Location Intelligence and Business Geographics

The patent, granted on Dec 25, 2012 is titled: System and method for identifying erroneous business listings. The idea is to highlight businesses that may intentionally locate themselves near or within the boundaries of oft-searched points of interest like the Eiffel Tower or Yellowstone National...

Would it bother you if you knew that online retailers priced their merchandise based on your location? According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, some online retailers are basing their pricing on "geolocation" and browsing history. But is this any different than what retailers do now...

If you are doing online shopping this year you are most likely taking advantage of offers for "free shipping." One of the major shipping carriers is obviously UPS. How your packages arrive in a timely manner is a function of proprietary algorithms and a home-grown mapping system. The man in...

Skyhook founder Ted Morgan, is stepping down as CEO of the company after serving as CEO since 2003. Taking over his spot is Jeffrey Glass a managing director at Bain Capital Ventures. Profitable Skyhook currenlty has 30 employees and Morgan explained " it is the right time for new leadership to...

Most of us think of anything with Reuters as having to do with the news media. But, Thomson, with which it merged in 2007, is basically a data company. That makes Thompson Reuters a data mining company, one that announced a new geo product last week. The new tool that allows commodities traders...

The Spatial Industry Business Association (SIBA) of Australia and New Zealand has published its annual report. What is SIBA? "The Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA) is the peak industry body representing businesses that provide services and products in location intelligence, remote...

Here are various sources to track Hurricane Sandy as it approaches the east coast of the United States: Weather Channel - Storm Surge - New York City Google Crisis Maps - Storm Tracker NOAA National Hurricane Center - Storm Surge - East Coast NOAA National Hurricane Center - Probable...

In back to back presentations at the 2012 GEOINT Symposium in Orlando, Florida, two key military intelligence officers echoed the same theme: Are we keeping pace with the demands of war and terrorism in the 21st Century? Air Chief Marshall Sir Stuart Peach, Commander, Joint Forces Command for...

Rob Carey, the Deputy CIO for the Department of Defense and Al Tarasuik, the CIO for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) discussed a fundamentally  transformational effort:  creating a single IT architecture for the intelligence community (IC). The reason? Removing...

First, Jim Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is a "geo guy." If only more agencies and private companies had his vision there would be little thought as to how much growth the geospatial industry would see. Second, the man speaks with so much perspicacity. It's unlikely the...