It is an interesting time to be working in the GIS industry, and I feel grateful for having experienced the past 25+ years immersed in it from an editorial perspective.
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Autonomous Vehicles, Mapping and Moving On
Friday, March 25th, 2022Missouri Department of Health Uses GIS to Track COVID-19 Viral Load in Wastewater
Thursday, March 17th, 2022Methods of tracking Covid-19 are becoming more specific and exact as time goes on. With concerns of the spread of the COVID- 19 and its variants as well as the lack of comprehensive testing programs, many locations are turning to wastewater testing to effectively track the “viral load” of COVID-19 in their communities and help guide the battle against the spread of COVID-19. In the state of Missouri, officials are using GIS and mapping to track all the data around the spread of COVID-19 and guide policy and planning decisions.
In the state of Missouri, officials are using GIS and mapping to track all the data around the spread of COVID-19 and guide policy and planning decisions.
GISCafe Voice Industry Predictions 2022 – Part 5
Friday, March 4th, 2022In this final installment of GISCafe Voice Industry Predictions for 2022, we can see more of multiple topics geospatial will need to address in the coming years. Whether countries are developing or not, they will have levels of requirements for automation and geospatial technology. Tersus and HSR Health outline the need for geospatial technology in the areas of farming, healthcare, disease management, safety and construction. These are exciting times for those developing new ways of addressing old and new challenges.
GISCafe Voice Industry Predictions 2022 – Part 4
Friday, February 18th, 2022Artificial intelligence, augmented reality, maximizing the value of Digital Twins, higher refresh rate on satellite data, and a new group of users: geospatial immigrants are among this week’s 2022 Industry Predictions. The industry needs to ensure two things for this category of users who don’t care if the data is geospatial or anything about it – firstly that users are getting the right data for their needs, and secondly that they are able to access it easily.
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GISCafe Voice Industry Predictions for 2022 – Part 3
Thursday, February 3rd, 2022In this third installment of the GISCafe Voice Industry Predictions for 2022, our respondents look at fascinating and timely topics such as startup collaboration in the remote sensing and “new space” industry from Ellipsis Drive. Hexagon brings in the historical perspective and what could help or could’ve helped in certain disasters – automation, new uses for augmented and virtual reality, and remote sensing in space. There is not a day that goes by that one doesn’t hear something about the supply chain – and geospatial can definitely help with that. Geodecisions is working on the supply chain as a new element of location analytics.
NVIDIA is Building a Digital Twin of the Earth
Friday, November 26th, 2021CEO Jensen Huang presented the keynote at the recent GTC21 NVIDIA Conference, November 8-11, sharing with the audience the importance of accelerated computing and much more. The announcements were so prolific and many of interest to the GIS/geospatial industry, thus I will share those that would be of most interest to our audience. One of the most profound announcements came at the end of the talk, wherein Huang announced that they are building a digital twin of the earth.
CoreLogic and One Concern Collaborate to Add Weather Prediction and Climate Assessment to CoreLogic’s Solution Suite
Wednesday, August 18th, 2021Irvine, California global property data and analytics-driven solutions provider, CoreLogic,recently announced a nationwide, three-year collaboration with One Concern, a Menlo Park-based, resilience-as-a-service solutions provider. This collaboration adds weather hazards prediction and the ability to assess climate threats to the CoreLogic suite of solutions.
Esri User Conference 2021 Virtual
Thursday, July 15th, 2021In the plenary session held on Monday at the Virtual Esri User Conference 2021, Esri President Jack Dangermond spoke of focusing on creating a more sustainable environment for our planet. Users of Esri software and services come from 130 countries and different fields.
CoreLogic’s New 2021 Hurricane Report Shows Climate Change Impact
Friday, June 4th, 2021Recent years have seen increase in hurricanes and subsequent flood damage to property throughout the U.S. due to climate change. CoreLogic® a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, this week released its 2021 Hurricane Report, providing analysis of single- and multifamily residences along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts and revealing nearly 8 million homes with more than $1.9 trillion in combined reconstruction cost value (RCV) are at risk of storm surge. This year’s report also examines hurricane wind and reveals more than 31 million homes with nearly $8.5 trillion in combined RCV have moderate or extreme risk exposure to hurricane winds.
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