Archive for the ‘integrated GIS solutions’ Category
Friday, May 10th, 2019
BIRMINGHAM, UK company, Juniper Systems Limited announced the release of two new rugged handheld computers, each the third generation in their respective product lines. The new Allegro 3™ Rugged Handheld Computer is designed for applications requiring full alpha-numeric keyboard input, while the new Archer 3™ Rugged Handheld Computer is ideal for single-handed data entry use. Both products were designed for data-intensive applications and are now running on the Android® operating system.
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Friday, March 22nd, 2019
Digital Twins – are they taking the technology world by storm? IDC recently noted that by 2020, 30% of global 2000 companies will be using data from Digital Twins to improve organizational productivity by as much as 25%. While it is not quite there, Gartner predicts the Digital Twin will reach the “Plateau of Productivity” within 5 to 10 years.
According to the 2018 Gartner Hype Cycle, Digital Twin is a trend that is now approaching the “Peak of Inflated Expectations” and is estimated to hit the “Plateau of Productivity” within 5 to 10 years. Image courtesy of Gartner, Inc.
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Tags: 3D Laser Mapping, ArcGIS, autonomous vehicles, Bentley Systems, Cityworks, climate change, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, Digital Twin, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, GNSS, imagery, indoor mapping, intelligence, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, mobile, mobile mapping, NASA, navigation, reality modeling, remote sensing, satellite imagery, situational intelligence, small sats, social media, Trimble, USC No Comments »
Friday, December 14th, 2018
Belgian company Orbit GT offers mobile mapping, oblique mapping, indoor mapping, UAS mapping, and 3D mapping.
“I’m happy to announce that version 19.0 is now available for download,” says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT at the InterGeo Conference 2019 held in Germany. With the advent of the smart city, Bonne says that 3D data is destined to be used throughout organizations.
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2018
GISCafe will focus on specific editorial for 2019, so be sure to check in with our Editorial Calendar to find out when might be a good time for your story to be shown. Throughout the year, we provide space for Current Events, as the technology industry is evolving, and we can’t know at the time of this writing just what will be new, groundbreaking and/or disruptive in the coming year.
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Tags: 3D Laser Mapping, air pollution, Autodesk, autonomous vehicles, Bentley, Bentley Systems, climate change, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, GNSS, Google, Google Maps, GPS, imagery, indoor mapping, Infrastructure, intelligence, Intergraph, LiDAR, mapping, maps, mobile, mobile mapping, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, navigation, NOAA, real estate, reality modeling, satellite imagery, situational intelligence, small sats, smartphones, social media, underground mapping No Comments »
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.
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Tags: air pollution, autonomous vehicles, EarthSense, hurricanes, indoor mapping, OpenStreetMap, real estate, reality modeling, situational intelligence, small sats No Comments »
Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
Getting to stay at a hotel that was crafted using the software of the host company is a really exciting experience. The Bentley 2017 Year in Infrastructure thought leadership event is held at the iconic Marina Bay Sands Hotel, in Singapore, a marvel of architecture made possible in large part by Bentley software.
Whenever a host city is chosen for a Bentley event, it is chosen based upon that region’s commitment to infrastructure. For many years I’ve attended the Year in Infrastructure events and this one is no different in honoring the geographic region that presents a great deal of industry and innovation in infrastructure. The event showcases finalists and winners in the annual Bentley Be Inspired Awards, that demonstrate excellence in all aspects of infrastructure and land planning – from roads and bridges, utilities, rail, reality modeling and much more.
There are other Be Inspired Award finalist buildings dotted around the bay that also reflect the creative use of Bentley software, and help define the Singapore skyline.
Why are so many of these ambitious projects clustered in one city/state/country? In opening comments yesterday, Chris Barron of Bentley remarked, “The center of gravity for infrastructure is in Asia. One-half of our finalists this year are from Asia.”
While Singapore is a thriving city metropolis, it is also a small nation. It may be one of the first countries to take a leap into being a “smart nation,” far beyond the ambitions of the “smart city.”
There is a stark difference between the Singapore we see today and eight years ago when the Marina Bay Sands Hotel was built. The center of the 720-square-meter island was essentially seawater, and needed to be built up with many tons of soil shipped in to support the ambitious structures that would eventually make up the profile and economy of this city/state/country.
This is where geospatial comes in, and it is indelibly woven into the fabric of how the island came to support such structures and new economic growth. In Bentley’s world view, geospatial is a part of the whole, and it is a part of all the utilities, road, rail and construction offerings as it must be part of the projects themselves.
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Tags: Bentley, Bentley Systems, cloud, geospatial, imagery, indoor mapping, Infrastructure, intelligence, mapping, maps, navigation, reality modeling, satellite imagery, Singapore Land Authority No Comments »
Thursday, June 1st, 2017
Mark Reid, Vice President of Product Management at GeoSLAM Ltd talked about their recent announcement of the real-time upgrade option for the ZEB-REVO, their handheld mobile mapping system. Demonstrated for the first time at SPAR 3D 2017 in Houston, the optional upgrade includes a revised datalogger capable of undertaking SLAM registration in real-time. It has its own integrated Wi-Fi, with results that can be displayed live, as they are captured, on any web browser enabled device including tablets and smartphones.
Thornton Abbey Scan
GISCafe Voice: What are some indoor map applications for ZEB-REVO?
The ZEB-REVO handheld mobile mapping device employs a highly robust 3D Simultaneous Localisation And Mapping (SLAM) algorithm, which enables the rapid creation of a 3-dimensional model of any space.
Since it does not require a GPS signal, the ZEB-REVO is at its best in complex, enclosed, multi-level environments, without compromising on the accuracy of data collection.
User cam
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Tags: ArcGIS, cloud, data, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, Google, GPS, indoor mapping, Infrastructure, mapping, real estate, smartphones No Comments »
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 2 Comments »
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 No Comments »
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
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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 No Comments »
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