The wide use of Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) has led to a number of features, including geofencing. In this case, geofencing is the tracking of an object in and out of a geofence. A Geofence is a circle or polygon around a given area on a map. A circle can show areas that can track the entrance [...]
From toys to tools, drones have become key in a number of industries like logistics. Companies can offer "Drone as a Service" capabilities. An example of this is the company called Measure. Image by Measure Media Industry Drones can serve as a replacement for helicopter. Drones can be cheaper than using helicopter to take video. Drones [...]
Recently, I had to advise AECOM on picking proposals for international development project. The project consisted of developing a mobile and dashboard software solution that would help the agriculture process in Mali. One particular focus of the of the proposals was to use GIS (Geospatial Information Systems) technologies that were mentioned here as well. Some of the [...]
When starting the National Geographic project, the dataset used had missing data. The dataset was missing street, city, state or zipcode to go along with the longitude and latitude for parks. Also, when doing a general search of street, city, state or zipcode, we wanted the capability to get the longitude and latitude of the search term [...]
PostGIS is a geospatial database extension of PostgreSQL. This technology can be used to find the geometry, longitude, latitude, distance and other measures. Some of its features, namely geometric types are specific to geospatial databases. These measures can be used for finding the location of an object and objects that are near to a point. Recently [...]
Oil and Gas How GIS can benefit the Oil and Gas Industry Investing in research and development is essential in the Oil and Gas Industry when thinking long term. One area of interest for Oil and Gas Companies to invest in is GIS (Geospatial Information Systems). While big companies like Exxon have geomatic teams on [...]
Geospatial Technologies for Web Applications and Services Geospatial Technologies is a term to describe highly-advanced tools to find specific locations on a map. These tools are used in a variety of ways. One of these ways is developing maps of places or things. Geospatial Technologies used for National Geographic Project Here are some of [...]
Innovative technologies are slowly improving the efficiency of logistic services. Systems are now available for both logistics enterprises and their clients for location and routing of goods in transit. These systems efficiently reduce delivery time. New transportation systems and the use of on demand applications are using geospatial technologies to help people and businesses provide information [...]
National Geographic needed a geospatial web service to get data and display on a map. Celerity chose Ade Labs to help build this geospatial web service. The application would involve creating a web service with park location information so that the information could be plotted on a map. Ade Labs was in charge of building the [...]