Cloud Computing

Our editors step up to the plate to evaluate last year's predictions and offer new ones for the geospatial marketplace in 2013.

This week we get the lowdown on all of Nokia's recent mapping announcements from Jim Reid, president of ADCi, a long time Nokia partner.

StackMap is a tool to literally map the stacks of libraries. It offers patrons maps and directions to books of interest and makes the lives of those who manage those stacks easier. Is StackMap, now just a few years old, a long-term winner or is it another mapping solution that is here today and gone tomorrow?

The long northern hemisphere summer is over and the geospatial industry is gearing up for fall. What should we expect? What would we like to see? Our editors get listeners ready for the next few months.

The editors of Directions Magazine joined 15,000 Esri software users at the opening plenary events of the 2012 User Conference. They discuss the trends, ideas and technology products that will impact users and non-users in the coming year.

Bernie Szukalski, technology evangelist and senior product manager at Esri, introduces ArcGIS Online for Organization and helps potential users imagine how it might fit in their organizations.

Google shared some of the history of its geospatial offerings and then made three announcements about some features and technology that are

This week we mull over the announcements and news from the Where Conference held last week in San Francisco. It’s supposed to be about the business of location. So how’s business? What’s hot? What’s old news?

Analytics and big data are becoming areas that are truly leveraging geospatial technology, and new and not-so-new players are entering the geo arena. We'll look at companies like SpaceCurve, Teradata, Rhiza and Tableau and examine what they are bringing to the table.