Supergeo Technologies, a leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that SuperSurv 3.1a Beta, the mobile GIS application for Android devices, is available for improving data collection and filed operations.

SuperSurv 3.1 enables surveyors to overlay layers in their tablets or smart devices to effortlessly collect surveyed data using GPS and waypoint guidance tools. The mobile GIS software supports global coordinate system settings, helping users save the collected data of point, line and polygon in SHP, GEO or KML formats for further application use.

Primarily leveraging the connection of SuperGIS Server 3.1a, SuperSurv 3.1a allows to access the server services and to edit feature service online for seamless data synchronization. In addition, the Online Map Tool supports to apply online map sources like OpenStreetMap and Google Maps as reference basemap for efficient field surveys.

To efficiently display the attribute data in multi-languages in other GIS applications, the code page settings will also be added into “Creating a New Layer.”

Here's the geonews in batch mode. Some of them may have deserved their own entry.

On the open source / open data front:

• OpenLayers 2.13.1 has been released, but arguably more exciting is OpenLayers 3.0 - alpha.2, they're getting closer
• W3C is Launching the Open Data Directory
• Introducing GeoServer Enterprise, it's GeoServer with long term support releases and more
• Here's the FOSS4G-CEE Bucharest, Romania final thoughts
• Montreal's public transport organization adopted OpenStreetMap for their maps, another example of how mature enough OSM has become
• Nokia uses the open source CartoDB to show off traffic data
• Good news, California Supreme Court Says GIS Data are Public Data

On the Esri front:

• It was the Esri User Conference this week, you can read Geoff's 3D and other themes of this year's conference entry
• Jack Dangermond explaining How Esri Hit $912 Million in Sales, very interesting, including: "One thing that has made us so successful is that we've never taken outside investment. That means we can concentrate on what our customers want--not what the stockholders or the VCs want. That's a strategic advantage."
• You'll find a lot lot more on the Esri blog for the International User Conference
• New imagery for Esri tools, DigitalGlobe and community imagery added to the World Imagery map
• ArcGIS Online just got more advantageous, Get More with ArcGIS Online – Announcing Subscription Savings

On the Google front:

• Google announced their new Google Maps app for smartphones and tablets
• Also over Slashdot, Google Updates Maps, Makes First Stable Chrome Release Using WebKit Fork
• Rest reassured, the iOS Enhanced Google Maps App with iPad Support 'Coming Soon'
• Unsurprisingly, there was New Google Earth Imagery – July 8

Geo-related news discussed over Slashdot:

• Microsoft Reveals Its 3D Printing Strategy For Windows 8.1
• 3 GLONASS-M GNSS satellites destroyed, Russian Rocket Proton-M Crashes At Launch
• MapBox is aiming at nothing less than Real Time Imagery via MapBox Satellite Live
• But that's clearly the beginning, read APB's entry named Real-Time Data is Really Here ... Kind of, Almost
• Again, City-Sized Ice Shelf Breaks Free Of Antarctica
• New Zealand ISP Offers "Global Mode" So Users Can Circumvent Geo-Restrictions
• Something we discussed before, Automated Plate Readers Let Police Collect Millions of Records On Drivers
• UCSD Lecturer Releases Geotagging Application For "Dangerous Guns and Owners"

In the miscellaneous category:

• Interesting, O'Reilly shares news about Sifted, a 7-minutes animation set in a cloud points world, geo-geeky
• A Newly Published Apple Mapping Patent Details Route Feedback System, Real-Time Accident Reporting
• O'Reilly mentions Cricket, an indoor location system from MIT, but the latest news appear to be from
• If you're into Minecraft, you'll like Hangouts with James Fee:: Professional Minecraft GIS
• Here's starting points regarding Cross Platform Development with Bing Maps and PhoneGap
• In the U.S., Round-the-clock GPS tracking of state worker ‘unreasonable’ (via SL)

In the maps category:

• A series of maps on Who Serves in the U.S. Military? Mapping Enlisted Troops and Officers
• Here's Midtown Manhattan Growth Animation (1850-2015) and Toronto Growth Animation (1834-2013) and San Francisco Growth Animation (1877-2015) and Calgary Growth Animation (1892-2016)
• Now available, a New global ESA Vegetation Map

Taipei is the capital in Taiwan and nearly fifty-five percent of the urban land is occupied by hillsides. However, the increasing population and the sprawl of new houses across the hillsides have resulted in some environmental problems and damages due to uncontrolled urban development. The changing or destructive terrain and hillside condition make it difficult for surveyors to collect terrain data and the visible evidence of environmental destruction of land resources.

