensing fees.

This development solution addresses the increasing demand for an alternative to proprietary geospatial solutions (Esri and Hexagon, for example). Boundless offers greater functionality than Esri’s ArcGIS at 10 percent of the cost.
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Tags: Boundless, cloud, data, intelligence, location, mapping, maps, Open Source
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Following the Route of Climate Migrants

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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what3words Adopted in Côte d’Ivoire to Improve National Infrastructure

Thursday, January 19th, 2017

Chris Sheldrick, CEO and Co-Founder of what3words, spoke with GISCafe Voice recently about the multi-award winning addressing system’s recent adoption as an addressing standard for La Poste, the Côte d’Ivoire’s national postal system. Côte d’Ivoire is the first African nation – and second country in the world (Mongolia is the first) – to adopt 3 word addresses to improve its national infrastructure.

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Tags: climate change, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, geospatial, GIS, Google Maps, GPS, imagery, Infrastructure, intelligence, iPhone, location, social media, what3words
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2017: Geospatial Musings

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

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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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2016: Through the Lens of GIS

Tuesday, December 13th, 2016

Reviewing 2016 through the lens of GIS, there has definitely been a lot of growth in certain areas. While we have had the cloud on our list of important technologies for a few years now, it is gaining more traction as more organizations take advantage of its fluidity, ability to house big data and allow teams to work together, and also roll out product releases with more ease.

Facebook’s Aquila

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Tags: climate change, cloud, data, geospatial, GIS, Google, GPS, imagery, Infrastructure, intelligence, location, maps, satellite imagery
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Esri GeoConX, Smart Grid, Interoperability of Systems and DataCapable

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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DigitalGlobe and CyberCity 3D Agreement and Orbit Logic’s Direct Access Facility Collection Planning System

Friday, November 25th, 2016

Colorado-based DigitalGlobe, provider of commercial high-resolution Earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, recently entered into an Integrator License Agreement with CyberCity 3D, Inc., a geospatial 3D modeling and streaming services company headquartered in Los Angeles County, CA. DigitalGlobe owns and operates a highly sophisticated constellation of commercial earth imaging satellites.

CyberCity 3D Modeling from DigitalGlobe Imagery of Abu Dhabi

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Tags: CyberCity 3D, DigitalGlobe, Orbit Logic
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GIS Without Bounds from Boundless

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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Bentley Media Day: Government and Utilities

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.