George Mason University (GMU) has received an Intergraph Global Education Grant in support of its United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation's (USGIF) geointelligence (GEOINT) accreditation.
CartoPac Field Solutions has teamed up with GeoSpatial Experts to provide software that will enable field workers to download, view, and reference the GPS points of photos from an enterprise database, according to the companies.
Many data providers allow customers to order online, but in many cases product fulfillment is still a manual — and time-consuming — process. The City of Surrey and three other spatial data providers employed an ETL solution to build systems that emphasize the "e" throughout the process. True self-service models ease the data processing burden for personnel, and shorten product delivery times.
Public spatial data infrastructures (pSDIs) are great assets, but to secure the substantial resources required to fund them, managers must find a concrete way to express their value. A benefit model can quantify the pSDI's importance to both GIS professionals and the broader community.
