Archive for the ‘geospatial’ Category
Thursday, October 30th, 2014
If you’re feeling particularly ghoulish, Esri’s “Where Are the Bodies?” story map is offered just in time for Halloween, documenting the final resting places of some of the most famous (and infamous) actors, artists, authors, and criminals. From Al Capone to Andy Warhol, and many more, learn more about each individual and interactively explore high-resolution imagery for the cemetery or burial site where they’re interred.
You can scroll through the alphabetical list to see each entry, or you can click one of the buttons on the right side to jump to a specific person.
Tags: ArcGIS, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, Google, Google Maps, GPS, Halloween, story maps
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2014
Unmanned Aerial Systems is one of the disruptive technologies of this century. Whomever would have thought that small flying planes, that look very much like the hobbyist planes that people fly remotely, would someday take the role of carrier pigeons in delivering packages and also providing aerial surveillance, both on a government and citizen level.
 Trimble UX5 (more…)
Tags: 3DR, Aeryon Labs, Altavian, ArcGIS, DigitalGlobe, ESRI, geospatial, Google, imagery, Infrastructure, intelligence, LiDAR, location, Mapbox, Nixon Peabody, Phoenix LiDAR Systems, Pix4D, QCoherent Software, RIEGL, satellite imagery, senseFly, SkyIMD, sUAS, SUREFIRE LLC, Trimble, UAS, UAV, Unmanned Aerial Systems, Unmanned Systems Canada
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Monday, October 20th, 2014
During the week of November 17th, GISCafe Voice will run a special feature blog on the topic, “3D Cities: Envisioning Communities of the Future.”
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Tags: 3D cities, ABI Research, AEC, ArcGIS, Autodesk, Bentley, Bentley Systems, Citysourced, climate change, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, DigitalGlobe, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, Google, Google Maps, imagery, Infrastructure, intelligence, Intergraph, LiDAR, location, maps, Microsoft, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, remote sensing, Safe Software, satellite imagery, social media, TomTom, USGS
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Thursday, October 16th, 2014
Ken Gorton of Esri talked about the GeoPlanner at Esri UC 2014 in the Plenary, mostly in relationship to the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI)’ s work in Africa with the great apes’ habitat.
GeoPlanner supports every step in the design workflow for Geodesign and is an addition to the ArcGIS platform. Built on ArcGIS Online, it leverages web maps and can be used in infrastructure design, public safety, and planning of all kinds. GeoPlanner can be put on the portal so everyone involved can use it.
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Tags: ArcGIS, cloud, conservation, crowdsourcing, data, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, Infrastructure, intelligence, Jane Goodall, JGI, location, mapping, maps
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Friday, October 10th, 2014
In a Research and Markets study report, the analysts forecast the global GIS market in the Banking, Financial Services and Institutions (BFSI) sector to grow at a CAGR of 8.43 percent over the period from 2013 – 2018.
As GIS is used for so many different industries these days, the opportunities for growth in the BFSI sector are not surprising. GIS is used across sectors such as Natural Resources, Utilities, Federal Government, Communication and Telecom, Military/Law Enforcement, and Others. GIS is used for various purposes such as disaster management, finding location details, viewing maps, marketing, designing facilities and others.
In terms of GIS product, the market can be segmented into three: Software, Data, and Services.
The report, the “Global GIS Market in the BFSI Sector 2014-2018,” has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the Americas, and the APAC and EMEA regions. It also covers the landscape of the Global GIS market in the BFSI sector and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market. (From company materials)
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Tags: ESRI, GeoEye, geospatial, GIS, Google, location, mapping, satellite imagery, social media
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Friday, October 3rd, 2014
Recently I spoke with Mosaik Solutions’ John Gilmer, VP, Data Integrity, Brian McNamara, product manager, Todd Cotts, director, Product Management and Matt Oak, manager GIS department regarding their business and recent announcements.
 Mosaik Solutions Coverage (more…)
Tags: ArcGIS, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, ESRI, geospatial, Google, imagery, Infrastructure, intelligence, location, mapping, maps, satellite imagery
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Thursday, September 25th, 2014
In response to recent catastrophic natural disasters such as the earthquake and tsunami in Tohoku, Japan in 2011, the hurricanes of the Gulf of Mexico, and the Colorado floods of 2013, the Pedestrian Evacuation Analyst software has been developed by USGS. The reason for the focus on pedestrians in evacuations is that during the brief period of time between the onset of a disaster and the arrival of the consequences of the event, citizens generally evacuate themselves without a government mandate, and they are usually on foot, across the landscape (according to Wood and Schmidtlein, 2012).
In cases where there is tremendous flooding or tsunamis, evacuation would be to higher ground but that isn’t always available. Evacuation modeling has revealed that some kind of vertical-evacuation structures may be good to have in a critical area.
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Tags: cloud, crowdsourcing, geospatial, location, mapping, maps, USGS
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
Not to be outdone by some of Google’s larger acquisitions, Jetpac, a contextual image company, has been acquired by the search engine giant. What Google wants from Jetpac is their iPhone app that helps users find destinations using shared smartphone photos. It is also a very powerful crowdsourcing tool.
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Tags: cloud, crowdsourcing, data, GIS, Google, Google Maps, location, maps, mobile, satellite imagery, smartphones, social media
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Monday, September 15th, 2014
Satellite imagery has undergone a paradigm shift in the past couple of years.
 Airbus MOJ Tracker (more…)
Tags: cloud, data, DigitalGlobe, ESRI, imagery, intelligence, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, Microsoft, mobile, NASA, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, NOAA, remote sensing, satellite imagery
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Thursday, September 11th, 2014
GISCafe Voice is running a Special Feature Blog on the topic of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) the week of October 20th. If you wish to have your company included, please let me know, Susan Smith at susan.smith@ibsystems.com The GISCafe UAS Questionnaire will be sent to all companies who offer UAV and UAS products and services, so that we may thoroughly cover all opportunities available. Or, you can print it yourself from this blog and email it to me.
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Tags: UAS, UAVs, Unmanned Aerial Systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
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