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Fetched: July 31st, 2008, 11:30pm CEST
The GeoJSON format has "made the big time" in some sense as the final specification is complete and Safe Software announced full support for it. This "for non-programmers" short essay answers key questions including; What is it? Why is it special?
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Fetched: July 31st, 2008, 5:30am CEST
Usually we associate "sense of place" with a point or an area. But what about applying it to a linear feature like a road, trail or path? Adena Schutzberg ponders the issue.
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Fetched: July 29th, 2008, 5:30am CEST
This week Microsoft announcedthat its recently acquired trueSpace 3D model creator is now free and models created with it can be uploaded as collections to Virtual Earth. What does that say about what Google, Microsoft and the geospatial community think about what tools and data are required for today's maps?
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Fetched: July 24th, 2008, 5:30am CEST
Why is GIS still so hard to use in 2008? Is it the software providers who are responsible or is it the users? It has something to do with confidence and hearsay, suggests Adena Schutzberg. The good news: she's optimistic about the future for GIS users.
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Fetched: July 22nd, 2008, 5:30am CEST
"MISO" stands for Microsoft, IBM, SAP and Oracle, the big enterprise players in the market today. All have a toe or more in GIS, but all also have a tie to ESRI. What's the state of those relationships and what new players also want and need to hook up with the big E? Our editors explore these questions and toss in a few other letters, G, A and B into the alphabet soup.
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Fetched: July 21st, 2008, 11:30pm CEST
Today Safe Software and WeoGeo will announce a partnership to bring spatial ETL (extract, transform and load) technology to the cloud. Adena Schutzberg is confident there will be more geospatial applications running the cloud in the near future.
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Fetched: July 21st, 2008, 3:34am CEST
Did you ever wonder how websites use those tidbits of information you may leave on their websites, such as a ZIP Code or your age range? This article from Nielsen Claritas explains how with just a bit of information, offered in response to a fair trade, retailers can understand and serve their online and off-line visitors better.
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Fetched: July 18th, 2008, 5:30am CEST
The Geospatial Web Services workshop at Centre for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham held June 16-17th, 2008 had an interesting twist: a live webcast. More than 300 viewers followed the presentations over two days. Organizer Dr. Suchith Anand of the University wants to share the content as he believes "technologies like webcasting and podcasting will help in widening participation of GIS research conferences and events for the benefit of the society at large."
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Fetched: July 17th, 2008, 5:30am CEST
Safe Software and WeoGeo are partnering to bring spatial ETL (extract, transform and load) technology to the cloud. Not sure what the cloud is? Not sure how geospatial technologies can take advantage of it? Safe's president Don Murray and WeoGeo's CEO Paul Bissett tackle these topics and prepare you for your future in the cloud.
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Fetched: July 16th, 2008, 8:30pm CEST
When you attend a conference are you seeing more people with Macs? Unlike a few years ago when Mac users were either hip programmers or not so tech-savvy folks, more and more regular computer users are going Mac, both in and outside of geospatial. Executive Editor Adena Schutzberg joined the group back in March and thinks back on those three months to share what she's learned. While she appreciates what the Mac can do, the real revelation how her computer use has moved to the cloud.
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Fetched: July 16th, 2008, 5:30am CEST
The predominant development in 2008 is not growth, but decline - the fallout from the downturn in the housing market. There are still areas of growth, pockets of prosperity to report; however, there are few areas untouched by the decline of the housing market and the ensuing credit crunch. ESRI's chief demographer, Lynn Wombold, takes a close look at the current housing situation in the context of demographic factors.
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Fetched: July 15th, 2008, 5:30am CEST
Clever researchers have determined that you, even without a portable device can be an effective geographic sensor. This week we explore examples of how individuals, sometimes along with their electronic gadgets, can act as effective sensors for disease or natural disaster. Our editors share some proven techniques and explore how this type of data collection might play out in the future.
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Fetched: July 11th, 2008, 2:30pm CEST
In todays executive interview podcast we spoke with Israel Ronn, General Manager of Pointer Telocation's products division. Pointer Telocation is based in Isreal and is a supplier of Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) and asset management solutions for fleet management and they are working with G4S Telematix S.A. of Greece to provide tracking technology for live coverage of a series of Mediterranean sailing races. Editor-in-chief Joe Francica spoke with Mr. Ronn about the event and about Pointers technology.
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Fetched: July 9th, 2008, 11:30pm CEST
The challenge may sound familiar: deliver geospatial data hosted remotely at many different locations via one access point to many different levels of user. The goal may also soud familiar: share, disseminate and visualize across eight countries, with multiple languages and in some areas, limited infrastructure. But, more than likely, you've not yet heard about the solution: SERVIR, the Regional Visualization and Monitoring System for Mesoamerica, which extends from southern Mexico to Panama, including Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. The Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology (IAGT) developed a key part SERVIR Viz, a free, easy-to-use data access and visualization framework for geodata built on NASA's World Wind. Three team members give us a tour.
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Fetched: July 9th, 2008, 5:30am CEST
Advanced Geospatial Intelligence or AGI, applied to imagery is what we'd likely call "image analysis." It describes techniques "to look beyond the visual information depicted in the image." For the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NGA, that has two key implications: more intelligence and the ability to create and then share unclassified products with partners for a variety of uses. Kensey Liebsch of NGA explores the present and future of the analysis and the core imagery.
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Fetched: July 8th, 2008, 4:41am CEST
Last week Ask.com moved off its longtime mapping platform to Microsoft's Virtual Earth. What are the practical choices these days for those who want mapping as part of their portals? Has customization and a unique look and feel been overshadowed by a few strong hosted solutions to which everyone will eventually migrate? Our editors sort out the options and trends and end up using the "c" word - commodity.
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Fetched: July 2nd, 2008, 5:30am CEST
For a cell phone user living in a deep urban canyon, a GPS signal is often difficult to obtain and if you are indoors, nearly impossible. Location determination often requires other means if a clear GPS signal can't be acquired. Assisted GPS provides a backup to a clear line of sight based on triangulating cell tower locations but sometimes the accuracy falls short for some applications. Since its inception, Skyhook Wireless offered the ability to triangulate position based on a database of Wi-Fi hotspots to help solve both problems. Now, the company is offering a way to incorporate all three location determination technologies to solve the problem of indoor positioning and improving accuracy.
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Fetched: July 2nd, 2008, 5:30am CEST
It's not enough anymore to just have a good supporting website to capture additional retail sales. The Web experience for individuals not only needs to be customized for the retailer's "frequent buyers" with regard to their buying preferences, but can now be specifically targeted based on their location, as well. Ace Hardware is using Internet Protocol (IP) geotargeting technology to immediately recognize its Web traffic to create a nearly hyperlocal experience for its Web visitors. Editor-in-chief Joe Francica explores the technology with executives from Digital Element and GSI Commerce.
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Fetched: July 1st, 2008, 5:10am CEST
Skyhook announced a hybrid location determination software solution that can tap into GPS, Wi-Fi, and cell towers to locate devices. What does that mean for knowing where you are anytime, anywhere? Is this step forward accompanied by an increased sense of location privacy comfort? Our editors explore the new technology and offer a suggestion for tackling the privacy bugaboo.
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