Seattle-based Lizardtech, the experts in image compression, have rolled out Express Server 9. After 10 years in development, Express Server at R9 boasts a painless, automated upgrade process for users [think upgrade in minutes while retaining all of your existing system configurations and migrating all catalogs] and something new and very cool for users, now […]
Application Story – e-Map Application for Easy Access to Road Data and Images
Scenario Fujairah Public Works & Agriculture Department is an authority for managing construction and maintenance of all types of roads and Public works information in the Emirates of Fujairah. They employ AutoCAD files as the basic file format to store and manage information about all roads in Fujairah. In order to effectively solve problems in […]
GIS Application Story – Agriculture Field Survey System
Indonesia is an emerging country in Southeast Asia. Its agriculture production annually contributes to 15% of GDP, and the farm labor accounts for up to 43% employment of Indonesian economy. To improve the agricultural development, Indonesia government injects more than 7 million US dollars annually to provide diverse grant-in-aid projects, and Ministry of Agricultural Republic […]
GIS Application Story – Statistical GIS
Scenario GIS Center at Academia Sinica is in charge of planning and advancing GIS related basic researches and integration of resources, building cross-domain integration based on time and spatiality, and creating application environment for analysis and map metaphor. Moreover, this GIS center also has diverse groups of researchers who are responsible for further research aiming […]
GIS Applications Feature – TGOS Cloud
Scenario To provide citizens, governments, academic institutions in Taiwan to obtain the spatial data and web services and integrate and apply the data with ease, Ministry of the Interior, ROC (Taiwan) planned to promote “TGOS Cloud Development Plan.” The perspective of TGOS Cloud is to collect, store, and process the spatial data from government departments […]
Software Feature – Maptitude: Versatile and Cost Effective
The article outlines the many uses of Maptitude and the history of its development with an emphasis on the latest version, Maptitude 2012. Note, this article, authored Sept. 2012 looks at Maptitude R. 2012, however, Maptitude 2013 has since been released – see http://www.caliper.com/maptitude/NewFeatures.htm
GIS Application Story – Moalajah e-Map Application
Moalajah is a joint venture between Veolia Water and Besix. As their subsidiary, Moalajah FZC LLC is responsible for operation and maintenance of waste water services and facilitates customer billing and consolidation. The waste water can be used for irrigation, industrial processes, green space and golf course maintenance. Thus Moalajah’s main tasks are to produce […]
What’s New in Safe Software’s FME 2013
Something from our friends at Safe Software sharing what’s new in FME 2013… From Safe – FME 2013 features enhancements and new additions to the FME Platform – the technology powering FME Desktop and FME Server. This version of FME pushes data into new territory with support for more than 300 formats, new and revamped […]
Introducing GeoExpress Server 8, Lightweight, Easy Setup, Fast, Focus on Usability
Recently, via a special media event in Denver, Co, Seattle-based LizardTech (a Celartem Company) announced details of their latest solution offering, Express Server R8. Designed specifically to enable rapid delivery of imagery, Express Server is ideally suited for rapid distribution of large raster data-sets using common WMS protocols (or JPIP) without the need for […]
Feature – Empower the Non-GIS User with Advance Geospatial Functionality
For far too long, the utility of geospatial solutions has been locked in the domain of professionals who are highly trained in GIS. While these experts play a major role in incorporating geospatial data for decision-making within the enterprise, non-GIS users are often completely disconnected from the overall geospatial lifecycle of information. As many of […]