Thursday, November 17th, 2016
REDLANDS, Calif.- Global smart-mapping leader Esri today announced that the GoodLands project team has partnered with Esri to create a digital map portal of the Catholic Church’s global landholdings. The project uses geographic information system (GIS) technology from Esri to inspire the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics to take a more ecological approach toward managing church
Thursday, November 17th, 2016
REGINA, Esri Canada User Conference – Esri Canada today recognized the Government of Saskatchewan with an Award of Excellence for its outstanding use of geographic information system (GIS) technology. The Government leveraged GIS for the Saskatchewan Enterprise Geo Database project, a spatial data warehouse that consolidates more than 350 datasets from various government archives and
Tuesday, November 15th, 2016
November 15, 2016 – New York – Boundless, the leader in open GIS, today introduced the world’s first open GIS ecosystem to unlock the business intelligence of location-based data. In response to market demand for more open and scalable GIS solutions, the company extended its proven GIS platform with Boundless Connect, a subscription service to
Monday, November 14th, 2016
The updated version of SuperGIS Desktop was just released this month. In this update, Supergeo not only improved the performance of SuperGIS Desktop 10 but also released multiple latest SuperGIS Desktop extensions, including Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst, and 3D Analyst, to meet the needs of advanced GIS users. Spatial Analyst is the extension helps users
Monday, November 14th, 2016
Researchers from UT Dallas and other universities developed geospatial science methods to help the Egyptian government determine how to avoid flooding in a coastal mountain region. The government wants to develop the area for tourism, but flash flooding and associated hazards have hampered efforts, according to Dr. May Yuan, Ashbel Smith professor of GIS. “We
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
Leading aerial survey and GIS solutions provider Getmapping used the INTERGEO Conference and Exhibition to launch a new joint venture – GeoXphere – developed in partnership with WaldoAir, the leading provider of low-cost aerial imaging solutions. GeoXphere brings together the portable XCAM camera technology built by WaldoAir and the cloud-based GIS developed by Getmapping to
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
Noida, India – Geospatial World Forum 2017, the global geospatial technology and business conference, which is scheduled to take place from January 23- 25, in Hyderabad India, will witness the geospatial industry moguls come together on one common platform. As part of the agenda, Charlie Trimble, Founder of Trimble Inc., and Jack Dangermond, Founder,
Thursday, November 3rd, 2016
VANCOUVER, Esri Canada User Conference – For many years, the City of Coquitlam developed multi-purpose maps with the goal of serving several user groups with the same map. The City recently moved away from this one-map-fits-all approach and developed a suite of focused public works apps that are significantly improving the efficiency and productivity of
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016
Falmouth, MA – On October 18, 2016, former Vice President of Applied Geographics,Inc. (AppGeo), David Weaver, was presented with the Peter S. Thacher Award at the Northeast Arc Users Group ( NEARC) annual conference held in Falmouth, MA. The award is given to individuals, such as David, who demonstrate long-term commitment and excellence in GIS,
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
St. Cloud, MN: GeoComm is pleased to have recently completed a GIS data assessment and improvement project for Monterey County, California. During the three months it took to complete this project, GeoComm completed numerous updates to Monterey County Emergency Communications existing GIS layers. Monterey County recognized that their GIS data was outdated about a year
