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The new Google Maps Platform is going to cause many applications that were coded before 2017 to stop functioning as Google tighten its rules about responding to unkeyed requests to the API. Changes to Google Maps are happening between June 11 and August 11, 2018 that will see keyless requests to the APIs start to…
Everyone knows that data is required to make decisions, but sourcing and making sense of it can be challenging. Using a map with constantly updated data can make communicating insights easier and more reliable. In May and June, NGIS is hosting a series of events in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth to show how you can…
The future of sophisticated and beautiful web maps is looking rosy following the CARTO Locations conference in Madrid. NGIS sent two people – Executive Director Richard Bentley and Product Lead Adam Mullett – to the conference on April 19-20 where Location Intelligence platform creators CARTO showed off their road map and their product updates. The…
Google Maps API has rebranded as the Google Maps Platform. The platform now aligns with Google’s Cloud Platform in the billing and application console structure. As part of their rebranding, Google Maps Platform have regrouped the APIs under three parts: Maps, Routing and Places. In the past, APIs were referred to individually or as part…
A new discounting system is being introduced to Google Maps this year that will make it easier to get started with projects and scale them up. Under the previous version of the Google Maps API Premium Plan, customers were required to provide what they thought were the right estimates for usage for the coming year…
Google Maps have restructured how API requests can be purchased, making it simpler than ever before to create custom business solutions using Google Maps. The Google Maps Platform breaks the APIs down into three components: Maps, Routing and Places. These three mapping components make it simpler than ever for developers to control map credit usage.…
Location intelligence applications such as CARTO perform iterative, spatial analysis. CARTO optimises everyday strategic decision making and solves complex business problems on an interactive map. CARTO provides an easy to use, drag and drop interface to easily identify insights from large amounts of data. These insights can be rapidly deployed into applications and are easily customisable. NGIS partnered with CARTO to…
Understanding the productivity of your sales regions, deciding where to focus on service improvement or working out which of your shops is covering too much ground on their own is easy when you see it as a picture. Maps help you establish relationships in your data that you would only see when presented as…
Daily satellite imagery of the whole globe is now available to NGIS customers through our new technology partner, Planet. NGIS Australia and Planet have established a new partnership, leveraging Planet’s extensive global daily imagery for NGIS’ developers and specialist teams. Planet can provide the capabilities and content for NGIS to build new solutions for a range of industries, as well as…
Using Google travel time data, the New South Wales government have implemented a motorway messaging system that empowers motorists with the information they need to make decisions on the road. Whether to leave the motorway and take the back streets to avoid a traffic jam, or just know how long you will be on your…
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