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Autodesk, Inc. announced it will provide integrated geospatial solutions with Oracle to enable customers to maximize operational efficiencies, based on a wealth of location and structural data.
Autodesk will work with Oracle to market solutions in strategic markets such as government, utilities, telecommunications and transportation.
The combined solutions, which include Autodesk geospatial software and Oracle database and spatial technology, offer customers the ability to create, manage, and share geographic information system (GIS) and computer automated design (CAD) data throughout the organization in a single, open, standards-based environment without costly additional investment or expertise in proprietary software and systems.
first published week of: 10/25/2021
It should surprise exactly no one that mobile usage and location-based technologies are taking over the world. With more iPhones being shipped every day than humans being born, it’s not hard to see that it won’t be long before there are more smartphones in the world than people.
And while smartphones and tablets have been around for several years now, we are starting to reach a tipping point on many fronts where these devices are becoming an integral part of our lives – so much so that they are often the last thing we look at before we go to bed and the first thing we check when we wake in the morning.
So, what does this all mean for marketers? As I’ve written in other posts, the mobile phenomenon is a game-changer for marketers.
Mobile proliferation is allowing for a ton more of data to access and analyze. It is creating new ways to reach target audiences now that we know where they are (and when they are). Smart devices are allowing for radical new payment systems. And most importantly, they are dramatically impacting how people search, research and shop — both online and in person.
To help frame the opportunity, here are some key mobile and location-based statistics that all marketers should be aware of.
Read full story at MarTech…
first published week of: 07/19/2021
Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions today announced GeoMedia(R) Grid 5.2, an advanced, fully integrated grid analysis toolkit for GeoMedia, is now shipping worldwide. GeoMedia Grid provides seamless integration of vector and grid data formats for viewing and analysis. GeoMedia Grid is ideally suited for carrying out complex spatial analysis, such as site location in urban planning, corridor planning for designing highway improvements and hot spot detection for environmental management and public safety.
[ED NOTE:] Intergraph was acquired by Hexagon and now operates as Hexagon Geospatial (still located in Madison/Huntsville Alabama).
first published week of: 05/03/2021
The Business Review has named MapInfo [today, it is part of Precisely] one of the Great Places to Work in the Capital Region for 2005. The award recognizes the company’s achievements in creating a positive work environment that attracts and retains employees through a combination of benefits, working conditions and company culture. For the second year in a row, MapInfo was selected from a group of 130 companies, making the list of finalists on the strength of its employee evaluations.
“It is a great honor to be selected as one of the great places to work in the Capital Region for the second year in a row. This award is a testament to the enthusiasm and commitment of our dedicated associates,” said Mark Cattini, CEO and president, MapInfo.
first published week of: 08/02/2021
Sears Holding Corporation (SHC) now deploys a wireless field geographic information system (GIS) solution that provides 10,000 SHC home services technicians with an in-vehicle navigation and mapping system. Developed by SHC and ESRI Professional Services, the solution leverages onboard GPS, satellite and terrestrial data communication, verbalized directions, and ruggedized laptop technology that makes available a touch-screen interface.
Known as the Sears Smart Toolbox (SST), the application launches automatically when the ruggedized Itronix laptop, also known as the GoBook, is powered on. The entire suite of technologies runs within an Internet Explorer browser. When the vehicle is stationary, the users have the option to view their daily routes, view their current progress along the route, geocode new stops, and make some modifications to their routes in the local database. When the vehicle begins to move, the mapping component switches into navigation mode and takes over the entire screen of the GoBook. ESRI used ArcObjects software components based on ArcGIS to create the customized wireless field application.
first published week of: 07/05/2021
PCI Geomatics donated its premiere software suite Geomatica® to assist the Save the Elephants (STE) organization in Africa. Geomatica will be used to process and analyze satellite imagery to help understand the movement and ranging behavior of elephants and to answer questions about habitat locations.
Save the Elephants was founded by zoologist Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton in 1993 and is a non-governmental charitable organization located in Kenya. The STE pioneered the use of GSM-GPS tracking collars that record and report an elephant’s position every hour. As such, the STE has a database with over one million recorded elephant positions, and has compiled incredible ranging behavior not previously observed. The data has provided an unprecedented look at the ranging behavior of elephants in Kenya, South Africa and Mali.
“We (STE) are using Geomatica 10 to classify multi-spectral imagery to look at land use and vegetation types in relation to elephant movements across varied and mosaicked landscapes. High-resolution aerial photos and satellite imagery are being used to map the presence of human settlements in the range of the elephants in both Mali and Kenya,” said Jake Wall, Research Scientist at Save the Elephants. “We are also using the Geomatica radar tools to experiment with using radar imagery for mapping livestock corridors in areas vital to the survival of the desert elephants of Mali. Using a wide variety of data inputs we can model and eventually understand the behaviour and spatial needs of elephants.”
first published week of: 06/21/2021