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TruePosition Tackles Indoor Locating

TruePosition released testing results of its indoor location technology in April. These tests put the company squarely into the Federal Communication Commission explorations of indoor locating for emergency response. Directions Magazine interviewed Rob Andersen, chief technology officer of TruePosition,... More

The Pain of Geography

Our thoughts and prayers go out to those in Moore, Oklahoma, victims of our violent planet. The tornado that atomized houses, plucked trees, and pulverized schools was at times a mile wide, with winds that may have exceeded 200 miles …Continue reading →

Google Geospatial Announcements from Google I/O 2013: Should GIS Users Care?

Google announced new location services APIs, a new Google Maps and a visual refresh for Google Maps at Google I/O last week. There was lots of descriptive coverage from the mainstream and tech press. But there was very little response from the geospatial community - except from Esri. Who should or should... More

More than Mapping: Using GIS for disaster management

The devastation of Hurricane Sandy and the western wildfires in 2012 are sobering reminders that utilities always need to be prepared to respond to large-scale natural disasters. When faced with incidents of that size, a utility is forced to look at all of its resources in preparation, including those... More

Open and Machine Readable Now the Default for Government Data

On May 9, 2013, President Barack Obama sign an executive order making the default for government data "open and machine readable". The executive order was accompanied by the White House's Open Data Policy.

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Student Videos to be Featured at EduC Plenary

This Spring, Esri’s Education Team invited nominations of outstanding students and alumni to present their stories in a special plenary session at the 2013 Esri Education GIS Conference. Nominations were to include a video in which the student or alum …Continue reading →

Connecting and Empowering Young Professionals

I recently participated in the European Association of Geographers conference in Belgium.  There, I had the pleasure of interacting with energetic and knowledgeable young professionals promoting the European Geography Association for Students and Young Geographers, the EGEA. It is an honor for …... More

Google Map Redesign

Googles Maps is preparing to debut its newly revamped Google Maps.  Terming it “smart recommendations” the new functionality of Google Maps is intended to be more interactive and custom tailored to the specific user.  The more you use the map to search for locations, favorite items by starring... More

Wyndham City Council Further Enhances its Residents Geographic Information with an Enterprise GIS Solution

In the city of Wyndham, Australia, rapid population growth, coupled with the diverse business activities of the city, has increased demand for spatial services exponentially. This article discusses how the Spatial Systems Unit at the Wyndham City Council planned to provide an accurate and current enterprise... More

GEOStore: New Web Marketing and Distribution Techniques for Geolocated Digital Content

The GEOStore project explores new types of geolocated digital content, such as 3D models and augmented reality, and defines new bundling and Web distribution techniques for digital content to facilitate new business models. In this article, the authors discuss the ways in which the GEOStore addresses... More