Statewide GIS funding, Texas-style
Bill Johnson, Carpe Geo Evangelist, AppGeo There’s a car dealer in my home area whose incessant TV and radio ads feature him bellowing at [...]
Regional Connectedness: GIS Day Musings
In her 2014 book A Crisis of Community, Mary Babson Fuhrer wrote about the “trials and transformation of a New England Town, 1815-1848,” and how [...]
It’s a v2.0 World for State GIS Coordination
Bill Johnson, Carpe Geo Evangelist, AppGeo Most state GIS offices, along with the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) formed by the original state GIS [...]
The Spatial Perspective and Our Connectedness
By Rich Grady, President In 1969, Waldo Tobler posited his First Law of Geography, that: “Everything is related to everything else, but near things [...]
2019 Ontario Aerial Imagery Coverage Announced by Hexagon
Boston, MA. — Hexagon Content Program, also known as HxGN Content Program — and a subsidiary of Hexagon AB (Sweden), announced their spring 2019 aerial [...]
Applied Geographics, Inc. Grows With New Hires in Austin and Boston
Boston, MA. — Applied Geographics, Inc. (AppGeo) — a full-service geospatial consulting company, announced the addition of two new hires today in their business development [...]
Big News for Broadband Mapping, and Beyond
By Bill Johnson, Carpe Geo Evangelist, AppGeo By now, everyone knows we have a problem in the US with Internet service (commonly called broadband) not [...]
Eagleview vs Nearmap vs Hexagon: Aerial Imagery Comparison
When it comes to delivering consistent aerial imagery data at a national scale year after year, there are three companies that are beginning to stand [...]
The Imagery Content Program Revolution: High Quality Imagery for a Fraction of the Cost
By Tom Harrington, VP, Business Development - A closer look at new aerial imagery content programs instead of custom imagery Aerial imagery data is fast [...]
NSDI’s New City
By Bill Johnson, Carpe Geo Evangelist, AppGeo If you are a GIS professional in the US, I’d like you to try a simple thought experiment [...]