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    Google Earth Engine commercialisation: What does this mean for businesses?

    Google Earth Engine commercialisation: What does this mean for businesses?

    Over the past decade, academics, scientists and non-government organisations (NGOs) have utilised Google Earth Engine (GEE) to make meaningful progress on some of the world’s biggest environmental and social issues. This has led to thousands of noteworthy scientific publications, operational applications and countless positive real-world impacts – including the 32 projects in the GEO-GEE program tackling social and environmental issues

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    Using Google Earth Engine to render satellite layers on a map

    Using Google Earth Engine to render satellite layers on a map

    Satellite imagery tells useful stories that can’t be told from the ground—such as providing information about weather and climate, geography and human settlement. This information can be vital for managing global supply chains, predicting and mitigating extreme weather events, and monitoring the environmental impacts of human development. Harnessing this information and moulding it in a

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    How App Creator helps you make Google Earth Engine Apps
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    How App Creator helps you make Google Earth Engine Apps

    At the Geo for Good Summit 2020, David Gibson, Software Engineer at Google, announced the App Creator which allows users to easily build an Earth Engine App interface. Earth Engine Apps are dynamic user interfaces for sharing your Earth Engine analyses and results online. The app can be viewed by anyone, even if they are not Earth Engine

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    Stacking up 3D GIS heavyweights: Google Earth Enterprise & Skyline
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    Stacking up 3D GIS heavyweights: Google Earth Enterprise & Skyline

    Of the 3D Geospatial Information System (GIS) platforms currently available on the market, Skyline and Google Earth Enterprise (GEE) are usually found at the top of people’s lists. Skyline is a commercially licensed and supported GIS platform, whereas Google Earth Enterprise is an unsupported and open source GIS platform. When it comes to choosing a platform that works with

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    Google Analytics spatial data visualised with BigQuery and CARTO
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    Google Analytics spatial data visualised with BigQuery and CARTO

    Google Analytics is a staple component in most business intelligence team’s decision making processes. It provides insights about traffic sources to your website, tracks the success of your paid Ad campaigns and monitors the buyer’s purchasing behavior.  However, despite the wonderful insights you can glean using Google Analytics, the location data attached to each prospect’s

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    Transform, store and analyse your GIS data with FME and BigQuery
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    Transform, store and analyse your GIS data with FME and BigQuery

    Good news Feature Manipulation Engine (FME) users! If you want to crunch your GIS data in BigQuery, it’s now possible with FME available in the Google Cloud Marketplace. This announcement is a gamechanger as it means that geospatial data processing power can now be performed at a previously unmatched level. GIS professionals are really excited

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    The merits of using the Python API in Google Earth Engine
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    The merits of using the Python API in Google Earth Engine

    My own GIS weapon of choice was born of a development by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Construction Engineering Research Laboratory over 35 years ago – and I attest that GRASS GIS is still one of the best GIS desktop tools in my opinion (but that’s for another Geotech Friday).  However, two other weapons that have

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    What to expect after Google Cloud Next 19′
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    What to expect after Google Cloud Next 19′

    NGIS’ Richard Greene attended Google Cloud Next 19’ last week in San Francisco. The conference convenes Google’s international network of partners, developers and anyone passionate about an accessible, scalable, socially responsible cloud to discuss expected product developments, news and releases. Richard reflects on his week at the conference:  Day one  I arrived in San Francisco

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    How Google is integrating augmented reality into Maps

    How Google is integrating augmented reality into Maps

    Google Maps is integrated into our everyday lives and helps us navigate from point A to point B. Constantly looking for ways to improve, Google acknowledged that the familiar blue dot and line overlaid in Google Maps has left some users lost or confused about the corner they were meant to turn or has simply

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    Tips to reduce your Google Maps bill

    Tips to reduce your Google Maps bill

    Organisations are now being charged for each API call they make on the Google Maps Platform which has resulted in a surge in company billing.  However, there are ways that developers can significantly reduce costs by limiting their Google Maps usage. Here are four questions to consider: HOW INTERACTIVE IS YOUR MAP?  Are you using

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