How Data will Help Retailers Survive COVID-2 & Flourish?
We live in a time of change. COVID-19 has disrupted the world. Business is adjusting to a ‘new normal’. Those organisations who most successfully navigate these new waters; survive and flourish, will be those who make the best use of data. The locational...
Real-Time Reporting, Tracking and Monitoring Made Simple
Surely only big companies with deep R&D budgets can possibly provide real-time IoT solutions? We set out to prove this statement wrong. Read our new ebook on the Internet of Things. How we built a simple, flexible, affordable way to track your moving assets,...
Vehicle Tracking in Real-Time Made Easy
We were thrown an interesting challenge recently. Can you help us track our snow-plough’s in real-time without needing us to spend a fortune? There are plenty of approaches to tracking vehicles in real-time. Most we have seen are expensive, and complex....
Open Source Integration of IOT GIS & BIM
One acronym is confusing enough. But 3 in one blog post: I am challenging your patience as a reader. But we have been working with 3 very complimentary technologies: Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Internet of Things (IoT) Building Information Model (BIM) GIS...
Affordable IOT GIS Solutions
The Internet of Things (IOT) is today much discussed. This is a new world of distributed sensors which give intelligence to devices/assets: thermostats, cars, water valves on and on. That word distributed is key. GIS is focused on distributed. In many ways IOT and GIS...
Bridging the Geo-Ops Divide
I do love those aha moments. I had one earlier this week. The topic and eureka moment centred on geo-ops. Never heard of it? Read on. Bridging the Geo-Ops Divide Let’s start with some context. WebMapSolutions, I have discussed in other blog posts, changed our...
Safeguarding People & Places with Geospatial Technology
Most geospatial folks live in a world of technology. That means everything starts with the tech. As my friend Patrick puts it: Geospatial technologies have largely been seen as being solutions looking for problems Re-focusing has been a topic of much discussion. To...
How Technology is Helping Ethical Fast Fashion
After the 2016 factory collapse in Bangladesh there has been increasing scrutiny on brands. A study by the research organization Nielsen showed that ever more brands are being judged on their social and environmental responsibility. The global study found: More than...
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