| Nearmap Provides High-Rez Oblique Imagery and 3D Products in Ready-to-Use Service July 27, 2017 by Susan Smith At the Esri User Conference 2017 held in San Diego this July, Australian company Nearmap announced a national survey program providing true, high-resolution oblique imagery and derivative 3-D products. The aerial imagery company already provides cloud-based subscription access to up-to-date 2-D orthomosaic aerial imagery. Using its patented HyperCamera2 technology, Nearmap uses a fleet of airplanes, pilots, and camera systems that cover over 70% of the U.S. population three times a year to provide ortho imagery. Their business model is unique in that it provides a level of detail and scale of coverage of oblique imagery in a ready-to-use service.
Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Deadline for Entries Extended! Special Coverage on Online GIS Courses! July 27, 2017 by Susan Smith Dear Readers: The deadline for those entries to our Special Coverage of Online GIS Courses has been changed to August 14th, 2017. The face of GIS and Geospatial education has changed dramatically over the past few years, with new online courses being offered in numerous subjects, ranging from GIS fundamentals to Spatial Analytics and UAVs. What is more phenomenal is that these courses reach out to all corners of the earth, making a GIS/geospatial education a possibility for almost everyone on the planet.
Our coverage will include a listing of all the top online GIS courses offered today, enrollment information and costs, as well as comments from instructors, employers and current or graduated students from some of the programs.
Share this:Click to share! on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Did You Catch Us at Esri UC 2017? July 25, 2017 by Jen Meli Robert J. Locke, Senior Vice President for Government Sales at EagleView Were you at the Esri User Conference this year in San Diego? EagleView was there, and we hope you had the chance to meet with us! Robert J. Locke, Senior Vice President for Government Sales at EagleView, had a chance to sit down with GISCafé’s Sanjay Gangal at Esri UC 2017 to highlight about some of the latest innovations at EagleView. In the interview, Bob discusses EagleView’s latest ultra-high-resolution aerial imagery, which was on display along with a digital 3D city model of Sacramento at the EagleView booth. EagleView also has up-to-date Esri integrations, including ArcGIS Pro, for our Pictometry® imagery. Bob also covers EagleView’s recent acquisition of OmniEarth, a developer of machine learning technologies and decision-making tools for the water resource management, energy, and insurance markets. The acquisition enables EagleView to enter the water resource management market and offer additional solutions to our current customers as well. EagleView also has a newly redesigned website with information about our Pictometry imagery and Esri integrations as well as GIS industry news. | 