In this contributed article, Ajay K. Gupta, CISSP, MBA, CEO at HSR.health, discusses how geospatial data is now at the core of how most states in the US are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. There is no doubt that GIS is demonstrating its incredible power during COVID. Integrating geospatial data with relevant statistics can help understand and evaluate the transmission and spread of a viral contagion.
USGIF White Paper: Geospatial Intelligence & AI/ML Progress During a Pandemic
November 15, 2020 by Leave a Comment
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) published a white paper on a topic impacting the intelligence community (IC) and more specifically, the GEOINT community; Geospatial Intelligence & AI/ML Progress During a Pandemic.
Esri Provides Free Mapping Software for Organizations Fighting COVID-19
March 22, 2020 by 2 Comments
Esri, a leader in location intelligence, announced that it will be making its software available to public and private sector organizations fighting the COVID-19 disease pandemic.
Arcadia Data Breaks the Geospatial Analyses Barrier for IoT and Big Data
December 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Arcadia Data, provider of the visual analytics software native to Apache™ Hadoop® and the cloud, today announced it has integrated the Mapbox GL vector mapping technology, enabling more granular visual geospatial analytics on data of a global scale, necessary for use cases such as IoT analytics, climate analysis, disease tracking, and car and fleet tracking. The integration delivers the power of advanced geospatial analytics capabilities in an easy-to-use, fully-featured business intelligence (BI) platform architected for data lakes and for all users.
Boundless Announces Next Generation of Open GIS Desktop Software
July 18, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Boundless, a leader in open geographic information systems (GIS), announced the next generation of its Desktop GIS software with the release of Boundless Desktop 1.1. The update includes increased support for PKI authentication, new options for styling, new image discovery and terrain analysis toolbars, and access to Mapbox basemaps. In a separate release today, Boundless […]
Understanding Large-scale Plant Health, Rezatec Analyzes Satellite Data to Map Tree Species and Disease in Large Forested Areas
July 15, 2017 by Leave a Comment
By developing pioneering data analysis techniques and machine learning algorithms, Rezatec is now able to produce powerful analytical insights for owners and managers of the world’s forests.
