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News for January, 2018
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Smart Cities are embracing GIS to solve problems ranging from traffic to bad landlords using location-driven analytics and ground truthing.
Image courtesy of World Resources Institute and The Nature Conservancy
Planting trees as a business model? Studies show reforestation companies are profitable and are making a measurable positive impact on the environment.
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Air pollution costs businesses millions in lost revenues as consumers are more likely to stay indoors.
Image courtesy of Strava Labs
Strava global heatmaps show secret military bases as part of their user analytics, leading to the realization that big data visualizations may cause privacy concerns.