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What GIS (knowledge) can do for AI?
Part 3 By Juan B. Plaza and Giulio Maffini Now that we have explored what AI can do for GIS in the first two parts of this series, let’s embark in the more complex task of exploring what a GIS-empowered AI will look like. First, let us clarify that it is our belief that it...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 12/15/2023
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Evan Applegate
24 Young Geospatial Professionals to Watch in 2024 Company: The Map ConsultancyCurrent position: CartographerAge: 35Education: MS in cartography and GIS, University of Wisconsin-Madison For 12 years Applegate has made beautiful, data-rich maps for the news, Fortune 500 companies, charitable foundations, and commercial interiors. He created his first maps in 2011 as a graphics editor for...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 12/08/2023
AGI Skills Discussion Challenges Geospatial Community to Stand Up and Be Heard! Early Bird Specials Already Available for Trimble Dimensions 2024 Saint Louis University, Taylor Geospatial Institute Ramp Up Hiring of Geospatial Faculty Topcon Positioning Systems Announces New Global Sustainability Initiatives Why Robotics is a Key Component in Uncrewed Aviation
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 11/17/2023
Insights into Lidar Technology and Lidar-Based Surveying Esri Introduces ArcGIS Video Server, Brings New Video Capabilities to Users EU fine-tunes plan to launch Galileo satellites on SpaceX Elevating Belgium’s Railways with Topcon Positioning Systems Esri Integrates with Microsoft Fabric to Deliver Leading Spatial Analytics Capabilities Esri and National Geographic Society Launch National Geographic MapMaker
What AI Can Do for GIS
Part 2 By Juan B. Plaza and Giulio Maffini Before we can even attempt to describe what AI can do for GIS, we need to understand what a GIS is and how it is used. What do these three letters mean? A pretty good definition is: A geographic information system consists of integrated computer hardware...
