Posts Tagged ‘Infrastructure’
Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
Last week, Uber announced that it acquired deCarta, a small location based services (LBS) company. As Uber has made its name as the “ridesharing giant,” a company spokesman said that they hoped to improve Uber’s ETA times as well as carpooling service with the acquisition. It also will reduce the company’s reliance on Google and Apple.
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Tags: Bing, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, deCarta, geospatial, GIS, Google, Google Maps, GPS, Infrastructure, intelligence, iPhone, location, Location Based Services, mapping, maps, mobile, smartphones, social media, Uber
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Friday, February 27th, 2015
Michel Gilles, vice president for Utilities and Communications for Intergraph, talked with GISCafe Voice this week about the recent strategic alliance between Intergraph and ETAP, to collaborate on their products’ integration and address the market for utilities and telecommunications. This fast-growing market is now beginning to support new sources of generation and production of energy. The announcement was made at DistribuTECH.
 The ETAP Microgrid (more…)
Tags: asset management, climate change, cloud, distribution management systems, geospatial, GIS, Infrastructure, intelligence, Intergraph, location, mapping, maps, SCADA, Smart Grid, smart meters, solar energy, telecommunications, utilities, wind farms
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
During the week of March 17th , GISCafe Voice will run a special feature blog on the topic, “Emergency Response and Management Solutions.”
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Tags: AEC, Bentley, climate change, cloud, crowdsourcing, DigitalGlobe, ESRI, geospatial, geospatial analysis, GIS, GISCafe, GISCafe Voice, Google, Google Maps, GPS, Haiti, Infrastructure, intelligence, Intergraph, iPhone, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, mobile, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, NOAA, remote sensing, smartphones, social media, special coverage
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Thursday, February 19th, 2015
Bentley Systems announced that it has acquired the French company Acute3D, provider of Smart3DCapture software for reality modeling.
Acute3D Smart3DCapture has five different editions, two of which are what the company refers to as “prosumer” editions; consumer customers and professionals working on small non-georeferenced projects can use these two editions to simply generate 3D models from photos.
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Tags: Bentley, Bentley Systems, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, GPS, imagery, Infrastructure, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, satellite imagery, smartphones, social media
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2015
New proposed rules covering small “unmanned aerial systems” (UAS) issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) this Sunday, could be game changing for those who are looking to use unmanned drones for business purposes.
 A Reaper UAV drone (more…)
Tags: aerial photography, farming, geospatial, GIS, Google Maps, government, imagery, Infrastructure, intelligence, land survyeing, smartphones, social media, UAS, UAV
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2015
In the United States alone, geospatial data and services are estimated to generate $1.6 trillion annually.
 Skybox Imaging (more…)
Tags: Autodesk, Bentley, Bentley Systems, crowdsourcing, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, Google, Google Maps, GPS, imagery, Infrastructure, intelligence, LiDAR, location, maps, remote sensing, satellite imagery, social media
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2015
According to UK-based Bluesky, a prototype version of a website online platform has been launched that allows homeowners, solar installers and manufacturers, energy companies and government organizations to assess the suitability of individual properties for solar energy technology.
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Tags: climate change, cloud, geospatial, GIS, GPS, Infrastructure, intelligence, LiDAR, location, mobile, social media
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Thursday, December 18th, 2014
We’re almost at the end of the year and we’d like to hear from you, the readers, about what you think the most important geospatial advancements have been for 2014.
 Esri CityEngine allows users to visualize both qualitative and quantitative impact of design scenarios, perfect for the integrative planning needs of those looking to develop vibrant, sustainable communities. (more…)
Tags: ArcGIS, Autodesk, Bentley Systems, cloud, crowdsourcing, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, Google, Google Maps, Infrastructure, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, mobile, NASA, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, NOAA, remote sensing, satellite imagery, social media
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Monday, December 8th, 2014
In an interview with vice president, Infrastructure at Autodesk, Paul McRoberts at Autodesk University 2014, GISCafe Voice discussed the convergence of GIS and CAD technologies at the company.
 The InfraWorks 360 Model Builder cloud service allows users to select a city-scale area from a map of the world in order to generate 3D city models in minutes. (more…)
Tags: Autodesk, cloud, crowdsourcing, data, ESRI, geospatial, GIS, Infrastructure, intelligence, iPhone, LiDAR, location, mapping, maps, mobile, satellite imagery
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Thursday, December 4th, 2014
The notion of gaming and geospatial coming together has been explored for some time. Gaming simulation and GIS software provider GameSim Inc. announced a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (NGA). This agreement will give credence to GameSim’s 3D environment with standards and data created and validated by the NGA.
In 2013, GameSim, ranked by Inc. Magazine as one of the 500 fastest growing companies in the U.S., introduced an innovative software product, Conform (gamesim.com/conform), which generates a 3D representation of an environment from GIS data (vectors, elevation, and imagery) in near real-time. The integrated scene can be viewed in both 2D and 3D, or exported, into other run-time formats.
GameSim was interested in furthering their process of fusing together a single 3D environment by supporting additional data products (e.g., LiDAR, OTW video, and thermal video), to create a more accurate and rich 3D environment, while still maintaining near real-time performance. GameSim had previous experience working with these formats. The agreement with NGA through CRADA will provide the company with proper standards and data validated by NGA. In addition, GameSim and NGA will research the creation of a low bandwidth, browser-based visualization of that fused environment, according to GameSim company materials.
“We are creating a product that can fuse a variety of formats that adheres to established standards,” said Andrew Tosh, GameSim founder and president. “By collaborating with NGA it helps assure that GameSim produces a product that can meet the demands of the intelligence community, in terms of accessing their content and producing valuable visualizations.”
Tags: cloud, crowdsourcing, data, GameSim, imagery, Infrastructure, LiDAR, mapping, maps, mobile, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, satellite imagery, social media
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