Tag Archives: GIS
xyHt Weekly News Links: 12/02/2022
Jack Dangermond to Keynote at Geo Week 2023 Presagis, Airbus to Provide Direct Access to OneAtlas Satellite Imagery Fugro Launches State-of-the Art Geotechnical Vessel for Safe Offshore Operations Nexar Releases CityStream™ Live, the Real-Time Mapping Platform for the Modern Mobility Age Xplore and UP42 Partner to Bring Satellite Data to Geospatial Customers Teledyne Geospatial to...
xyHt Weekly News Links: 11/18/2022
Hexagon’s Leica BLK2FLY named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2022 Earth Sciences Foundation Giving Tuesday is November 29 Axians France Enters into Partnership with Pix4D Resolution Introduced in Congress to Recognize National GIS Day NSPS Lobbyist Named Top in the Profession Voters in 18 States Approve Transportation Investment Measurers FCC Releases New Broadband Maps...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 08/05/2022
OGC Elects Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse to Board of Directors New Esri Book Showcases the Latest Online GIS Capabilities Ursa Space Systems and EOS Data Analytics Provide Geospatial Insights Across Ukraine NSPS Podcast: A Conversation with the Forest Service 2022 Surveying Education Award Winners Registration Now Open for CONEXPO-CON/AGG Bluesky Reveals Growing Appetite for Geospatial Data...
Supporting Free and Open-Source Software
Free and open-source software (FOSS) is sweeping across the IT industry, everywhere from office programs (LibreOffice) to GIS software (QGIS, R, Python). It is also being used extensively by large companies such as Microsoft, IBM, Amazon, and Netflix for their internal services as well as being used as building blocks to offer services to clients. ...
Refining Measurement
A land surveyor unpacks the concept of accuracy “Accuracy is addictive,” my friend David Doyle once said. Doyle is a geodesist by trade. For someone in his line of work, this addiction has a rich tradition. Geodesy is the study of Earth’s shape, rotation, and gravity field. The discipline involves an eternal quest to refine...
Upgrading GIS for a Better 911
The complex system of emergency call routing and critical location data delivery is getting a makeover Minutes can make a difference between life and death for 911 callers. A quick response with suitable equipment and knowledgeable personnel is the goal of 911 call centers across the country. However, managing calls and texts from mobile phones...
