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Drones and imagery: Utilities turn to artificial intelligence

December 19, 2019By Jaro Uljanovs

How AI and machine learning algorithms redefine the way utility companies manage their infrastructure By Jaro Uljanovs, Lead AI Developer and Data Scientist, Sharper Shape Artificial intelligence (AI) boasts a wide range of potential applications, across nearly every industry imaginable — healthcare, automotive, retail, even fast food. But it’s the utility industry where AI and machine learning (ML) are beginning... read more

This article is tagged with AI, artificial intelligence, lidar, machine learning, Utilities, utility inspection, vegetation management and posted in GSS Monthly, Imagery, Lidar, Technology, UAS/UAV

EOS Positioning helps Haiti achieve clean drinking water

October 3, 2019By Tracy Cozzens

Haiti Outreach is on a mission is to bring clean drinking water to 100% of Haitian communes. The non-profit organization is using EOS Positioning’s Arrow Gold GNSS receiver to transform how water access is addressed. In the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation, poverty and corruption have stifled development. But Haiti Outreach is using geospatial software and donations to ensure every household has... read more

This article is tagged with Arrow Gold GNSS receiver, clean water, E. coli, Eos Positioning Systems, Haiti, Haiti Outreach and posted in GIS Software, GNSS/GPS, GSS Monthly, Technology

Amazon fires in Brazil can be seen from space

August 21, 2019By Allison Kral

A satellite view of the Amazon wildfire on Aug. 13. (NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership.)

Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil have hit record numbers, and satellites have been able to capture imagery of them. According to NASA, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on its Aqua satellite captured images of several fires burning in the states of Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará and Mato Grosso on Aug. 11 and Aug. 13. There have been 72,843 fires... read more

This article is tagged with Amazon rainforest, Amazon wildfire, Amazonas, Aqua satellite, Brazil, NASA, satellite, satellite imagery, wildfire and posted in Featured Stories, GIS News, GSS Monthly

Oregon transportation expands use of GNSS tablets

February 20, 2019By Tracy Cozzens

Oregon Department of Transportation workers use DT Research’s GNSS rugged tablets. (Photo: DT Research).

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has expanded its use of DT Research GNSS rugged tablets to all 15 of its construction management offices across the state, and also use the tablets for biology, geology, roadway and wetland projects. DT Research worked closely with ODOT to design purpose-built rugged tablets that empower state workers to easily collect and transmit geospatial... read more

This article is tagged with Chris Pucci, DT Research, Galileo, GLONASS, GNSS rugged tablet, GNSS tablet, ODOT, Oregon Department of Transportation and posted in Featured Stories, GIS News, GSS Monthly, Mobile Devices, Technology

NSGIC releases first-year report for Geo-Enabled Elections project

January 16, 2019By Tracy Cozzens

Includes first draft of best practices for implementing GIS in elections. The National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) has released the first-year report of phase one of its Geo-Enabled Elections project, highlighting the project’s accomplishments in the first 12 months. These include completing a baseline assessment of how far states have come, to date, in terms of integrating geographic information... read more

This article is tagged with Elections, Geo-Enabled Elections project, geospatial, GIS, National States Geographic Information Council, NSGIC and posted in Featured Stories, GIS News, GSS Monthly

Are smart cities the future of humanity?

October 17, 2018By Anna Kucirkova

Digital technology has provided society with hundreds of advances that make life easier and better for everyone. From the personal computer to the internet to the smartphone to the Internet of Things, we are increasingly living in a technologically driven world. But what if those technologies were bound together and used to build a smart city? What would it take... read more

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Rebrand GIS to better showcase its power

September 20, 2018By Adam Carnow

GIS specialists are much more than mapmakers. Make sure your organization and customers understand how spatial analytics can help them succeed. By Adam Carnow Most non-GIS users hear the term “G-I-S” and think “M-A-P.” That is, they think of GIS, and GIS practitioners, as mapmakers. Most GIS practitioners have unknowingly perpetuated this image. Ask any GIS practitioner what they do... read more

This article is tagged with business intelligence, career, geospatial information systems, GIS, GIS department, job title, spatial analytics and posted in GIS Software, GSS Monthly, Mapping, Opinions, Technology

GIS is key to developing smart cities and buildings

September 19, 2018By Christine Easterfield

GIS is growing in importance to urban development, whether for environmental impact studies, geofencing or building information modeling (BIM). Sharing GIS data with developers is critical to a coordinated approach to smart city growth. read more

This article is tagged with city planning, geofencing, GIS, smart building, smart city, urban development, urban planning and posted in BIM, Featured Stories, GIS Software, GSS Monthly, Opinions, Technology

Volcanic GIS: Mapping and imaging the Kilauea eruption

August 16, 2018By Tracy Cozzens

Lidar image of the Hawaii dataset showing the Kilauea Calderand the Halena'uma'u Crater and within it. (Image: Quantum Spatial)

Geospatial companies played a key role in the government's response to the Kilauea Volcano eruption. The volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii began erupting May 3, and while quiet for more than a week, it could resume erupting at any time. read more

This article is tagged with CRASAR, Frontier Precision, GIS, Hawaii, Kilauea eruption, lidar, mapping, Quantum Spatial, UAV, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and posted in Featured Stories, GIS Software, GSS Monthly, Imagery, Lidar, Mapping, UAS/UAV

How geospatial data can improve US elections

July 18, 2018By Tracy Cozzens

With the mid-term elections coming ever nearer, states are turning to geographic information systems (GIS) to help manage them. Digital geographic representation of precinct boundaries within a GIS allow for transparency and ease of use for voters, candidates and electoral management, according to the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC). GIS also enables the optimal siting of polling places for both... read more

This article is tagged with baseline survey, Ge0-Enabled Elections project, geodata, mid-term elections, NSGIC, polling places, U.S. elections, U.S. states and posted in Featured Stories, GIS News, GSS Monthly, Mapping, Technology

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