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County officials now have the most up-to-date aerial maps of Arkansas, which will, among other things, better prepare counties for future infrastructure and economic development projects, as well as provide for faster response times from local law enforcement and emergency personnel.
At a news conference Wednesday morning in Madison County, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced the completion of a project initiated by the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems (GIS) earlier this year.
The project, a new digital map of the state detailing each of the 75 counties, will provide updated and important information for each county—including roads, new developments, and other infrastructure projects—through aerial images.
Following the announcement, Governor Hutchinson handed over the last set of county maps in a ceremony at the Madison County Courthouse in Huntsville. Shelby Johnson, director of the GIS Office, joined the governor as he delivered the thumb drive with the digitial aerial images.
Read full story at Newton County Times…
first published week of: 01/01/2018
Hexagon Geospatial announces the official release of Power Portfolio 2018. The Power Portfolio helps a wide range of customers Shape Smart Change by providing solutions that harness location data to understand real-world situations.
With significant upgrades to ERDAS IMAGINE, GeoMedia, ImageStation, ERDAS APOLLO, GeoCompressor, GeoMedia Smart Client, as well as our WebGIS and Mobile solutions, Power Portfolio 2018 makes it faster and easier to identify, organize, and synthesize location data with your business information. By understanding what was and what is, you can quickly sense, decide, and act as the Earth changes.
“We are making great strides in achieving our vision of delivering smart solutions for streamlining and automating our capabilities for geospatial data production, analysis, delivery and visualization thanks to new updates and features in Power Portfolio 2018,” said Mladen Stojic, President of Hexagon Geospatial. “This release provides the necessary technology to further solutions for defense and intelligence, utilities, public safety and transportation, while aiding in the growth of dynamic information services.”
With additions like machine learning operators and even more access to sensor and UAV data, Producer Suite 2018 makes it easy to access the latest data and view it from more perspectives so you can analyze situations and predict outcomes.
By integrating RESTful APIs, simplifying security access, and improving compression speeds, Provider Suite 2018 enables you to find and deliver the right data, at the right time, to securely share information and make informed decisions.
Through simplified geolocation, disconnected mobile fieldwork, and consumer-driven geoportals, Platform Suite 2018 allows you to take advantage of dynamic information services in customized workflows that let your users make smart decisions no matter where they are.
New versions of the software are now available for customers to download.
Demonstrations and training on Power Portfolio 2018 can be seen at HxGN LIVE, 12-15 June 2018 at The Venetian Las Vegas. Come to learn and get inspired by some of the world’s most renowned thought leaders and to hear success stories about making the impossible possible through innovative technologies.
Learn more about What’s New in Power Portfolio 2018.
first published week of: 04/09/2018
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Hexagon Geospatial is proud to announce that they are an official partner with USGIF, the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation. The USGIF is the only organization dedicated to promoting geospatial intelligence tradecraft by building a stronger community for addressing national security objectives across industry, academia, and government. This partnership will provide USGIF’s accredited universities with free licenses of specific Hexagon Geospatial desktop and cloud-based Hexagon Smart M.App software products.
“We are excited about this partnership with Hexagon Geospatial to collaboratively issue license grants to the faculty and students of USGIF Accredited Institutions,” said Dr. Camelia Kantor, Director of Academic Programs at USGIF. “This partnership enables faculty and students to conduct research using industry-leading software, encouraging innovation while preserving industry standards.”
“As a company with roots in universities across the world, Hexagon Geospatial has always valued students and academia as an investment in the future,” said Jason Sims, Chief Channel & Marketing Officer for Hexagon Geospatial. “This is why we are so happy to announce our partnership with USGIF, providing access to our industry-leading software and platforms. We look forward to seeing the way instructors, researchers, and students influence how location information will be used to innovate and shape smart change.”
This partnership has also initiated some welcome additions to the company’s Hexagon Geospatial U program. Beginning this year, the Desktop Educational program now includes GeoMedia Motion Video Analyst Professional, which lets you effectively use video as a source of intelligence by fusing it with geospatial data such as map features, imagery, and annotations to provide context and greater insights into the intelligence analysis workflow.
In addition, the Smart M.App for EDU program includes eight apps and starting in 2018 now includes the development toolkits (SDKs/APIs) as well as access to parts of the Hexagon Geospatial Developer Network Community. Having access to the development toolkits will enable users to more easily customize and extend the commercial software.
first published week of: 02/12/2018
Will Provide Accredited Universities with Licenses to Geospatial Desktop and Smart M.App
Hexagon Geospatial announced that they are an official partner with USGIF, the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation. The USGIF is the only organization dedicated to promoting geospatial intelligence tradecraft by building a stronger community for addressing national security objectives across industry, academia, and government. This partnership will provide USGIF’s accredited universities with free licenses of specific Hexagon Geospatial desktop and cloud-based Hexagon Smart M.App software products.
“We are excited about this partnership with Hexagon Geospatial to collaboratively issue license grants to the faculty and students of USGIF Accredited Institutions,” said Dr. Camelia Kantor, Director of Academic Programs at USGIF. “This partnership enables faculty and students to conduct research using industry-leading software, encouraging innovation while preserving industry standards.”
This partnership has also initiated some welcome additions to the company’s Hexagon Geospatial U program. Beginning this year, the Desktop Educational program now includes GeoMedia Motion Video Analyst Professional, which lets you effectively use video as a source of intelligence by fusing it with geospatial data such as map features, imagery, and annotations to provide context and greater insights into the intelligence analysis workflow.
first published week of: 01/29/2018
Know why location-based technology is a key component towards shaping our future and why most of the organisations across the globe, including the United Nations, are working towards making it more accessible, as we interact with Sanjay Kumar, who has been in the industry for more than a decade now.
With more than 1400 navigational satellites currently operational in the geosynchronous orbit, positioning of almost all the electronic equipment carrying an electric receiver capable enough to interact with the satellites’ signals, is being mapped constantly. These GPS receivers can be found on almost all the smartphones, laptops, computers, smart watches, cameras and of course, the GPS modules.
This clearly indicates that the positioning of anyone in possession of such a device at any given time is being monitored. While this might raise serious privacy concerns and seem nightmarishly similar to Charles Xavier’s ‘Cerebro’ wherein the professor could monitor each and every individual on the planet through his mind, truth be told, location-based information has become an integral part of human lives across the globe. To think of it, the technology is the sole reason why we are able to navigate our way from one point of location to another, provide instant disaster management support to affected areas, issue warnings ahead of a natural disaster, map the topography of an area, detect seismic activities and perform numerous other tasks based on location etc.
Read full story at News 18 [India]…
first published week of: 01/08/2018
If you want to tailor a Facebook ad to a single user out of its universe of 2.2 billion, you could
Trying to pitch your boutique bed and breakfast to a 44-year-old "trendy mom" who lives in Seattle, leans conservative and is currently traveling in the Toronto area but hasn't booked a hotel for the night yet? Go right ahead. Interested in mail-ordering pet treats to a 32-year-old cat owner in Madison, Wisconsin who enjoys Japanese food, doesn't like pizza and has an anniversary coming up in the next two months? Not a problem
Targeting ads, it turns out, is almost infinitely customizable — sometimes in surprising ways. The ads you might see can be tailored to you down to the most granular details — not just where you live and what websites you visited recently, but whether you've gotten engaged in the past six months, are interested in organic food or share characteristics with people who have recently bought a BMW, even if you've never expressed interest in doing so yourself.
Read full story at The Press Democrat…
first published week of: 04/16/2018