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ArcGIS or Google Maps?
This is a question we are asked often: should we use ArcGIS or Google Maps to solve our WHERE challenge? You know our usual answer……. it depends! ArcGIS or Google Maps? Why would we say that, aren’t...
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GIS and the Queen of England
So I received a call on Monday. The voice on the line said “One must have crumpets with ones tea”. “Who’s this plonker?” I thought. A trace of New Jersey in the accent gave it away. It was Joe fresh...
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Now my GIS Manager has showed me .. what should I do next?
I thought Adam Carnow’s recent LinkedIn post was terrific: Why hasn’t my GIS Manager showed me this?. Adam and I share similar thoughts when it comes to spreading the word about GIS. We should all now...
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Deconstructing the problem to find a solution using GIS
Last night was heart wrenching. My daughters U15 soccer team began their new season after promotion, last year, to the top P1 bracket. Up against the best teams in this age group in Utah, last night...
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Mobile Asset Management: Taking GIS and Work Orders OFFLINE
Let’s jump into a topic which is much discussed: offline mobile GIS asset management. A problem which lacks good solutions. In this post we will cover the nuts and blots of how offline works for GIS...
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Does GIS hand holding mean I’m a girly-man?
As a kid I was a typical boy. Always playing football (soccer), climbing trees, bleeding from a new wound, exploring, covered in mud. I remember hitting my teens and still wanting to do the same. But...
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Looking in the Crystal Ball at GIS and BI
So young Matt and I were chatting yesterday. As ever our GIS conversation was wide and interesting. As our discussion meandered we started looking in the crystal ball at GIS and business intelligence...
View ArticleWhy is my mobile GIS app so SLOW?
I hear this question all the time: why is my mobile GIS app so SLOW? Whether simply loading a map, trying to edit features on the map, or routing; mobile GIS apps can be maddeningly slow. More than...
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Is your GIS application a one trick pony?
“A person or thing with only one special feature, talent, or area of expertise.” That is the definition of a one trick pony. I remember playing football (soccer) once with a chap. He had a devastating...
View ArticleWhat is a GIS Quickstart and can it Help ROI?
I’m cautious about my use of the term quickstart. That also applies to terms like jumpstart. In this post we will talk about both getting started with GIS and moving forward with GIS. Ultimately how...
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GIS are you selling or solving?
Selling versus solving seems lately to keep coming to my attention. I’ve watched, heard from others and experienced directly a sales pitch in place of solution discussion. In my case we have been...
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Can GIS Help the Mad Hatter?
As the Mad Hatter says: “I’m late. I’m late. For a very important data. No time to say hello, goodbye. I’m late. I’m late. I’m late.” Ours is a Mad Hatters world. Fast paced. And getting faster....
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How does GIS Cross the Divide?
We talk often in this blog about the increasing need for answers to WHERE questions. That is what a GIS provides. A common way to visualise the answers to these WHERE questions is through a map....
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Lego and GIS are Easy Right?
I was born and raised on a small island off mainland Europe. A rainy place, which often drove us as kids indoors. One of my favourite toys when young was Lego. I built simple things with Lego: houses,...
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GIS Has Changed Have You?
Inertia. Its a challenge for all organizations. Change can be difficult. Adopting new ways, workflows and processes. But change is ongoing and with technology, the pace of change is increasing. Hanging...
View ArticleInsurance GIS: Hail Exposure Management
Would you like to easily and simply view on a map your insured homes with hail swath data? We’ve built a simple Insurance Exposure Management Application which allows you to view and export this data...
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With GIS be Single Minded, Determined and Driven
This is a blog post about not giving up. Forgive me for dipping back into sport (I try to avoid sports analogies), but I wanted to share a story which illustrates well the message in this post. A...
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GIS Widgets = Super Flexible Apps
I have always been a big fan of flexible GIS applications which are easy to extend. Remember the very popular Flex Viewer for ArcGIS? Though Flex has largely gone away, the widget based approach to...
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Is GIS Groaning to Move Away from its Traditional Roots?
GIS is at a crossroads. And its been there for the longest time. The technology has a long history with deep roots in the public sector. Technical advances with mobile and cloud are driving change....
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ArcGIS and the Best of all Worlds
I’ve mentioned many times before in this blog that we are big fans of the new cloud based approach to GIS (WebGIS). As Bill Meehan at Esri describes, connecting desktop, Web and mobile apps via your...
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