China's largest Internet company Alibaba has made a significant investment into AutoNavi, a key provider of mobile maps and directions. Alibaba is handing over $294 million for a 28% stake in AutoNavi Holdings, which boasts a 100 million-plus user base and 30% ownerhip of the mobile mapping...
Google announced new location services APIs, a new Google Maps and a visual refresh for Google Maps at Google I/O last week. There was lots of descriptive coverage from the mainstream and tech press. But there was very little response from the geospatial community - except...Read more
Lauri Dafner, a solutions engineer at Esri's Philadelphia regional office joined a group of residents to plan this year's Step Trek, fundraiser that tours the ciites steps. She's working with the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association to create "story map,"...Read more
David Cruickshank from SAP's Co-Innovation Lab (COIL) describes in his blog the architecture of how SAP users can perform geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) analysis using both SAP's HANA in-memory database with a workflow to Esri's ArcGIS. Some of the workflow is...Read more
Esri and the Directory of Major Malls have partnered to create the DMM Future Retail story map that media can embed or share as part of ongoing retail and local business coverage. Built on exclusive data from the DMM, this map shows 25 lifestyle/specialty and...Read more
There's a new beta GIS for Bowling Green Kentucky. It's called GIS Application. What can you do with it? The average person can use this service for many things. It can tell who owns a property, where they can vote, what police or fire district they are in and...Read more
With so much to see and experience, the UC can be a lot to process. It can be tough to find that certain developer or organization you?re looking for amidst the 15,000 attendees and more than 300 exhibitors. Luckily, the … Continue reading
Are you one of those people who constantly tinkers with apps? Do you find yourself regularly looking at the source code behind your favorite webpages? At the 2013 UC, we?ve organized an entire set of sessions, resources, and events just … Continue reading
The 2013 UC agenda search and planner is now live! You can use our agenda app to find the sessions, workshops, and presentations that most interest you and start building a schedule for your week in San Diego. And if … Continue reading
Two weeks ago, our agenda thieves brought you a preview of upcoming technical workshops at Esri UC. This week, they?re spilling the beans on some of the moderated paper sessions and specific presentations you can expect. 3D GIS: Utilizing LIDAR … Continue reading
Our agenda thieves are at it again to bring you a preview of the latest technical workshops. What?s New in 10.2? Ismael Chivite will tell you everything you need to know about the new release of ArcGIS, including improved integration … Continue reading