By searching public posts, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency fulfills its duty to provide decision-makers with past, present and future insights into locations during a global emergency. The NGA isn’t the only agency augmenting their data analysis efforts, analysis and mapping with the inclusion of public social media feeds. There are many ways that real-time public […]
Twitter feed and map provide real-time water, weather and flood forecasting for Texas
(via the USGS) Flood Preparedness – There’s a New USGS Map (or App) for That — An innovative Twitter feed and map provide real-time water, weather and flood forecasting for Texas.
Hardware Spotlight – HP Z240 SFF Turbo Workstation
A quick look at this powerful workstation from HP… The HP Z240 entry level workstation (think small business, contractor, home business etc…) small in size and price, BIG on performance and functionality!
Boulder County Launches New Geospatial Open Data Platform
New platform offers better tools and improved access to geospatial data
Feature: Social Media Mapping is Crucial for Market Research and your Social Strategy
Who Cares Where Waldo is?? Almost every day, I open up Twitter, and look in the left column at what is trending. I think of how I can leverage that to increase my likes and retweets. If something is trending on Twitter, it’s likely a factor on Facebook and other social media platforms.
Feature – HERE and Now: Location Based Marketing and High Definition Mapping
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 […]
Feature – The Sharing Economy and Its Place in Geospatial Services
A feature of interest from LiDAR Magazine looks at the topic of the sharing economy and geospatial services.
A Tangled Web: Google, Facebook, Amazon, and GIS
Companies whose businesses make their homes online want everyone in the world to have access to the internet. That’s how they make money. In some ways, everyone stands to benefit from this ambition, perhaps most of all GIS and mapping specialists. Because in order to achieve this goal of world wide web colonization, these companies […]
10 Question GeoGeek Rapidfire – Ted Florence @Avenza
Ted Florence is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Avenza Systems and directs the company in coming up with innovative solutions to the problems that plague the map-makers and map users of the 21st century. He is a professional engineer, who spent seven years as an international executive for a major pharmaceutical company followed […]
10 Question GeoGeek Rapidfire – Lowell Ballard @lowellbva
Time once again for another GeoGeek rapid fire, this time I have Lowell Ballard, Director of Geospatial Technology at Timmons Group where his role is to provide overall leadership and strategic direction for some ~100 GIS professionals. Ballard also works very closely on Strategic Planning projects with clients helping them to mature through GIS programs […]