Accessing Speed Limit Data via HERE Location Services
When your mapping application is enabled by HERE Location Services, it can do much more than track a GPS signal or provide routing information. Comprehensive an …
4 Pitfalls of Open Source Maps That Put Results at Risk
Digital maps are important and necessary tools for everyday living. People rely on them for everything from tracking packages, to navigating from point A to poi …
GIS Expansion into Africa using ADC WorldMap
COVID-19 has highlighted the fault lines of Africa’s health and infrastructure – a decades-long challenge that’s slowly being overcome. In the past twenty years …
What You Need to Know Before Licensing Historical Traffic Data
Historical traffic data is among the most important information available to GIS professionals. As the Internet of Things (IoT) proliferates, “connected everyth …
What is TomTom Speed Camera Services?
Businesses, professional drivers and consumers rely on a wide range of in-dash and portable navigation systems and devices, mobile apps and fleet management sys …
The Best Location-Based Technology for Improving Last Mile Tracking
Global ecommerce is predicted to reach $740 billion by 2023.1 This mind boggling number is hardly a surprise given that three-quarters of consumers surveyed by …
How Real-Time Traffic Data Sources Influence Strategies and Outcomes
Traffic data can be parsed into a number of different categories — foot, air, marine, freight, supply chains — but, by and large, the most common type is vehicu …
Shapefile vs. File Geodatabase: Which Is Right For You?
Shapefile (.shp) and File Geodatabase (.gdb). Both are storage formats for spatial data originally developed by Esri and can be used in Esri software. On the su …
What Is HERE Knowledge Base?
Finding answers to your HERE Location Services questions just got easier thanks to HERE Knowledge Base. Curated by the HERE team, this new public database inclu …