To reduce hillside denudation and improve the querying and reporting efficiency of field data collection, Geotechnical Engineering Office, Public Works Department, Taipei City Government employed GIS technology to integrate the terrain data and hillside images taken by satellites and then provide the officers with better hillside observation. With the system, the forest patrols will be well informed if there is any hillside destruction and then enabled to identify the reported location of the hillside.

In addition, the system helps the forest patrols access the reported information to explore terrain data using smart phones, tablet, or computers and further update the dynamic information about hillside condition through applications on devices. Therefore, inspectors could fully comprehend and monitor hillside condition in each region in real time.

Developed by Geotechnical Engineering Office, the Taipei Hillside Remote Sensing Management System for Reporting and Querying is consisted of Information Reporting System and Field Investigation Management System. The systems can automatically generate electronic reports and tables to help inspectors manage photos, record the hillside condition, and upload investigation results in texts through handheld system.

In this project, the server-based GIS software enables the office to publish map services and the forest patrols to directly load maps and report real-time status of each region. Besides, Field Investigation Management System, the custom mobile app, is also created for Android devices to collect the hillside information of case number, district number, coordinates of the reported location, hillside variation images, topographic maps, etc.

Serving as a geospatial data gateway, Taipei Hillside Remote Sensing Management System for Reporting and Querying shows the location of destructed hillside through satellite image analysis. Afterwards, the reported location data can be sent to investigators’ mobile devices over the Internet for further investigation data and photo updates more effectively.

In the next phase, the system aims to establish a map website using SuperGIS Server, the enterprise server GIS software, to ensure all the reported cases could be well integrated and displayed on maps and the environmental condition in each mountain could be effortlessly obtained for better preservation, saving the loss and reducing disaster damage.

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About Supergeo

Supergeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions. Since the establishment, Supergeo has been dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to help users utilize geospatial technologies to create a better world.

Supergeo software and applications have been spread over the world to be the backbone of the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Supergeo is the professional GIS vendor, providing GIS-related users with complete GIS solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.

Here's the recent Google-related geonews.

From official sources:

• Excellent news, there's now only clear skies on Google Maps and Earth, cloudless imagery at least in the northern hemisphere to start with
• Google Earth 7.1 for Android and iOS was released and now features Street View imagery
• You can now apply to get the Street View Trekker kit to contribute to Google Maps, also discussed over Slashdot
• Here's the new list of supported browsers for JavaScript Maps API v3, that list was last updated 3 years ago!
• Google Maps additions:
  • Japan's Battleship Island in now featured in Google Maps, discussed over Slashdot
  • Fans of Thomas Jefferson, there are now Street View images of Monticello’s grounds and some building interiors in Google Maps
  • Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper, is now in Street View

From other sources:

• The GEB reports a quiet major update to Street View and 3D imagery, with 3D imagery in 50 news cities
• Here's the Tour de France in Google Earth on Android
• Also interesting is the exploration of 25,000 ancient sites in Google Earth with the Megalithic Portal
• Kurt shows coastal erosion rates in the entry Google TimeLapse for coastal and marine applications

Supergeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that Android-powered SuperSurv 3.1a will be released with the enhanced connection of SuperGIS Server 3.1a services.

SuperSurv is the mobile GIS application for Android devices, which enables field surveyors to overlay layers in tablets or smart phones to collect spatial data, position with GPS, use waypoint guidance, etc. Moreover, the mobile GIS software supports global coordinate system settings, allowing users to save the collected data of point, line and polygon in SHP, GEO or KML formats for further application use.

