Cut Weed Control Cost by 80% California City Saves $24,000 and 600 Hours in Staff Time Annually with Automated Weed Control
A Recap and Comments from Trimble Dimensions 2012
Marco Cecala, contributing author at our sister site, MachineControlOnline, was on location at Trimble Dimensions conference 2012 in Las Vegas. Marco shared some notes and comments from the event (first posted on the MCO blog) – thanks Marco!
LiDAR, BIM, and GIS Converge to Bring Business Efficiencies to Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage
The following article by Karen Richardson, Esri, appeared in the November Edition of LiDAR Magazine titled A Technology Trifecta – LiDAR, BIM, and GIS Converge to Bring Business Efficiencies to Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
GIS-Based Campus Emergency System
Earthquakes and natural disasters have frequently occurred in recent years. To minimize disastrous damage resulted from sudden disasters, schools at all levels in Taiwan are supposed to improve the efficiency of campus hazard prevention and emergency response and enhance simulation drills of earthquakes, tsunami and fire. To leverage the efficiency of disaster prevention and evacuation […]
Crowdsourcing provides initial filter on imagery that collected from Hurricane Sandy affected areas
The following came out of the HOTOSM group today in an effort to recruit volunteers to help crowdsource damage reports in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. From the iRevolution blog… Schuyler and team just got their hands on the Civil Air Patrol’s (CAP) super high resolution aerial imagery of the disaster affected areas. They’ve imported this imagery […]
Hurricane Sandy Maps, Mapping, Emergency Response and Geospatial Data Resources
When there’s massive weather events like Hurricane Sandy there’s always a rush to access online maps and web mapping services.
Williams & Heintz Map Corp. Uses Avenza PDF Maps to Add Value and Function to Print
In a recent blog post on the William & Heintz Map Printer blog, the author of a post, Holly discusses how the company is using Avenza Software’s PDF Maps iOS app to help make their maps and nautical charts available to clients using iPhone and iPad mobile clients.
Mobile GIS Tip – Integrity GIS on iOS from Midland GIS Solutions @Midlandgis
Here’s a fine introductory video to a cool app, Integrity GIS for iOS (iPhone or iPad). What I really like about what the team has done here is they’ve provided users with a free, trial download app in the iTunes store so you can test drive it for yourself… nice! Please note, the app requires […]
Feature – Surveyor 2.0—The Next Generation
A special feature from our sister resource, Machine Control Online & MachineControlMagazine
GIS: Just a Tool—Myth #2: Building a GIS System Takes Too Long
From the continuing series on Amerisuv.com… The myth that it would take too long to build and implement a GIS system for the Surveying Business to see any real benefit is based mainly in the idea that the Surveying Business must change the way the business is handled to fit with the GIS. Every Surveying […]