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Why are you wasting money on ArcGIS?
This blog post could also have had the title: Why Waste your Money on ArcGIS? Yikes! Why would I write a blog post using “waste” and “ArcGIS” in the same sentence? Its ok relax, i’m not expecting...
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How are GIS and Spotted Dick Similar?
Its quiz time. Try out the following, what do these statements mean? For my American friends: “I’m peckish. I could murder a spotted dick!” For my British friends: “I’ve been feeling ornery all day.”...
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GIS in 2016 = Opportunity, Opportunity, Opportunity
Predictions, predictions. I’m not one to go off into la-la land when it comes to looking ahead at this new year for GIS. Drones, 3D, sensors etc I’ll leave to others. I like to go for a more grounded...
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Is GIS really Google Maps on Steroids?
When you are in conversation and somebody asks what you do for a living, how do you respond? “I make maps” “I provide location intelligence to businesses” “I solve real world problems using...
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Is Entrenched Thinking the Biggest Challenge to GIS?
Narrow, closed, resistant, intransigent. If I said “I’m somewhat narrow minded, and change my thinking as fast as a super tanker can turn”. What would you think about me, and is that positive or...
View ArticleDo Only GIS Folk Understand the Term Location Intelligence?
I asked Joe this question just the other day” “If I said location intelligence to you what would i be talking about?”. Joe has an MBA and has been in sales all his life. New to GIS, Joe responded “No...
View ArticleGIS Failure or Success?
Now there is a scary title for a blog post. But really, when you look at your company, products and business plan are you preparing for the new world of GIS? The cloud and mobile have changed the...
View ArticleGIS Answers the Where Question
I’ve been wrestling with this one for some time: confusing terminology. And GIS is filled with it. Those of us looking to drive GIS forward are still struggling to communicate the value GIS and...
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Solving Business Problems with GIS: Location Strategy
This is our fourth and last blog post in our series discussing how organizations can answer their WHERE questions: WHERE should we focus our policing efforts? WHERE are our assets – pipes, valves,...
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Did you know you have a problem GIS can solve?
Though I find baseball a somewhat bizarre sport (as slow as cricket with players in uniforms resembling pyjamas), I have always liked the Kevin Cosner film Field of Dreams. Its a wonderful idea “If...
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Best Real Estate Sites on the Web
As a technology company focused on real estate we always like to applaud others work. Case in point is the Web site we show in the video below: As we show, these guys have done a great job providing...
View ArticleWhat do you you need to know before starting with ArcGIS?
WHERE questions are becoming more and more common. This new interest is increasing demand for GIS and mapping technology. ArcGIS is the most popular WHERE focused platform. But if you are new to this...
View ArticlePlease GIS Expert Shut up and Listen!
Will you be offended if I tell you to shut up and listen? Good then prepare to be offended (you’ll be better off for the experience believe me). If there is one thing we are all good at, and that is...
View ArticleA Beautiful GIS Mind
I love a good story. Its actually why I rarely now watch films. Today’s special effects ridden films cannot replace a good tale (see the story free new Mad Max as an example). I’m thinking about 3...
View ArticleCurious about GIS?
There is that word curious again. Used in other blog posts I’ve recently written. Its one of my favorite words. Curiosity often leads to discovery. I remember being at university in London when young...
View ArticleGIS Help to avoid Singing
I’m a terrible singer. Just awful. But does that stop me? You bet not. From football songs: ‘We love you Chelsea we do’ To the Bee-Gees (and I do the squeaky, trousers too tight version): ‘We are...
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I know how to use GIS .. I think?
I was tempted to title this blog post “I know how to get the most out of GIS .. I think?”. But I’m thinking here about both GIS and non-GIS users. Much of what I will focus on here is cloud GIS. Cloud...
View Article5 Things GIS can learn from Donald Trump
As a Brit living in the US, I do find the theatre that is American politics amusing. It would seem little changes whoever becomes President. And yet in the run up to the election we all have to...
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Are you the Eddie the Eagle of GIS?
You know Eddie the Eagle. The fearless British Olympic ski jumper. With only 2 years worth of experience a man who competed against others who had been jumping since childhood. Looked down upon by...
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Approach GIS like you would a doctor’s appointment
Nobody likes going to visit the doctor. It usually means there is a problem. A problem for which you are looking for a solution. Here is an all too common conversation between patient and doctor:...
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