On May 9, 2013, President Barack Obama sign an executive order making the default for government data “open and machine readable”. The executive order was accompanied by the White House’s Open Data Policy.
Few tools have helped change and improve data collection within the field of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) more than Global Positioning System (GPS).
Penn State Public Broadcasting has released a web-based series of videos called the Geospatial Revolution Project , the first episode of which debuted in September of … Read more
Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity in which participants use GPS devices or smartphone apps to hide and seek containers, called “geocaches” or “caches”, at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world.
White paper from Fleetmatics From communications and shipping, to productivity and back office procedures, technology has pervaded every aspect if the business world. But small- … Read more
Guest article from Trimble. Home to more than 1.5 million people, Belgrade is the third largest and one of the oldest cities in Southeastern Europe. … Read more
Guest article from Trimble. “To the left of the driveway behind the shed.” Imagine how long it takes to locate the water meter on a … Read more
Guest article from Trimble. The Western Penobscot Bay region of Maine is one of the most scenic areas in the Northeast United States and continues … Read more
There are many examples of people not using common sense and exercising personal judgement when following directions provided by online mapping and GPS navigation devices.
In this case study, FEMA and NPS collaborated on field assessment methodology to meet National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) requirements in post-Katrina New Orleans. 40,000 … Read more
Saturday, February 7, 2009 will forever be known as Black Saturday in the state of Victoria, Australia. In the midst of a 10-year drought, a … Read more