What can SIM cards tell us about the tourism industry?
A lot, as it turns out.
Most of us have our phones in our pockets (or hands) most of the time. When we walk, when...
Here’s why 2019 is poised to be an exciting year for Geospatial analytics
In the last five years, we’ve witnessed many incredible advances in the geospatial analytics industry. With the ability to launch dozens of small satellites...
Meet Orbital Insight – the Geospatial AI startup that provides answers on demand!
Remember that scene in the TV show Billions where the protagonist, Bobby Alexrod explains how all the big (hedge) funds are using satellite images...
Taxis in Japan turn to AI to take on ridesharing services
Picture this: It is 8 am. You have successfully tackled the morning rush, packed your lunch, and even managed to grab some breakfast. All...
Monitoring global ship traffic
Since ever oceans have been important for people as a means of transport. The containerization counts as greatest transportation revolution in the 20th century...
Uber launched a new service that could help cities master their traffic
Traffic and transportation planning is a tricky business. Local governments have been struggling for years to make good, data-driven decisions to transform cities into...
Planet & Orbital Insight: Satellite Imagery & Machine Learning In the Financial Markets
A few years ago when startups like Planet Labs (now Planet), Skybox Imaging (now Terra Bella) started their ambitious efforts to monitor the planet with...
DigitalGlobe partners with Uber: Geospatial BigData to help improve the “Uber experience”
Uber has made no secret of their interests in developing self-driving cars and has been driving mapping cars around for a while now but...
World Economic Forum’s 2016 Technology Pioneers: 4 Geospatial companies in the list!!
Each year the World Economic Forum awards the most innovative and impactful early-stage tech companies on the planet with their "Technology Pioneer" award. The award...
Location Intelligence: Foursquare does an amazing job predicting Chipotle’s Q1 results
Two weeks before Chipotle was set to announce its Q1 results, Foursquare's CEO wrote a blog post on medium predicting that the chain will...
An operating system for Earth: Interview with the CEO of PlanetOS
The California based startup PlanetOS is on a mission to connect all the Geospatial sensors in the world - in the oceans, in the atmosphere,...
Searching the Twitter database: MapD TweetMap
It's no secret that Tweets contain a wealth of information and with the proper search algorithm, one can find very interesting patterns using the...
Facebook created the most detailed Population Density Map to bring the rest of the...
Facebook has been working on the Aquila project to deliver internet connectivity using solar-powered drones to 3rd world countries for a while already. The company...
Foursquare predicts based on location data that Apple will sell 13-15M iPhones this weekend
Analysis of location data can give you answers to many questions. Foursquare is trying to prove that you can use location specific data about...
This map visualizes human activity in cities around the World
Last year the number of active mobile phones crossed the level 7.22 billion, while the number of people is estimated at the level of 7.2...