News for January, 2018

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News for January, 2018



Image courtesy of www.jct600.co.uk

Smart Cities are embracing GIS to solve problems ranging from traffic to bad landlords using location-driven analytics and ground truthing.

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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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Image courtesy of Tokyoahead at English Wikipedia

Air pollution costs businesses millions in lost revenues as consumers are more likely to stay indoors.

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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.

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