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Where are You Running Off To? Open Source GIS and Fitness Route Tracking

August 16, 2017 By Troy Lambert

ArcGIS Editor for OpenStreetMap

Mapping is becoming more relevant to the average person’s every day activities than ever before. From fitness trackers like Fitbit to the Apple Watch and the activity and workout apps available for iOS to cycling and running apps like Strava and Map my Run, people are using maps to visualize their fitness, and share those […]

Filed Under: Business, Features of the Month, Top Features, Top Press Tagged With: Fitness Route Tracking, Open Source GIS

Feature – States’ Rights: A Sure Bet on Location

August 8, 2017 By Troy Lambert

This October, the Supreme Court will hear a landmark case on the repeal of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) passed by Congress in 1992. The act prohibits sports betting in all states except Nevada, Oregon, Montana, and Delaware. These states were grandfathered in, and therefore exempt to the law.

Filed Under: Business, EXPERTS, Maps and Cartography, Top Features, Top Press Tagged With: lambert, location, Maps

Vault 7: Security and Location Data

March 15, 2017 By Troy Lambert

Security and Location Data

Not long ago, I talked here about UAV Cloud Data: we are generating a ton of location data, and need some effective way to store it on the cloud. Two things have to be considered: it needs to be secure, so it cannot be accessed by just anyone, but it also needs to be available […]

Filed Under: Around the Web, Business, EXPERTS, Features of the Month, FrontPage Leader, Top Text Lead Story Tagged With: location data, Security

Feature – Finding Jesus Using GIS and GPR

January 17, 2017 By Troy Lambert

As GIS Users we know GIS has amazing power. I have written about how it has the ability to enhance marketing efforts, do good things for the environment by helping us track light pollution, and even use the past to inform the present.

Filed Under: *FEATURES, Around the Web, Business, EXPERTS, Top Press Tagged With: lambert

Mapping Reform: Where are Things Likely to Change?

December 6, 2016 By Troy Lambert

gun reform map

In the uncertain times following this election, one thing is for sure. Things will change over the next few years with a Republican president bent on change and a congress likely to cooperate with him.

Filed Under: Around the Web, Business, EXPERTS, Features of the Month, FrontPage Leader, Map of the Day, Top Features, Top Press Tagged With: lambert, Mapping Reform

Feature – Essential Apps and Tools for GIS Professionals

November 4, 2016 By Troy Lambert

mapillary

I fell into being a GeoGeek accidentally. Like many experiences I had in college, I never intended to be a GIS professional. I wrote technical reports, loved maps, and wanted a way to integrate them into my reports, so I took a course from ESRI online. Then another, and another, and so on. I was […]

Filed Under: Around the Web, EXPERTS, Software, SPOTLIGHTS, Top Features, Top Press, Top Text Lead Story Tagged With: arcgis, ESRI, gis tools, lambert, marketplace

Feature – GIS and the NFL: Sustainability and Millennial Fans

October 28, 2016 By Troy Lambert

nfl map

Some NFL television ratings have been suffering and for a number of reasons this season, and while it seems like a perfect storm, the week 6 tie between the Seahawks and the Cardinals on Sunday night saw a resurgence that says all hope may not be lost for the league and its advertisers.

Filed Under: Around the Web, Business, EXPERTS, FrontPage Leader, SPOTLIGHTS, Top Features, Top Press, Top Text Lead Story Tagged With: football, lambert, map, NFL, sports

Trumped: The Map That Made Donald the Republican Nominee

August 4, 2016 By Troy Lambert

trump map

Republican mapmakers gained what they perceived to be a huge victory following their landslide state election wins in 2010 through gerrymandering and redistricting dozens of states, so much so that their victory will probably last a decade or more.

Filed Under: EXPERTS, Map of the Day, Maps and Cartography, Top Features Tagged With: election map, lambert, Republican Nominee, trump

Feature – The Drones You’re Looking For: The Where of Drone Technology

June 10, 2016 By Troy Lambert

mapping drones per capita

The FAA is still figuring it out, and all of us who love maps are drooling over the potential of high definition photography and even virtual reality for creating high definition maps and 360 degree views of locations all over the globe. The private drone sector is exploding as smaller craft become both more affordable […]

Filed Under: Business, EXPERTS, Features of the Month, Top Features, UAV/UAS Tagged With: drone, drone map, FAA, UAV

Feature – HERE and Now: Location Based Marketing and High Definition Mapping

April 27, 2016 By Troy Lambert

HERE maps

Why would a retail giant like Amazon be interested in investing in a mapping company? That’s the first question many will ask when they discover the company is reportedly in talks with a consortium of German automakers for a stake in the high definition mapping company HERE. But there are several logical reasons, and they […]

Filed Under: *FEATURES, EXPERTS, Mobile, Top Features Tagged With: HERE, lambert, Mapping

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