Tag Archives: AI
What GIS (knowledge) can do for AI?
Part 3 By Juan B. Plaza and Giulio Maffini Now that we have explored what AI can do for GIS in the first two parts of this series, let’s embark in the more complex task of exploring what a GIS-empowered AI will look like. First, let us clarify that it is our belief that it...
What AI Can Do for GIS
Part 2 By Juan B. Plaza and Giulio Maffini Before we can even attempt to describe what AI can do for GIS, we need to understand what a GIS is and how it is used. What do these three letters mean? A pretty good definition is: A geographic information system consists of integrated computer hardware...
The Complex Issue of AI and GIS
Part 1 We attended remotely the ESRI User’s Conference (UC) held in San Diego on July 10th and, for the first time, saw and heard how the leading commercial GIS software company in the world positioned itself for the use of AI in its products. It is reasonable to assume that AI can make GIS...
The Next Big Thing
A string of high-profile bridge failures in recent years has underscored the importance of innovating the way we inspect and assess the condition of our vital civil infrastructure. Can the use of AI help prevent bridge collapses in the future? This award-winning engineer thinks so. The period spanning 1992 to 2014 could just be the...
AI in the Sky
Will artificial intelligence solve the beyond visual line of sight problem for uncrewed aerial vehicles? For more than a decade now we have been moving more and more processes and tasks from crewed aviation to drones in a variety of industries, but the promise of widespread massive deployment of these electrically powered wonders is still...
xyHt Weekly News Recap: 03/10/2023
Geo Connect Asia returns in March to Singapore CONEXPO-CON/AGG Unveils World’s Largest 3D-Printed Statue Artificial Intelligence in Retail Market to Hit $85 Billion by 2033 Vexcel Imaging Receives Creative Content Award at 2023 Esri Partner Conference Recent NV5 Acquisition Axim Geospatial Awarded $9 Million in National Security Contracts Saildrone Completes World’s First Uncrewed Alaska Ocean...
