Just two months before COVID-19 showed the entire world the risk posed by emerging diseases, Geomatys decided to hire infectious disease ecologist and epidemiologist Dr. Jessica (Jessie) Abbate to explore the ways that geospatial intelligence can be applied to help identify, predict, and ultimately reduce health risks. Remaining partially involved […]
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We’re thankful to Marc Gorman who highly contributed to the obtainment of the ForEarth project and will not have the opportunity to see the outcome. The European Spatial Agency (ESA) launch the initiative: EO Science for Society with the aim to enhance Copernicus data by producing EO applications in responses […]
Before we start here is a first screenshot to open your appetite and demonstrate what can be done with 3D Tiles and 2D S-57 marine navigation data. Augmented Reality Marine Chart produced by Examind Server Specification status The 3D Tiles format has been around for a few years as part […]
A ponctuated June month at Geomatys Little present on the shows in recent years, Geomatys has decided to boost its communication. The goal? Promote the company and its Examind software suite. Geospatial data processing software that integrates easily into your information systems. Already used by major companies (Airbus DS, Naval […]
The GDAL/Proj.4 community has raised $142,000 for improving the map projection library behind major Open Source geospatial softwares. The issues to be fixed require an architectural change. Proj.4 is moving away from the early-binding approach (where WGS 84 is used as a pivot system) to a late-binding approach (with no fixed pivot system and […]
In August 17th 2017, we presented an introduction to Apache SIS in the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference. A discussion about accuracy were planed, but skipped because of lack of time. The results that we intended to show are below. Disclaimer: the author of this blog […]
In August 17th 2017, we presented an introduction to Apache Spatial Information System (SIS) in the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference. Discussions about performance and accuracy were planed, but skipped because of lack of time. A first part of the results that we intended to show […]
Among GIS tools it is unusual to find support for navy and military formats. In this post I will present you one of those with its specific symbology. 1. IHO specifications The International Hydrographic Organization has published a lot of documents and specifications related to sensors, security, symbology, vector and […]
Constellation-SDI Andromeda is the outcome of the research and development efforts made by the community for 7 years. This new geographic server allows users to manage and share their spatial data through many interoperable services. Constellation-SDI is already used by many public and private agencies in France and abroad. These […]
Various Symbology Best Practices are available for Law Enforcement and Public Safety (LEAPS) used in the context of Emergency Management. None of these best practices have been widely adopted, since in house-symbols are mostly preferred. In the case of a multi-institutional or internationalization the lack of a common set of symbology […]