In 2006 the 12 provinces of the Netherlands developed Flamingo, software for managing and viewing geographic maps. They plan to publish a second tool, called CDS (Central Data and Service environment) based around INSPIRE standards. […]
Andrew Ross ot the LocationTech open source geospatial initiative that is part of the Eclipse Foundation has just announced Google and Azavea as new members of LocationTech. LocationTech is the Eclipse Foundation’s industry working group […]
The third annual UK industry-wide Building Information Modelling (BIM) survey, undertaken by NBS, was conducted between December 2012 and February 2013. More than 1,350 professionals participated, from a range of business sizes and disciplines including […]
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has just issued a call for proposals for OWS Testbed 10. OWS testbeds are part of the OGC Interoperability Program, a collaborative prototyping program designed to rapidly develop, test and […]
A number of national governments around the world have mandated or are planning to mandate building information modeling (BIM). United States In 2003 in the United States the General Services Administration (GSA), through its Public […]
Geomatics and other industries which desire data in accurate yet visually stimulating presentations of communication and information are frequently turning heads at the evolving use of infographics. This inquiry of data and technology fused with […]
At the ESRI User Conference Bill Miller, Director GeoDesign Services at ESRI, previewed a web-based app to support the geodesign workflow. The app is aimed at the planner and is designed to support land use […]
Our second GoGeomatics social in Vancouver was a hit just like the first one. If I had to choose a word to define our social, I would choose surprised. I am surprised about how diverse […]