GIS
EVENTS
Esri Geodesign Summit 2021
Our planet and its inhabitants are facing challenges like few times before in history—climate change, resource scarcity, and massive migrations of our planet's inhabitants...
GIS
Esri’s Platform as a Service Launched
Esri announced a new product called ArcGIS Platform as a Service launched with an event video, which includes presentations from Esri president Jack Dangermond...
GIS
Google Uses Smartphones For Earthquake Detection And Early Alerts
Earthquakes happen daily around the world, with hundreds of millions of people living in earthquake-prone regions. An early warning can help people prepare for...
GIS
Arctic Sea Ice Level Observation From 40 Years of Satellite Data
Throughout 2020, the Arctic Ocean and surrounding seas endured several notable weather/ climate events. In spring, a persistent heatwave over Siberia provoked the rapid melting...
GIS
Auschwitz Liberation Through Maps
Nazi Germany’s largest concentration and extermination camps, Auschwitz, was established in 1940 in the suburbs of the Polish city of Oswiecim. Though there is...
GIS
PointCab Share: New, Free Point Cloud Viewer
Just in time for Christmas, PointCab, known for their fast and easy point cloud processing software, released a new, free point cloud viewer named...
GIS
How does Google Maps predict traffic?
Predicting traffic conditions on the roads and determining the best routes for a journey is an incredibly complex task. And yet, Google Maps does...
BIM & Modelling
3D PluraView: The new reference for passive 3D-stereo monitors in medical technology
Anyone who has ever needed professional high-resolution 3D-stereo visualizations in their professional environment in medical technology knows the monitor series with beamsplitter technology from...
GIS
What is Metadata?
What is metadata and why is it important to document?
Think about the last time you searched Google. That search started with the metadata you...
GIS
What is a Geocell?
A geocell (or geo-cell), in terms of GIS and mapping, is a cell in a grid that has a resolution of 1 degree of...