China Mandates Swapping out other GNSS for Beidou in Commercial Vehicles
Now that Beidou, China's own GNSS, is mature and field tests of its use in commercial vehicles is complete, officials are requiring certain livery vehicles to remove existing GNSS devices that tap into the U.S. GPS or other constellations and use Beidou exclusively. The change is required at the...
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Privacy 2013 Style: Exploring New LBS Devices and Services
License plate identification, picture-taking drones and GPS tracking devices are legal in certain cases and their users may have only the best of intentions. So, what could possibly go wrong if these tools are deployed for purposes other than those for which they were...Read more
GIS and Geospatial Stories I’m Reading - 1/14/12
Geography key to making friends: (1) proximity; (2) repeated, unplanned interactions; (3) setting that lowers guard - New York Times Advertise your business on EveryBlock, Chicago only for now. @UrbanLaunchpad is putting riders with GPS on Dhaka busses...Read more
“BIM Is Accelerting Very Rapidly” - An Interview with Mike DeLacey, Microdesk
"The pace at which organizations are adopting and mandating BIM is accelerating very rapidly," said Mike DeLacey, president of Microdesk, an architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) consulting firm specializing helping owner/operators in applying technology to the...Read more
The AzersuCIS Project: GIS for Infrastructure Management in Azerbaijan - Part 2
Part 1 of this article described the economic situation in Azerbaijan that allowed this fast growing country to invest in its infrastructure. In Part 2, this article explores the software solutions used to develop and maintain Azersu’s geographic information system (GIS) for water...Read more
The AzersuCIS Project: GIS for Infrastructure Management in Azerbaijan - Part 1
Azerbaijan, the largest country in the Caucasus region, and, due to increasing oil revenues, has one of the fastest growing economies in the world. As such, the country was able to make substantial investments in their infrastructure. This two part article, written by Dr. Deniz...Read more
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