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ODOT reveals workaround for using FILESTREAM & Collector with large datasets
In this article, experts from the Ohio Department of Transportation provide a detailed workflow example, with step by step instruction, for using FILESTREAM with Collector for ArcGIS to gather, manage...
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Conrail stays on track with Fleet Management
The name Conrail is synonymous with railroads, but it takes a fleet of road vehicles to keep the trains running. Those road vehicles are most efficient when using a reliable GPS-based fleet management...
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CyPhy Works’ new drone takes off on Kickstarter
I just returned from AUVSI's Unmanned Systems 2015 trade show in Atlanta. The show was pretty impressive, with 8,000 attendees and 600 exhibitors. Although they didn’t have a booth at the show, I was...
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ALK Technologies Announces McLeod Software Integration of PC*MILER 29
Provides LoadMaster and PowerBroker customers updated nationwide commercial routing, mileage and mapping– ALK Technologies, a Trimble Company and global leader in GeoLogistics® solutions and...
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ODOT reveals workaround for using FILESTREAM & Collector with large datasets
In this article, experts from the Ohio Department of Transportation provide a detailed workflow example, with step by step instruction, for using FILESTREAM with Collector for ArcGIS to gather, manage...
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AMA calls on 79 years of experience to teach safe flying to new UAV pilots
Recently, Directions Magazine published an article on the latest no fly map software available to pilots of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones. Allison Haley and Richard Hanson of the Academy of...
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United States Forest Service Deploys the Avenza PDF Maps App for Fire-Fighting
PDF Maps app to aid firefighting and emergency response efforts TORONTO (October 27, 2015)—The United States Forest Service (USFS) fights wildfires and other natural disasters in more than 155...
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eeGeo Launches Global 3D Mapping Platform to Visualise Location-Based...
New Geospatial Meta-Mapping Platform Contextualises Data for Interiors and Places – eeGeo, the UK-based 3D mapping company, today launched its geospatial meta-mapping platform which enables...
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Is time more valuable than distance in location-based data?
The majority of businesses and mapping software programs use distance to define and deliver geographical information. So why is this a bad thing? Because distance-based analysis doesn’t reflect the...
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Directions Exclusive: Ordnance Survey’s Jeremy Morley, on R&D and digital...
Direction Magazine’s Diana Sinton recently spoke with Jeremy Morley of the Ordnance Survey, Great Britain’s official mapping agency.
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Reviving the census with cutting edge change detection technology
Countries that acknowledge their fundamental responsibility to understand the economic and cultural status of their people have long valued a national census. Without knowing where the people are, who...
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What to say when your friends “just don’t get” GIS
Today, people around the world are celebrating GIS Day. Since 1999, this distinction has been given to the Wednesday of Geography Awareness Week, which itself has been observed the third week of...
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Building for the future: Pilot program integrates BIM & GIS to improve urban...
In 1930, only 30 percent of the world’s people lived in urban areas. By 2014 the percentage had increased to 54 percent. The United Nations now projects that by 2050, 66 percent of the world’s...
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New ALK Maps Overlays Increase Data Insights and Improve Decision Making
Visualization provides better understanding of asset utilization, safety and service — ALK Technologies, a Trimble Company and global leader in GeoLogistics® solutions and navigation software, today...
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Army Corps surge maps save lives
"Hurricane Sandy represented one of the largest scale evacuations declared in recent history in the United States," said Edward Schneyer, director of Emergency Preparedness, Suffolk County Office of...
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Trimble’s eCitation Increases Productivity for Pennsylvania Police Department
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 2, 2015—Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today that the Bethlehem Township Police Department, which consists of 34 sworn officers serving over 20,000 people in Pennsylvania, has...
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#MapMyDay - People worldwide are part of a movement for more accessibility
Berlin. December 3 marks the start of the worldwide campaign “MapMyDay” to raise awareness for everyday barriers. The German NGO Sozialhelden and the World Health Organization (WHO) are calling upon...
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Why mentoring matters: How Azavea and others are improving GIS education
When Azavea launched its Summer of Maps program four years ago they designed it to align with their own business principles: that their work would emphasize social responsibility and sustainability as...
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Making green commutes safer using mapping
"Green commuting" — traveling to and from work without a motorized vehicle — is a growing trend across the U.S., yet far too few cities are truly friendly to cyclists and pedestrians. Treacherous roads...
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GIS-related FAA drone exemptions represent 16% of first 2000 issued
The FAA has yet to issue guidelines under which commercial drones or UAVs can operate, but that doesn’t mean you can’t legally conduct commercial drone flight operations. Exceptions are being granted...
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