CTIA 2013, a leading wireless tech conference, will be held May 20-23 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas. Representing a growing $1 trillion global marketplace, CTIA 2013 will explore the trends shaping the vast mobile ecosystem as well as the impact of mobility on other vertical markets, such as health care, retail, education and government. Presented... read more
SeeControl, a machine-to-machine (M2M) cloud service provider, announced today that it will add Quake Global’s Q4000 to its line of turnkey M2M solutions for agriculture and equipment telemetry. The Q4000 is a dual-mode communication modem that will connect either to a satellite network or to a traditional ground-based wireless data network. The modem will automatically choose the most economical method... read more
TechNavio’s analysts forecast the GPS market to grow at a CAGR of 25.8 percent over the period 2011-2015, stated in a press release for a recent report, “The Global Positioning System Market 2011-2015.” The company declined to provide any details of substance to back this claim. The company’s press release states that “Key vendors dominating this market space include Garmin... read more
Already strained by water scarcity and political tensions, the arid Middle East region along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is losing water reserves at a rapid pace. Scientists uncovered the water depletion by conducting one of the first comprehensive and publicly available sets of hydrological measurements of the area. Over a seven-year period beginning in 2003, sections of Turkey, Syria,... read more
An agreement announced today between GE and Google will integrate Google Maps data into GE’s Smallworld electrical, telecommunications and gas applications. GE, a provider of geospatial analytical tools and insight, and Google will help utilities increase productivity based on the ability to visualize and analyze their data with GE’s Smallworld product suite. The combined solution will enhance the existing network... read more
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) has published an article describing how two energy companies used satellite imagery to accurately locate and then try and unravel part of the mystery surrounding a British Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter plane lost in the Egyptian desert since World War II. Contributed by Spatial Energy and Apache Corp., the article appears in the... read more
Map Gallery submissions for the 2013 Esri International User Conference, July 8–12, in San Diego, California, are now open. At last year’s event, Esri featured more than 700 maps from users around the world and across virtually every industry. All submitted maps are considered for one of several cartographic awards and are screened for possible publication in an upcoming edition... read more
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