Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications

In a paper titled, "Energy Efficient GPS Sensing with Cloud Offloading", Microsoft researchers propose a potential solution to this battery power and size dilemma. This paper describes cloud-offloaded GPS (CO-GPS), an innovative way to perform location sensing by using tiny embedded devices...

This came to me via Len Bundra, the IT/GIS Director for the Tom's River, New Jersey Municipal Utilitiy Authority (TRMUA): TRMUA's GIS Website has been Updated to included latest Hurricane Sandy imagery from the NOAA Remote Sensing Division: ….The Imagery is available for the barrier island...

Autodesk University 2012 provided diverse educational opportunities for attendees, but also gave them a unique perspective on how to design better and innovate more, and offered time to “think.” Editor in Chief Joe Francica ultimately found the conference a refreshing change. He explains how...

Maps before and after Hurricane Sandy predicted flood damage well. What can mappers do better next time to support high density urban areas that are likely to be impacted by catastrophic storms?

At the media/press day at Autodesk University 2012, held this year in Las Vegas, AEC Conceptual Design Manager Matt Jezyk provide a preview of Autodesk FormIt, a freely downloadable app designed to bridge the gap between mobile computing and building information modeling (BIM) and...

The FCC is seeking comment on LightSquared's proposal to share spectrum for weather balloons and permanently relinquish its 10 MHz of spectrum that is directly adjacent to the frequencies used by GPS receivers. Petitions to deny LightSquared's proposal are due Dec. 17, oppositions are due Jan....

Apps for Ghent API: The service provided by the city of Ghent in Belgium encourages open data sharing by companies and other organizations It seeks to make available operating information about a business such as location, hours of operation, product offerings, and prices. The service...

Last week I attended Bentley System's "Be Inspired" Awards Conference where the company presents the finalists and award winners for the top engineering and infrastructure projects submitted from around the world. Having adjudicated this competition in past years, I can tell you from personal...

Let's say you've bought several software products from your geospatial software provider and you find yourself using two or three more than any other. In fact, one product you thought you were going to use just sits on the shelf. If this scenario fits you or your company, you're stuck, right?...

Modeling and simulated environments using CAD software have been done for a long time. Three-dimensional viewing of proposed urban projects is not necessarily new either. In the era of viewing building models in Google Earth, it's now expected. However, the emergence of linking precision 2D map...