In today’s world we use maps for everything from tracking packages to navigating from point A to point B to monitoring a fleet of drivers. Map data has become an important part of our everyday lives. Using open source maps in your map-centric [...]

The fourth industrial revolution — Industry 4.0 — has taken hold and continues to transform how manufacturers manage their operations, do business in the marketplace and lean into the future. The technologies powering the revolution are dynamic, [...]

ADCi has been providing digital map data and services to engineers, GIS professionals and developers for three decades! Our 30th anniversary celebration gave us an opportunity to reflect on just how far we’ve come since 1988, and we’re inviting [...]

For more than a decade, GIS professionals have relied upon TomTom MultiNet to deliver high-quality map data with:

• Unsurpassed accuracy and currency
• Highly accurate geocoding match rates
• Seamless street network with names, classes, ramp [...]

Licensing map data for any number of uses — fleet management, geocoding, route optimization, etc., — also means assuming responsibility for data storage, security and maintenance. Meeting these responsibilities can be a burden on staff and [...]

Digital mapping is dynamic, so the tools of the trade must evolve with user needs. ADC WorldMap is a proven solution for a variety of industries including weather, communication, aviation, government, fleet/logistics management and transportation [...]

For many organizations map data is a necessity. As such, its value can sometimes be reduced to a budget line item instead of how the map data can be leveraged to create efficiencies.

Accuracy, reliability and updating frequency are typically on [...]

Map data is only effective if it is reliable, and updating map data is the only way to ensure its accuracy. That could raise some questions about the map data you’re using or considering.

To assume that your map data is reliable can be risky. [...]

We recently explored the pros and cons of free map APIs v. paid map APIs, which may have raised questions in the minds of some app developers about where they can turn to find trusted map APIs/SDKs. There is seemingly no shortage of map API/SDK [...]

Map data is an essential tool and critical budget line item for GIS departments. Determining the right amount of money to set aside requires consideration and periodic review of several key licensing and internal costs.