For the first time in Turkey, after Van Earthquake, a disaster area has been captured in ‘360 degree’ with special cameras. Images are digitized with Netcad software in the scope of ABIS (Disaster ...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, have revolutionized spatial data collection in recent years by offering flexible, low-cost platforms for aerial imagery and remote sensing.

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No dedicated mapping runs were scheduled. Yet Europe’s streets are beginning to generate more visual intelligence than ever before. The shift comes from an unexpected place: parcel delivery. Through a ...

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In the second half of the 20th century, the foundation of the U.S. Geological Survey’s national map series was the handcrafted 7.5-minute topographic map. Times change, budgets get squeezed and ...

The MIF/MID format once served as a standard vector format for many GIS practitioners using MapInfo. Today, while newer formats dominate, MIF/MID files remain in many legacy archives — and ...

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Shortly after we started Directions in November of '98 we decided to launch a development area of the magazine dedicated to discussion and implementation of various GIS development tools. We reopened ...