GIS, Maps, Geo and Location Technology by @gletham
Many companies are adding UAV data collection to their services and these UAV data are now an expected part of many projects, and for good reason! For companies new to UAV work, it’s important that the company and the drone service provider are familiar with the many rules and regulations governing UAV technology.
[Read more…] about Considerations when Traveling with UAV Equipment
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The latest computing technology from HP, Z by HP, has been announced recently and features a number of powerful and affordable solutions that are ideally suited to home-based and remote location professionals.
Are you familiar with GeoGeeksinCars? I hope so, however, if not I udnerstand, particuarly as I haven’t been able to roll any for a while. Nevertheless, you can enjoy the full archive of video interviews from the comfort of your home office desk and hopefully it provides you with a little chuckle to brighten your day, as well as some interesting news and Geo tips – enjoy! (see also HERE)
Up to 30 startups will be selected to participate in a virtual 12-week program in which they will receive 1:1 mentorship from the Facebook Connectivity team, training on Facebook’s approach to products and businesses, and access to a global network of startup peers, successful founders, and industry experts. https://espaciostartupmc.com/facebook-accelerator.
Who’s it for?
High-impact startups, working to improve internet connectivity, that could benefit from working with Facebook to scale their businesses
For those of you ArcGIS users interested in mobile data collection solutions and mobile field apps, there was some pretty cool technology announcements at the 2020 ESRIUC. In particular, Workforce for ArcGIS and the new product offering, Field Apps.
Workforce is included with ArcGIS, and for users inside of your ArcGIS organization, you can use the Workforce web app to create projects that include the definition of work that needs to be completed and the mobile users that will be assigned to complete it. Most recently, the most sought after updates to Workforce support working offline and organizing your content into a project consisting of a single feature layer.
ArcGIS Field Maps is Esri’s new maps app on iOS and Android devices that combines map viewing and markup, field data collection, location tracking, work planning, task management, and turn-by-turn navigation into a single app!
And some good news for those of you waiting for some of the new Esri mobile product releases… according to Esri field apps product lead, Jeff Shaner, the Workforce release is happening Tuesday (tomorrow, Aug 4) and Field Maps beta is currently in full swing with a release planned for the end of September – stay tuned!!
Learn more about the latest ArcGIS technology that was discussed at the 2020 virtual ESRIUC in this blog from Esri business partner, GEO Jobe.
Here’s a nifty infographic that’s useful for anyone coding in HTML , the HTML periodic table.
Some late night or “summer by the pool” reading for you to help with your content marketing efforts later this year – free white paper, the guide to scrappy webinar marketing.
If you use google services then you likely have a location history stored by Google – don’t worry though, only you can see it!
By accessing your history you can view all the places you’ve been (while location sharing was enabled on your device). You may also be able to view routes you’ve traveled and much more. If you use an Android device you may have automatically received messages from Google on a daily basis telling you about a commute time and delivered to you at a very timely moment (like before leaving for work in the morning). This is enabled by your location history and Google detecting daily patterns or your movements. Google does allow you to view your history, delete it, or turn it on or off. Note, if you don’t mind Google knowing more about you and you want even more useful data served to you about specific locations then use the Google G+ Checkin feature via mobile for your favorite places!
An added bonus and of particular interest in these days of the Coronavirus, you can use your Google location history to fill in the gaps in your contact tracing!
Access your location history by logging in and jumping to https://maps.google.com/locationhistory/
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