Feature articles

Geospatial Solutions: from PIXIA, Luciad, and BAE Systems
October 10, 2016

This series began a year ago by examining alternatives to Google Earth Enterprise, which Google will stop supporting on March...


LiDAR, GIS and the Chesapeake Conservancy: Precision Conservation
June 2, 2016

Building on the practice of precision agriculture and exploiting recent computer advances, the Chesapeake Conservancy (CC)...


The Process of BIM
May 16, 2016

An analysis of Autodesk’s software suite, BIM 360, reveals how BIM can give project stakeholders unique access and insight...


Planet Labs: Democratizing the Data of Earth, Daily
May 16, 2016

THE ADVENT OF MASS-PRODUCED, MINIATURE satellites is radically changing Earth observation by vastly increasing the imagery’s...


Companies Pick Up Where Google Earth Enterprise Leaves off
May 16, 2016

The waves created by Google’s announcement that it will stop supporting Google Earth Enterprise (GEE) in the spring of 2017...


Data Management & Visualization: Married Or Separated?
March 21, 2016

Large users of geospatial data are searching for alternatives to Google Earth Enterprise (GEE), which Google will discontinue...


Wetlands Worth their Weight
March 2, 2016

"Wetland" is a generic term covering a wide variety of habitats that are wet for at least some period of time each year,...


The Vanishing Divide: New solutions bridge the gap between CAD and GIS.
January 19, 2016

For decades, computer-aided design (CAD) and geographic information systems (GIS) have been like oil and water. CAD users,...


The Demise of Google Earth Enterprise: VRICON AND ARCGIS EARTH FILL THE GAP
December 28, 2015

Google is ending a 10-year run of Google Earth Enterprise (GEE), which contributed greatly to the market for geospatial “Digital...


Oregon Preparing for Export: Assessing the Seismic Challenges of a Liquified Natural Gas Plant
December 3, 2015

In the international port of Coos Bay, Ore., construction will begin in late 2016 on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export...