GISCafe Voice Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ CategoryLeica BLK360 3D Scanner and Software Pack a Big Punch in a Little BodyThursday, April 27th, 2017Leica introduced its BLK360 3D scanner at Autodesk University 2016, which was met with great awe when attendees saw how small it is. It is 6.5 inches tall and four inches in diameter, weighing 2.2 lbs., and has one single button on its housing, giving the impression of a Star Trek device.
GISCafe Congratulates GISCafe Sweepstakes Winner!Wednesday, April 26th, 2017GISCafe congratulates GISCafe Sweepstakes Winner Chris Havard, Design Lead-Piping/Mechanical, Valero Energy Corporation, Port Arthur Refinery, Port Arthur, Texas, who won an Amazon Echo at the SPAR3D Conference held in Houston, Texas.
 Chris Havard, GISCafe Sweepstakes Winner Havard has lived in southeast Texas all of his life. “I have been in the industry for over 35 years. Prior to getting in the industry, I served as a law enforcement officer. I have held positions from Piping Designer to Project Manager, just depending on the needs of the company and the projects at the time. The place where I currently work is just starting to embrace 3D laser scanning. I have used laser scans in designs for the past five years.”
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 – Looking to the Future, Aircraft Tracking with Space-Based SatellitesThursday, April 20th, 2017One of the biggest mysteries that still remains unsolved is what happened to Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, that took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 8, 2014, just after midnight local time. Topcon Bundles Bentley’s ContextCapture with their UASThursday, April 13th, 2017Charles Rihner, vice president of the Topcon GeoPositioning Solutions Group, talked with GISCafe Voice about Topcon ContextCapture, powered by Bentley Systems ContextCapture reality modeling software, now offered with Topcon UAS (unmanned aerial systems).  Falcon 8 site overview Maxoptra Offers Dynamic Route Planning and Scheduling Software for AgricultureThursday, April 6th, 2017Agricultural merchant Zantra is implementing UK-based Maxoptra dynamic route planning and scheduling software with GPS tracking technology to manage deliveries of its crop protection solutions.
State Legislative Districts Data Product Now Available for Entire U.S. from CaliperThursday, March 23rd, 2017Caliper has announced that the State Legislative Districts Data Product is now available for the entire USA or for a single U.S. state. Three area databases reflect the latest boundaries for Congressional Districts, State House/Assembly (lower chamber) districts, and State Senate (upper chamber) districts, according to company materials.
InnerSpace Takes on the Commercial Real Estate MarketTuesday, March 14th, 2017InnerSpace is the first scalable, turnkey solution to deliver instant indoor mapping, wayfinding and analytics, is delivering its offering to the commercial real estate space, according to Cerys Goodall of Goodall Communications, representing InnerSpace.
DigitalGlobe Acquired by MDAThursday, March 9th, 2017According to a press release, on February 24th, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA”) (TSX: MDA), a Canadian multinational communications and information company providing technology solutions to commercial and government organizations worldwide, and Colorado-based DigitalGlobe, Inc. (“DigitalGlobe”) (NYSE: DGI), a global leader in Earth imagery and geospatial content, announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement, pursuant to which MDA will acquire DigitalGlobe for US$35.00 per share in a combination of cash and stock.  Nishinoshima Volcanic Island Growth. Image Courtesy of DigitalGlobe Pokémon Go the Geospatial Gamechanger: Six Months OutThursday, February 16th, 2017Six months ago the location-based augmented reality game Pokémon Go was released. Developed in partnership by Niantic and Google, it is really a data mining type of game developed for iOS and Android devices, where players can nab the historic Pokémon in their own local environments. The marriage of geospatial and augmented reality is a gamechanger for the geospatial industry, evidenced by just how many people can be reached with over 100 million Android downloads in the first month of its entry onto the market.
Geospatial Predictions for 2017 from Boundless CEO, Andy DearingThursday, February 2nd, 2017As 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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