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The Healthcare Marketing Trend to Watch in 2018
Geomarketing has seen quick adoption in consumer-focused transactional industries like retail, helping new up-and-coming brands grow rapidly and compete with big box stores.
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Our Game of Thrones Basemap is here to unite the Seven Kingdoms
What do Dr. John Snow, the 19th century English physician, and Jon Snow, the King of the North in Game of Thrones have in common?
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What We Learned About Open-Source Geospatial Technology at FOSS4G
FOSS4G, the annual International Conference for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, was held last week in Boston, Massachusetts. FOSS4G is an important conference...
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The Total Solar Eclipse Map to Rule All Solar Eclipse Maps
You may have heard, a total eclipse of the sun is on the way to 12 states in the United States on August 21, spanning from the west coast of Oregon to the east coast of Sou...
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Map of the Month: Seattle Poetic Grid
Seattle Poetic Grid, our Map of the Month selection for August 2017, is an interdisciplinary project that maps the sounds of community within a smart city.
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MVT generation: Mapnik vs PostGIS
With the last release of PostGIS, a new set of functions were added to generate Mapbox vector tiles (MVT). The most important of these functions is ST_AsMVT which allows us...
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Here’s what we said to 200 Geospatial Experts at the United Nations
Last week, over 200 geospatial experts from 150 member states convened at the United Nations to discuss how spatial data and technology are shaping the future of sustainabl...
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Geospatial processing with Clickhouse, take 2
In an earlier post, we talked about the potential of Clickhouse as a database for a GIS. Today we want to talk about some of the design decisions we made and some of the it...
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The Biggest Data Trends for Outdoor Advertising in 2017
Today’s online digital “vanity metrics” are proving a challenge for the biggest Out-of-Home (OOH) companies. When the latest viral video ad gets 2 millions daily views, it’...
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How Entrepreneurs are Using Open Data to Start Businesses
Local governments have some of the largest stores of publicly available data accessible through their open data portals, yet often face huge challenges when it comes to usi...
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Why The Future of Food Depends on Location Intelligence
Chew on this for a moment. Take out your smart device, unlock your screen, and scroll through your apps. How many food specific applications are installed?
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A New Approach to Customer Segmentation Using Location Data
Sales and marketing directors all ask the same question: “How do I get my products or services in front of the right people at the right time?”
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