By GeoTel Communications With many companies, there comes a time when the concept of expansion and growth fill the horizon. Yet, with so many complex decisions to make while thinking of expansion, companies are relying on GIS data and fiber optic maps to make their decisions...
Valarm, Esri, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) partner with StormSense, a “flood prediction project” that aims to enhance preparation and response to the impact of coastal flooding. StormSense, currently active in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, is led by Dr. Jon Loftis, an assistant research scientist at the Virginia...
by Sarah Pereau | 02 Mar 2018 Esri, a leading geographic information system and spatial analytics company, recently announced its acquisition of ClearTerra. ClearTerra is a geospatial and “activity-based intelligence” company that has already been partners with Esri for several years. The ClearTerra acquisition will provide users...
by Sarah Pereau | 20 Feb 2018 Mapping and spatial analytics firm, Esri, has created stories mapping the 2018 Winter Olympics using data in a geographic information system (GIS). According to Esri, a geographic information system is a platform used to gather, map, and analyze data and...
A few months ago, the IBM InterConnect conference was held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. The IBM InterConnect conference brings together industry leaders and peers in the cloud, data, internet of things, security, and artificial intelligence spaces. Even GIS vendors attended,...
In the world of GIS, there is no doubt that there is a lot of information and data which become available to the professional of today. Much of this resides in powerful databases (such as that of SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, etc.). Combing through all...