Critigen Selected to Provide Land Acquisition Services for Colorado Springs...
Critigen, a leading spatial enterprise solutions and cloud managed services provider, today announced it has signed a contract with Colorado Springs Utilities to provide land surveying support...
View ArticleDetroit Prepares to Cut Half of their Streetlights
Detroit, whose 139 square miles contain 60 percent fewer residents than in 1950, will try to nudge them into a smaller living space by eliminating almost half its streetlights. As it is, 40 percent of...
View ArticleMcKinsey Reports on Emerging Trends in Urban Informatics
In their efforts to manage cities more effectively and efficiently, many local administrations are turning to “urban informatics”—the use of information and communications technology to better...
View ArticleArlington Updates Online GIS Map with SimpliCITY Mapping
As part of the Arlington’s ongoing effort to improve service delivery to residents, the Town is pleased to announce the update of its online GIS mapping service to SimpliCITY Mapping by PeopleGIS....
View ArticleOpen Data, a New Platform for Cities
Many cities are adopting data analytics to improve public services. Cities are learning that data collected can be used to shorten transit times, assist in the replacement of failing infrastructure,...
View ArticleLocal Government Gains from Geospatial Analysis
Some public sector groups are now turning to analysis to connect the dots between seemingly disparate data. The resulting insight has helped many organisations to paint a more detailed picture about...
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Jack Dangermond on Making the World a Better Place with #Geodesign
Jack Dangermond provided the morning keynote for the GeoDesign Summit in Redlands, Calif. today. He started with the need to look at good developments amidst all the gloom and doom about the state of...
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Yotta DCL Updates Horizons Highways Asset Management System
Highway technology and services company Yotta DCL has announced new features for Horizons, its web platform that integrates GIS, pavement and asset management. Highways authorities and agencies use the...
View ArticleIndoor Location: The Mobile Revolution Starts Now
The future of mobile location-based services lies in its rapid adoption of indoor technologies. For more than 20 years, the use of global positioning system, or GPS, has been the gold standard for...
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JMT Technology Group to Provide Services to the Maryland State Highway...
The JMT Technology Group, a progressive geospatial and information technology services provider, has been selected by the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) for two new IT contracts. On the...
View ArticleMore Patience, Less Protest: The New Politics of the Urban Poor
A new book published shows how poor urban communities across Africa and Asia have developed powerful new approaches that have enabled millions of people to get better housing and services, and —beyond...
View ArticleNew Report on the Importance of Spatial Standards for the Internet of Things
ITU-T’s latest Technology Watch report introduces readers to location (spatial) standards and their role in enabling the Internet of Things, describing how communications infrastructure has increased...
View ArticleTimmons Group Expands Asset Management Practice
Timmons Group, a leader in enterprise geospatial products and services, has expanded their Asset Management practice. Recent additions to the practice include: Traci Berlingieri was recently hired as a...
View ArticleResearch and Markets: Concise Analysis of the International LiDAR Market –...
Research and Markets announced the addition of the “Concise Analysis of the International LiDAR Market – Forecast to 2018″ report to their offering. ‘LiDAR’ is an acronym for ‘Light Detection and...
View ArticleWhite House to Host Event Highlighting Efforts to Boost Climate Change...
On Wednesday, March 19, the White House, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will host an event highlighting the...
View ArticleNew ISO Standards Aim to Measure Cities
A landmark ISO standard outlining key measurements for evaluating a city’s service delivery and quality of life has just been published. Its use will help city managers, politicians, researchers,...
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Scan to BIM Still Requires Expert Modelers
It is interesting how an entire 3D space can be scanned into a point could model, replete with intrinsic geometry details. This technology is popularly and very efficiently used to represent the ‘As...
View ArticleBarcelona Realizes Innovative Governance with Cloud, Devices and Apps
The City of Barcelona has a global reputation for innovation. Many of the technological solutions that the city has adopted in recent years are at the leading edge of city management. Microsoft cloud...
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Mobile LIDAR Systems and Services Guide
Mobile light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems represent a new level of automation and accuracy for surveying roads, including route inventory, bridge structures, bridge clearance and...
View ArticleSimpson Gumpertz & Heger Opens Houston Office
WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 21, 2015—Today, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. (SGH) announced the opening of its Houston, Texas office. From Houston, SGH will provide its full range of structural and...
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