Location-Based Services

PIXIA: Setting the Standard

In 2011, PIXIA developed the Wide-Area Motion Imagery (WAMI) Web Services Specification, which provides universal data access and dissemination. In 2012, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) adopted WAMI as an official OGC standard.

Securing the Super Bowl

Location data is instrumental in securing America’s largest sporting event

West Coast Geospatial Tech

A booming geospatial industry has emerged from a confluence of creativity and opportunity

Location Obfuscation

The proliferation of location-based devices raises new concerns about privacy and security

Mission: Mobile

U.S. Government looks at smartphones and apps as new GEOINT tools

Down to Earth Data

Young professionals develop GEOINT apps

Location Nation

In just a few short years, LBS has changed the way the world thinks about and interacts with place

Pigeonholed

Privacy policies threaten advances in geospatial technology