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Check out GeoPlanner from Esri
Thursday, October 16th, 2014Ken 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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GIS global market in the BFSI sector expects significant growth
Friday, October 10th, 2014In 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)
Reaching the mobile user with Moasis
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014Tim Garcia, vice president of Business Development and Emerging Markets for Moasis Global said in a recent article for GISCafe:
“The latest frontier is how to effectively reach the mobile user by leveraging the data based on a consumer’s geographic position. Utilizing profiles integrated within geo-location, brands, agencies and even small businesses are able to locate consumers within a specific area and target them with the marketing message that is most relevant.”
Moasis’s team combines marketing and the technologies disrupting today’s information ecosystem. They’ve developed a platform based on the fusion of location data and multi-screen delivery, with the flexibility to weather the ongoing change in digital media and local marketing.
Moasis Global created the Intelligent Location Engine marketing platform, which encompasses their GeoGrid technology. In July 2014, they announced a partnership with Esri to provide marketers with consumer segmentation data that classifies US neighborhoods into market segments based on socioeconomic and demographic factors. By integrating Esri’s Tapestry data into a location-based mobile marketing platform, marketers can optimize the performance of their mobile marketing campaigns and better pinpoint the best potential customers and prospects using Moasis.
The partnership facilitates marketers who want to measure the performance and appeal of their mobile marketing and optimize in real time, combine Moasis’ location marketing platform with Esri’s Tapestry data to help target the customers and prospects in a particular area. The platform allows marketers to create behavioral market segments by location and target lifestyle demographics as well as where such customers live, down to their local neighborhoods.
Mosaik Solutions: from roaming guides to GIS and core analytics
Friday, October 3rd, 2014Recently 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
The Pedestrian Evacuation Analyst software from USGS is here
Thursday, September 25th, 2014In 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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Google acquires Jetpac iPhone app
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014Not 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.
Special Coverage: Greater Clarity from Space — Update on Satellite Imagery
Monday, September 15th, 2014Satellite imagery has undergone a paradigm shift in the past couple of years.
Airbus MOJ Tracker
New indepth coverage for October: Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
Thursday, September 11th, 2014GISCafe 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.
LizardTech’s GeoGofer finds, organizes and tracks geospatial imagery
Thursday, September 4th, 2014Jon Skiffington, LizardTech director of Product Management, spoke to the GISCafe Voice about the latest release of GeoGofer, LizardTech’s latest software solution for finding geospatial imagery quickly and efficiently, regardless of where it is located is now available for only $250.
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