Items Tagged with 'GIS'

At Esri’s Infrastructure Management and GIS conference, held in Palm Springs, Calif., Oct. 28-30, large utilities such as PG&E showed off how they were using geographic information systems when working with contractors and design firms as consultants to help them manage maintenance and asset needs.

Esri announced new AI tools based on its partnership with Microsoft, Gaussian splats in its ArcGIS platform and more extended reality tools at its 45th user conference. 

During the American Institute of Architects’ 2025 Conference held in Boston June 3, Autodesk released ArcGIS for Forma, a public beta for a cloud-based connection that links up Esri’s ArcGIS and Autodesk’s Forma design environment.

Bentley Systems acquired on Sept. 6 geographic information and 3D Tiles provider Cesium, with terms not disclosed for the deal set to close by the end of 2024. 

Esri President Jack Dangermond and Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost promise new GIS-to-BIM workflows as Esri and Autodesk's partnership works to bring planners and designers closer together. 

Ground Penetrating Radar Systems recently released a mobile app for SiteMap, its cloud platform that can bring GIS and BIM project data together in one workflow.

Since the 2021 passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, states have been prepping middle-mile broadband construction projects to help numerous communities with poor or little internet access get connected into expanding national and regional broadband networks.

Using geographic information systems to add quantities of materials and placement of coordinates can help contractors achieve they and their clients' sustainability goals.

The construction tech firm announced a slate of new and planned offerings, including an AI-based assistant still under development.

The Cross River Rail project in Brisbane, Australia, required 3D models, a GIS database and even a gaming engine.