Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
HOBOKEN, N.J. – GovPilot has partnered with aerial measurement software manufacturer, Pictometry International Corp, to expand the capabilities of its popular geographic information system (GIS) map feature. In its standard form, GovPilot’s GIS feature illustrates layers of tax assessment data aggregated from state and county records over a Google base map. Many clients choose to
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
The European Union called on IGN FI in October 2012 for a project to rework Mali’s 1/200,000 scale national topographic map, create derived projects and services and modernize the Geographic Institute of Mali (IGM). This project, financed by means of the 10th EDF (European Development Funds) has a dual objective: – Creating a national reference
Wednesday, June 15th, 2016
Redlands, California —The world’s leading mapping platform company, Esri, and the National Geomatics Center of China (NGCC) held a signing ceremony in Beijing, China with respect to providing access to NGCC’s mapping web services. This historic agreement will allow more users who reside outside of China to access the country’s authoritative cartographic and imagery data.
Wednesday, June 1st, 2016
Redlands, California —The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) now uses Esri Story Maps to encourage exploration of the United States’ public land treasures. The story maps document the travels of BLM wilderness specialist and photographer Bob Wick and were designed to acquaint citizens with the wonders of BLM-managed scenic land. As part of a larger
Friday, April 15th, 2016
San Francisco — MapJam, Inc. announced the release of MapJam for Developers with free access to the simplest and most accessible developer tools for building mapping applications. MapJam now offers robust, vector map tiles based on OpenStreetMap data that work seamlessly with open source projects including Leaflet, Mapzen, and D3, as well as libraries that highlight creative
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
New US Topo maps for Texas and Oklahoma are now available in the USGS Store for free download. One of the main improvements is the inclusion of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) road data. “The US Topo digital maps are a great public resource to provide authoritative, robust maps
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
Redlands, California—Esri is inviting people to submit their top Esri Story Map projects for a chance to win prizes and peer recognition at the Esri User Conference. Contest participants can submit up to three preexisting or new story maps between now and May 23, 2016. Story maps come in many forms and have a wide
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS— East View Geospatial is excited to announce the availability of PlanetDEM 30 Plus, the latest product from Planet Observer. As part of an ongoing partnership between the two companies, East View customers will now have access to a multi-source elevation model that provides 30 meter resolution at a global scale, with detailed, accurate and reliable
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
Redlands, California—March 24, 2016—Esri and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service announce the publication of Engagement Portfolio, a gallery of maps and apps that gives everyone access to US forestry data. The portfolio of maps and analysis tools opens the Forest Service’s rich content to a broad spectrum of users, engaging everyone from
Wednesday, March 16th, 2016
Accessing digital maps has never been easier thanks to the Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA) – a centrally funded licensing agreement between Government and Ordnance Survey. The PSMA allows geographic data to be widely available, free at the point of use and shared between all public sector organisations across England and Wales. A record 4,000 public
