Posts Tagged ‘geospatial’
Thursday, June 20th, 2013
Intermap announced the launch of their Orion Platform Software-Driven Spatial Data Platform, at the 12th Southeast Asian Survey Congress in Manila. The Orion Platform is designed to allow governmental entities to manage a country’s entire spatial data infrastructure program from one unified control point.
During 2013, Intermap has announced initial phase contracts involving Orion Platform installations in two countries, totaling approximately $16 million. Orion Platform has been in development for two years.
The cost and complexity of geospatial information and the infrastructure necessary to run it have been prohibitive for many countries. Orion Platform seeks to solve this problem to allowing customers to choose the products and services that they need based upon scope, budget and timeline. According to the press release, Intermap manages and delivers a multitude of fused geospatial datasets and their associated analytics in a simplified standard format.
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Tags: geospatial, GIS, Intermap, Orion Platform
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Friday, June 14th, 2013
The Google Maps Engine API,<http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/#uds-search-results> was released this week, allowing developers to bring the power of Maps Engine into their own applications for the first time.
Maps Engine lets organizations use Google’s reliable cloud infrastructure to layer their data on top of a Google Map and share their custom-made Google Maps with employees, customers or the public-at-large. The API provides direct access to Maps Engine for reading and editing spatial data hosted in the cloud and now organizations can use the API to develop on any platform and build applications like store locators, crowdsourced maps or crisis-response maps.
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Tags: cloud, crisis response maps, crowdsourcing, geospatial, GIS, Google, Google Maps Engine API, spatial data, store locator tool
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2013
Two articles in The New York Times point to the importance of maps and mobile services this week.
 A screen shot of the Android version of Waze, a social mapping service used by millions of drivers around the world. (more…)
Tags: data, geospatial, GIS, Google, maps, mobile services, The New York Times, Waze
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
GIS is the backbone for U.S. national security and a key driver of technology growth in the government.
A recent forecast estimates a compound annual growth rate of 11 percent from 2011 to 2015, it’s a trend that offers significant career opportunities for professionals with a GIS master’s degree.
GIS technology can quickly render one to several layers of digital geospatial data – such as the movement of people, location of potential targets, identification of key natural resources – into map-like products for a wide range of relevant geospatial analyses.
The government relies on GIS systems to access and process digital geospatial data that takes the form of people activities, location of potential targets, the location of natural resources. Geospatial technology can be synthesized into mapping products that can be used for geospatial analyses. One of its primary uses is for geointelligence.
Here are five ways the government is using GIS technology:
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Tags: American Sentinel University, geointelligence, geospatial, GIS, government, U.S. National Security
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
CoreLogic senior hazard scientist, Dr. Thomas Jeffery, the primary author of this year’s CoreLogic Storm Surge Report, answered some questions about their research.
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Tags: CoreLogic, geospatial, GIS, hurricanes, mapping, NOAA, storm surge, Storm Surge Report, USGS
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Thursday, May 30th, 2013
CitySourced, employing iCityHall technology, is a mobile engagement platform that lets citizens or municipal officials take photos or video and use their GPS to track a location. It contains a suite of APIs that can be integrated into the AMS, CRM or GIS Systems of municipalities.
This is not rocket science for users. These APIs can be used by municipal officials who don’t have time to learn new processes. The CitySourced App uses a mobile camera and GPS to track down the exact location of a problem, such as a power outage or utility equipment out of service. For citizens, the system pushes a status update back to the reporting person’s mobile phone.
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Tags: Citysourced, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, mapping, mobile
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Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
Esri aerial view comparisons of Moore, Oklahoma before and after the tornado hit. Plaza Towers Elementary School was one of two schools in the path of the tornado. Seven children died at Plaza Towers, which was flattened by the storm.
Story maps Moore Tornado
Tags: aerial views, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, Moore, Oklahoma, Plaza Towers, story maps, tornado
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
Esri’s interactive map is available for the media to embed or share as part of ongoing tornado and severe weather coverage. View the tornado’s path and damage radius, schools in the area, and where the general public can dropoff relief supplies. You can also explore geotagged social media from Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr overlaid on 2012 population density data.
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Tags: ESRI, geospatial, GIS, mapping, Moore, Oklahoma, tornado
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Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
For those who did not get a chance to attend the Esri Geodesign Summit 2013 in Redlands, Calif. or who didn’t get to all of the sessions they would’ve liked to attend, here are a number of videos taken at the Summit of various talks.
Esri Geodesign Summit 2013 videos
If you missed GISCafe Voice’s coverage of that conference it is available in these blogs:
Geodesign Summit 2013 – Day One
Geodesign Summit 2013 – Day Two
Tags: 3D cities, AEC, Esri Geodesign Summit 2013, geospatial, GIS, Infrastructure, Redlands, sustainability, videos, YouTube
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Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
AAM Pty Ltd., a geospatial services and technology based in Australia, recently announced a merger with Vekta Pty Ltd., another industry leader in the geospatial industry. This merger takes Vekta out of the competition and positions AAM as one of the largest providers of geospatial services in Australasia and the Asia Pacific, as well as Africa.
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Tags: AAM Pty Ltd., geospatial, GIS, mapping, satellite imagery, Vekta Pty Ltd
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