Mobile and Field GIS
Find options for collecting GIS data in the field using mobile and field devices. The mobile and field product descriptions listed here are provided by … Read more
Crowdsourced Traffic Data from Waze on Google Maps
Users of Google’s mapping products will notice the addition of more detailed traffic data, courtesy of Waze, an app that collects traffic and roadway conditions … Read more
Google Maps Finally Available for the iPad
Google has announced that a native app for the iPad is now available for Google Maps. The new Google Maps App for iOS devices is available for downloading from the iTunes App Store.
Earth at Your Fingertips – Free eBook
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a free 100 page ebook for iOS users. The book, entitled, “Earth from Space: the Living Beauty” contains over 100 pages and includes interactive maps, satellite imagery collected from ESA’s missions, and animations demonstrating various aspects of the world.
A Look at ArcGIS for Smartphones
ArcGIS for smartphones and tablets is an app from Esri available for free from the Apple App Store, Android App Marketplace (ArcGIS for Android was … Read more
Explaining How Dark Sky Works
Dark Sky is a short term weather predictor protoype for iOS devices (more about the developers efforts to turn this into an app at the … Read more
Data for the People, by the People: Designing Smartphone-based GISystems for Environmental Resource Assessment
According to the most recent Nielsen data, smartphones comprise approximately 40% of mobile phones used by US citizens. As mobile device technologies (e.g., smartphones and … Read more