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Esri Takes GIS Online to Open Our World

Details: 31 July 2012 | By Matt Ball | 2253

esri logo The 2012 Esri International User Conference took place in San Diego, Calif., from July 23-27. The audience of more than 14,000 attendees came from 126 countries, with a full third from outside the United States, and a full third there for their first time. This year's theme, "Opening Our World," was meant to address the rapid changes that are facing our world, and the power of geographic thinking to understand and deal with the challenges. The rapid evolution of GIS is rising to the challenge, becoming more multidimensional, easier to use, with better data management and usability, and more mobile and real-time.

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Geospatial Advances Drive Big Data Problem, Solution

Details: 02 July 2012 | By Erik Shepard | 4613

Big-data For thousands of years, humanity has sought to improve its ability to make decisions. Record keeping and information gathering has driven many of the innovations. Better information leads to competitive advantage on the battlefield and in the boardroom. But today, we have a truly 21st century problem: too much information. Or rather, too much data, and not enough information.

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Biosensors for Environmental Monitoring

Details: 31 July 2012 | By Matteo Luccio | 3087

airport deicing The idea for biosensors — using some part of an organism to generate a signal to measure or monitor the presence of a substance — has been around for more than a century. The classic example is the use of canaries in coal mines to detect toxic gasses. Because these tiny birds are so sensitive to these gases that they would sicken long before the miners felt the effects, they served as a warning system.

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Traffic Data Hits on Real-Time Needs

Details: 25 June 2012 | By Matteo Luccio | 3118

INRIXs Traffic Operations Center For decades, state and local departments of transportation have collected traffic data by means of a variety of methods — including sub-surface magnetic induction loops, pneumatic hoses laid across lanes, piezoelectric sensors placed alongside roadways, and vehicle counts by human observers. These traditional traffic data collection methods, however, are limited in coverage and expensive to implement and maintain.