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Japanese Earthquake GIS and Locator Tools

March 20, 2011 - By

Our hearts go out to our Japanese friends in the aftermath of the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Following are some tools, GIS information, and other information related to the earthquake.   Google Person Finder (click on image) – Google has released a Japanese-language Person Finder to help families and friends locate one another. According to the Person Finder tool,... read more

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Webinar Brief – A Closer Look at L5: The Future of High-Precision GNSS

March 18, 2011 - By

Yesterday I conducted a webinar titled "A Closer Look at L5: The Future of High-Precision GNSS." Preparing for it was quite interesting, so I thought I'd share some of the slides I produced (and had produced) for the webinar. I think you'll find them interesting. read more

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Trimble Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire OmniSTAR Assets for Land Applications

March 17, 2011 - By

Trimble today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets related to the OmniSTAR GNSS signal corrections business from Fugro N.V. The acquisition is expected to significantly expand Trimble’s worldwide ability to provide corrections services for land based agriculture, construction, mapping, and geographic information system (GIS) and survey applications. read more

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A Look at the Rugged Handheld Algiz 7

March 15, 2011 - By

The warfighters have spoken. My correspondence lately has been full of questions about tablet and handheld computers. My sources at AT&T and Verizon tell me that the number of iPads in Iraq and Afghanistan have doubled in the last year alone. The problem is that Apple iPads and iPhones, for all their ubiquity, are not rugged in any sense of the word. Enter Handheld US with the Algiz 7. read more

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Beyond Hyper-Local and Location Enhanced

March 15, 2011 - By

Be all you can be. Being location enabled or “hyper local” isn’t enough. Mobile applications are also trying to increase discoverability, push into Group-On couponing territory, and proactively deliver more relevant recommendations to users. Loopt announced limited-time and perishable inventory deals to users within proximity. Google has introduced an “open now” filter to local mobile search to find nearby businesses that are open. read more

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I’m Buying A New RTK Receiver. What Should I get?

March 15, 2011 - By

In light of this weeks webinar, A Closer Look at L5: The Future of High-Precision GNSS, and spurred by an email from a reader about how to sift through all the GPS/GNSS receiver choices, following are my thoughts if you're looking to purchase an RTK receiver today. read more

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As Data Collection Technology Advances, So Does BIM

March 10, 2011 - By

My fellow geospatial editor, Art Kalinski, wrote about BIM (building information modeling) earlier this week in the GeoIntelligence Insider newsletter. I’ve touched on the subject before. All too often we think of GIS as it relates to outdoor infrastructure: street maps, utility systems, parcel maps, timber harvesting, land management, environmental management, etc. Last summer at the Esri Surveying and Engineering Summit,... read more

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