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Open source conference inspires mapping enthusiasts
Open source spatial technology aficionado’s have recently enjoyed an energising and enlightening conference in Melbourne at FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018. Standing for “Free and Open Source Software For Good, State of the Map”, the conference gathered hundreds of mapping enthusiasts who all came with the goal of learning and sharing information about how they use
UNWGIC convenes to address global challenges
NGIS’ Director of Services Nathan Eaton went to China in November to discuss the global challenges that GIS can help address. The inaugural United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (UNWGIC) held in Deqing, China, was a landmark event for the international geospatial community to discuss and address significant global challenges. Participants of the event included
Google Maps in apps isn’t free anymore
If you’ve built an app in the past for Android or iOS you would have benefitted from Google’s generous usage limits for mobile, most of which were unlimited for Maps API. Under Google Maps Platform, map loads through the Mobile SDK are still free, but all the other services you might rely on are on
Kids take over for the day at NGIS
No board meeting came close – the managing director faced his sternest examination yet when the children of staff members grilled him on matters of strategy and the company balance sheet. For a fourth year, the children of the NGIS team descended on NGIS’ Burswood office. The annual Kids at Work Day 2018 allowed children
Is your Google Maps bill bigger than expected?
The new commercial model of Google Maps suits businesses really well with its monthly, pay on consumption billing, but the new price table can lead to unexpected costs. You might have been on the free version of Google Maps (the now-deprecated Standard Plan) and now find you are having to pay for usage you previously
Opening up your data with Apigee
If you could easily control access to data you own and provide an streamlined way to use it, you could monetise it or make it more available to others. Apigee was one of the most exciting things we saw at the Google Cloud Summit 2018 in Sydney and effectively it allows you to make an
Where Business Intelligence ends, Location Intelligence begins
Location intelligence (LI) – which helps you get insight from location data – blurs the line between complex spatial analysis and traditional business intelligence (BI) by augmenting business data with spatial data. LI takes all available data and creates actionable insights through complex visualisation and spatial analysis. As the number of smart devices and connected
Thinking of ditching Google Maps? Consider these six points first
Google Maps Platform is changing the way that the Maps APIs are paid for, which might impact your business model. Clients on the legacy Premium Plan in some cases will find they are now paying less than before and in most cases there will be little difference in price. For users of the deprecated Standard
