With all of the content we have written about the GIS industry this past year, we have seen many applications and the promise they hold for the future. Today, we bring you an even more exciting application of GIS technology. This one has a very positive impact on the...
Many of our past blog postings have dealt with GIS vendors in the private sector. A common theme has been that most of these companies we have profiled come from the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and even the Pacific Rim regions. Believe it or not,...
In previous blog postings, we’ve examined many telecom vendors. Probably the ones that stand out the most are Verizon, Comcast, Windstream Communications, L3 Communications, etc. Well, there is another that you’ve probably never heard of before. This one is known as...
There is one thing we know for sure: In the world of GIS, there is a ton of information and data coming out on a daily basis. There are literally hundreds of vendors with many products and services their customers use all the time. A lot of this has to do with...
Frontier Communications is one of those smaller telecom companies that not too many people, especially in the Midwest, have heard about. Don’t count them out yet, because they have just announced a new brand. This new offering is called “Vantage” and offers an...
It is one month into the new year and, perhaps, some resolutions are coming true. However, this cannot be said for general economic conditions around the world. All over the globe, countries are feeling market pressures, and that is especially true in the United...
In the last year, we spent a lot of time examining some of the GIS vendors and the products and/or services they have to offer. So far, these business entities have been able to offer their services by utilizing their own funding or, perhaps, by bringing a private...
There is often confusion between the fields of geosciences and GIS. There is no doubt, however, that these two broad topics do relate to one another. For instance, geoscience primarily involves the study of rocks and minerals, but other facets are also examined by...
As we begin 2016, there is one thing we know for sure: Many individuals and families have set resolutions for themselves for the specific goals they want to accomplish. Now, whether they keep those resolutions, or not, is another issue. This concept of setting...