IPad GIS Android GIS & Mobile GPS Data Collection
We’ve spoken about it many times before on this blog. It is now possible to build one application and have it run across multiple different mobile platforms. So Apple’s IOS, Android and Blackberry....
View ArticleMobile MapQuest – No Preset Limit on Free Map API Transactions
We are big fans of the work MapQuest are doing with mobile. We thought it worth reprinting here a recent announcement from MapQuest. Few remember these guys gave us the first useful and sophisticated...
View ArticleMaps & Mobile GIS: Mobile Applications in Politics for 2012
Politics revolves around organization. The increasing popularity of mobiles; IPhones, IPads and Android devices will revolutionize political organization and campaigning. It is now possible to provide...
View ArticleA Review of the Mobile Market in 2011
Overall Mobile Trends in 2011 Mobile in 2011 has been very much a case of hurry up and wait. Immature is maybe a better way to put it. The market remains consumer focused. Business’ have largely sat on...
View ArticleOur Mobile Future
Ten Facts about Mobile Broadband Mobile broadband is reshaping society, communications, and the global economy. With smart phone usage surpassing that of personal computers, there has been a sea change...
View ArticleOffline Mobile GIS – The Challenge of Data Collection & Editing Being Synced...
An issue we often get questions about relates to offline GIS and mapping. How do we take our mobile device into an area which lacks WI-FI connectivity and still be able to access base maps and our...
View ArticleIBM Mobile Strategy
There was a very interesting recent interview with Leigh Williamson of IBM on their enterprise mobile strategy in readwriteweb.com. We thought it worth paraphrasing: We look at mobile applications and...
View ArticleMapQuest to Benefit from Google Map Changes
OpenStreetMap is exactly what its name implies — a wiki of maps and location data to which anyone can contribute, just like Wikipedia. With the help of some deep-pocketed boosters, including MapQuest...
View ArticleMobile GIS Feature Editing
This is part 2 of a discussion on mobile GIS and feature editing. In part 1 we began the discussion. Here we spoke about saving basemap tiles and shapefiles to the mobile device. How shapefiles can be...
View ArticleMobile GIS Apps and Resource Management
Mobile GIS in Archaeology and Historical Preservation Cultural Resource Management relates to archaeology and historical preservation. We had a recent email from somebody working in this area – thanks...
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