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Trucking Fleets Leverage Traffic Data to Work Smarter, Cut Costs

Saving a mile or two on fuel economy is a key metric for fleet truck companies. So is an hour or two a week per operator. Put them together and fleets large and small can save money. This article explores one solution from TomTom that puts fleet...


Report on the 2012 IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest: Multi-Modal/Multi-Temporal Fusion

The Data Fusion Contest is organized by the Data Fusion Technical Committee of the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS). The Committee serves as a global, multi-disciplinary, network for geospatial data fusion, with the aim of connecting...



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Facebook and Stamen Team to Map the World’s Friendships

As part of its Facebook Stories project, the company teamed with Stamen to get a global view of users worldwide relationships. The interactive map is interesting, but the questions raised and answers suggested are frankly...


India to Pilot Countrywide “911” System

Currently, each state and city in India has its own emergency response. Moreoever, each has a separate phone number for fire, ambulance and other services. Officials are preparing for a pilot program in Hyderabad in December that...


Latest DIY Balloon Mapping and other Education GIS News

Out of this world! Student takes stunning snaps of space using only a £30 second- hand camera and a balloon Device costing £200 launched by Worcestershire teenager Adam Cudworth Spent 40 hours working on box with...


OpenPlans Selecting Projects for Shareabouts Implementation

Fill out this short survey by September 13th, 5pm. Let us know what you want to map, where and why. We will select the best projects and set them up on September 20th, aka “Shareabouts Day”. Shareabouts is the organization's...


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Open Source: OpenPlans Selecting Projects for Shareabouts Implementation

Fill out this short survey by September 13th, 5pm. Let us know what you want to map, where and why. We will select the best projects and set them up on September 20th, aka “Shareabouts Day”. Shareabouts is the organization's...


Remote Sensing: Report on the 2012 IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest: Multi-Modal/Multi-Temporal Fusion

The Data Fusion Contest is organized by the Data Fusion Technical Committee of the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS). The Committee serves as a global, multi-disciplinary, network for geospatial data fusion, with the aim of connecting...


State and Local Government: India to Pilot Countrywide “911” System

Currently, each state and city in India has its own emergency response. Moreoever, each has a separate phone number for fire, ambulance and other services. Officials are preparing for a pilot program in Hyderabad in December that will...


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Google Tops ABI Research’s Indoor Location Technology Competitive Assessment, with Nokia/Microsoft and Qualcomm 2nd and 3rd


TomTom Partners with NYSERDA to Help Fleet Operators in New York State Reduce Fuel Costs and Improve Productivity


First Images from SPOT 6 Satellite


aisle411 Names Kris Kolodziej Vice President of Location Services


Blue Marble Releases Global Mapper 14 with Multiple New Tools Including Spatial Database Support


NJVC Earns Inaugural Spot on 2012 InformationWeek 500 List of Top U.S. Technology Innovators


LandScan Global 2011 Launched by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and East View


DigitalGlobe to Present at the Morgan Stanley Industrials & Autos Conference on September 13th


Environics Analytics Named Reseller of CAP Index Data


SAM, Inc. Adds New Helicopter for Airborne LiDAR




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