How GIS Benefits the Insurance Industry
Where are driving conditions more dangerous? Where are natural disasters more likely to occur? Where are the nearest urgent care centers for residents of rural …
How GIS Professionals Can Leverage Speed Limit Data Sets
“You’re the next stop!” As a consumer, you may have seen this message on your phone as you awaited the arrival of your latest Amazon purchase. What if you could …
4 Facts About File Geodatabase and Shapefile That Nobody Told You
Shapefile was created by Esri and is used for storing spatial data. As the need for and availability of more geographical data grew, file geodatabase arrived, w …
Why GIS Mapping Using Drones Is the Way of the Future
Drones have been an increasingly hot topic over the past several years. From recreational flying to retail deliveries now landing in backyards across several U. …
3 Value-Adds to Look for in a GIS Data Provider
In the Digital Age, data defines the experience. For advanced digital mapping, data quality and format are non-negotiables. Without this basic level of consiste …
4 Posted Speed Limit Databases You Need to Know About Now
Worldwide, an estimated 1 billion drivers use digital maps daily.1 Routing is based on certain algorithms and road function classes to expedite travel times by …
The Year in Review: ADCi’s Most Popular Blog Articles of 2020
2020 was a unique year. The “new normal” has presented challenges and opportunities that people never anticipated having to confront, and technology is playing …
Release Highlights: What’s New in ADC WorldMap Version 7.7
ADCI has released the much-anticipated annual upgrade of ADC WorldMap! Version 7.7 of the seamless geographic dataset for the whole world provides the same reli …
5 Ways GIS Is Changing Election Analysis
Politics aside, election years are learning grounds for GIS professionals. The many moving parts within the process at local, regional, and national levels gene …