Earlier this year, we posted about how geospatial technology is transforming industries and enabling disruption outside its traditional applications. We’ve also discussed how retail and other B2C industries are using geospatial data to predict customer behavior and deepen loyalty. Fast-food …The post Geospatial tech, including geofencing, gains more ground in B2C space appeared first on Planet Federal ..read more

by Anthony Calamito On November 15, 2017, an updated version of the Geospatial Data Act of 2017 was released in both the House (H.R.4395) and Senate (S.2128). This was an update to Senate billS.1253 released back in May 2017. In …The post Update: Revised Geospatial Data Act Passes, Becomes Law appeared first on Planet Federal ..read more

by Anthony Calamito Location, location, location. It’s been a mantra in real estate since Dutch settlers purchased Manhattan for about $24 in the 1620s. Still today, a plot of land at one specific location can be more valuable than a …The post Location Services vs. Personal Privacy: Can Data Aggregation Bridge the Gap? appeared first on Planet Federal ..read more

During the last year, we’ve seen a number of buzzworthy articles about the increasing adoption of open technology, in which the rise of open source is described as “meteoric,” “explosive,” and “skyrocketing.” From our perspective on the leading edge of …The post A Milestone for Open Source: IBM Acquires Red Hat appeared first on Planet Federal ..read more

When Boundless CEO Andy Dearing moved his company’s headquarters to St. Louis in November 2017, his goal was to be part of a region that is home to a strong and growing geospatial community. “Some of the reasons for moving …The post Boundless Receives 2018 Innovation Award appeared first on Planet Federal ..read more

by Anthony Calamito Next month marks a critical milestone in Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of GitHub, as the European Union is set to vote on the deal. When the deal was first announced earlier this summer, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlined …The post Should Developers Continue to Worry About Microsoft’s Plans for GitHub? appeared first on Planet Federal ..read more

Edited by Chris Preimesberger, eWEEK Geospatial information system (GIS) solutions, which make sense of location-aware data and turn it into usable insights, are driving major disruptions across multiple sectors. We’ve said it here in eWEEK before and we’ll say it …The post 7 Industries Being Transformed by Geospatial Information Systems appeared first on Planet Federal ..read more

When the USGIF Tech Showcase West takes place in St. Louis, Missouri during October 16-17, the focus will be on the innovative geospatial work happening in the St. Louis area. The event will also offer the opportunity to meet up …The post GeoSTL and Boundless Bring the Power of Maps to Projects Close to Home – and Across the Globe appeared first on Planet Federal ..read more

by Mary E. Shacklett Based on an interview with Anthony Calamito, Chief Geospatial Officer, Boundless The greatness of geospatial information rests in its universal application to almost any subject. You can use geospatial information in population demographics, locating a new …The post Content Management in Geospatial Applications appeared first on Planet Federal ..read more

On a Friday evening a few months ago I was having an end-of-week-blow-off-steam conversation with a coworker, both of us thinking out loud about geospatial data and cloud tech. About 1.5 beers into the conversation, we were spitballing architectures using …The post Solving for Small Budgets, Big Data, and Limited Bandwidth: Introducing Cloud-Optimized GeoJSON appeared first on Planet Federal ..read more