Projection A map projection is a method for taking the curved surface of the Earth (3D) and displaying it on a flat surface (2D). A […]
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Understanding Survey Diagrams
Surveying is all about measuring distances, angles and positions on or near the surface of the earth. Surveyors use mathematical techniques to analyse field data. […]
Insights for ArcGIS – A new spatial Business Intelligence (BI) tool in ArcGIS 10.5
ArcGIS 10.5 is on its way, with the planned release scheduled for mid-December 2016. One of the big changes coming is a new product being […]
Mathematically Verifying South African ID Numbers with Survey123
This blog post describes how South African ID numbers can be verified mathematically in Survey123. South African ID numbers have the following format: {YYMMDD}{G}{SSS}{C}{A}{Z} YYMMDD : […]
Esri Field Mobility
Maintaining field assets such as roads or fire hydrants, requires engineers and managers to know what condition these assets are in. After all, prevention is […]
How to save over 70GB of hard drive space in one click!
Recently I found myself wondering where exactly all the space on my hard drive was going. One day it was there, and the next it […]
Make your own 3D web app
We all know that ArcGIS comes with a very large number of out of the box apps that seemingly do just about everything! Surprisingly though, […]
Monitor your assets in real time
As part of the ArcGIS Platform, the GeoEvent Extension for Server enables real time data processing and works seamlessly with your other ArcGIS software. Several […]
CityEngine & ArcGIS Pro combine to show CCTV coverage in 3D
As part of our Modelling Reality in 3D series, this post looks at the Esri Africa User Conference demonstration of CCTV camera placement in 3D. A prominent […]
Determining Solar Potential for Rooftops of Multipatch Feature Types
Part of the Modelling Reality in 3D series Often times there are problems that simply have to be solved in 3 dimensions in order to […]