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Exposed to the Elements: How Open-Air Pro Venues Can Prepare for Weather with Real-Time IoT Visualization
Open-air venues offer fans the special experience of enjoying a game while still experiencing the natural climate. During hot summer months, or crisp autumn nights, fans piling into the pro venue can make the most of great weather as they settle in for a game....
Stadium Safety: How Venues Can Leverage Real-Time Data Streams for Actionable Situational Awareness
It’s game day, and weather channels have reported a moderate chance of thunderstorms throughout the afternoon and early evening. The rainfall has caused a slowdown in traffic, bringing about significant congestion on the roads. In the distance there’s the familiar...
The ‘New Tobacco:’ An IoT Solution to Reduce Air Pollution
The Air We Breathe: Understanding Air Quality through IoT sensors On a global scale, all types of pollution have been a consistent talking point. Air pollution in particular is a pervasive problem that individuals and industries alike are seeking out sustainable...
Election Day Made Easy: How Location Intelligence Can Solve Pervasive Election Problems
In the wake of the 2018 midterm elections, multiple states across the country faced various issues, such as long lines, inadequate number of voting machines and even power outages. Just as in years prior, this election has called attention to cracks in the current...
Waste Management: Taking out the Trash Just Got Easier
From densely populated cities to smaller rural communities, waste management systems keep our homes and communities free from unwanted clutter. Yet, as the world’s population continues to grow, so does the amount of waste created. In an effort to improve...
Making the ELD Mandate Work For You: Increase Safety and Improve Operational Efficiency
When Congress enacted the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” bill, or MAP-21, in 2012, it included a provision requiring the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to develop a rule mandating the use of electronic logging devices (ELDs) by...
Improving Campuses with Indoor Mapping
Greater access to emerging technologies has prompted campuses across the country to evolve and improve their current security processes and systems. The amount of available data streams can appear daunting, and professionals must analyze the most valuable data to...
The Future of GIS: How It’s Changed, and Where We’re Going
Maps are an integral tool in helping people define, explain and navigate their way through the world, from ancient cave paintings, through the Age of Exploration and on into the 21st century. Maps evolved from two-dimensional drawings to three-dimensional shapes,...
New Study Suggests Extreme Weather is Here to Stay.
Government leaders of all levels in states along the Gulf of Mexico and Mid-Atlantic are facing a new reality: the growing likelihood they will be hit by a Category 4 hurricane or stronger. Over the past two storm seasons, four Category 4 hurricanes of over 130...
A Layered Approach to Emergency Communication: Code Blue and Live Earth Announce Strategic Partnership
With an increase of deaths by mass shootings and police response times averaging 18 minutes, security teams are faced with mounting pressure to upgrade technology that will better serve and protect the public. From stadiums to campuses to transportation hubs like...