Primarily leveraging the connection of SuperGIS Server 3.1a, SuperSurv 3.1a allows to access the server services and to edit feature service online to synchronize the updated feature and attribute data with server.

In addition, Online Map Tool will be offered to support OpenStreetMap and Google Maps as reference basemap for field surveys. To efficiently display the attribute data in different languages in other GIS applications, The code page settings will also be added into “Creating a New Layer.”

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About Supergeo

Supergeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions. Since the establishment, Supergeo has been dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to help users utilize geospatial technologies to create a better world.

Supergeo software and applications have been spread over the world to be the backbone of the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Supergeo is the professional GIS vendor, providing GIS-related users with complete GIS solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.

Supergeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that SuperSurv 3.1, the latest mobile GIS software for Android devices, supports the use of Web Maps as Basemap to complete efficient data collection with OpenStreetMap.

Integrating with GIS and GPS technologies, SuperSurv 3.1 performs accurate data collection, real-time positioning, map display, and the waypoint tool. Through working with GPS, SuperSurv 3.1 allows field surveyors to collect data of point, polyline, and polygon, as well as recording and managing waypoint and GPS tracklog.

With SuperSurv 3.1, surveyors are able to display basemap in different types, collect spatial data with basemap from different sources, and apply the pre-generated map (cache map) or the map service published by SuperGIS Server as basemap to their mapping applications.

Besides, the customizable project file allows easy connection with OpenStreetMap to enhance the efficiency of data collection without generating cache map or accessing SuperGIS Server service. The customized project file (SuperSurv Online Map Tool) and the usage instruction are available on SGDN website.

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About Supergeo

Supergeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions. Since the establishment, Supergeo has been dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to help users utilize geospatial technologies to create a better world.

Supergeo software and applications have been spread over the world to be the backbone of the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Supergeo is the professional GIS vendor, providing GIS-related users with complete GIS solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.

Supergeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, provides SuperGIS Server Mobile SDK samples through instruction text, sample code, video, etc. to assist developers in comprehending the usage of SDK.

The new-launched SuperGIS Server 3.1a offers Value and Standard editions to your requirements in diverse projects. The Value edition supports to publish map services, feature services and basic geoprocessing services. Not only serving all functions offered by Value edition, the Standard edition also performs advanced geoprocessing services and Mobile SDK which enables users to customize their mobile applications to access SuperGIS Server services.

The Mobile SDK Samples supports iOS, Windows Mobile, Android platforms. Supergeo provides Windows Mobile users specifically with a sample, demonstrating how to develop an application to access SuperGIS Server services, directly edit features directly, and enable simultaneous editing by multiple users via the Internet.

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About Supergeo

Supergeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions. Since the establishment, Supergeo has been dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to help users utilize geospatial technologies to create a better world.

Supergeo software and applications have been spread over the world to be the backbone of the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Supergeo is the professional GIS vendor, providing GIS-related users with complete GIS solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.

SupergeoRY Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that SuperSurv 3.1, the mobile GIS software for Android devices, has chosen by Regie Dignoise des Eaux to carry out efficient field data collection and surveying for local water and sanitation service improvements and to ensure safe drinking water in Digne-les-Bains, France.

Established by the city council of Digne-les-Bains, Regie Dignoise des Eaux focuses on conducting the operation of local drinking water and sanitation services. GIS technology allows the municipality to fully integrate the hydrological and environment data to continually monitor groundwater quality in the adjacent areas for sustainable development of water resources.

With SuperSurv 3.1, the Regie Dignoise des Eaux personnel are able to adjust the policies using the up-to-date spatial data, as well as further promoting the operational efficiency in long-term water pipeline monitoring and water quality management. As a result, the residents could live healthier with the adequate access to safe water and sanitation facilities.  

Géo.RM is the professional GIS consulting company which specializes in offering GPS and GIS mapping solutions to fulfill a variety of industry applications. Through collaborating with Géo.RM, it enables Supergeo to satisfy the French-speaking clients’ needs with the innovative SuperGIS software and services.

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About Supergeo

Supergeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions. Since the establishment, Supergeo has dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to help users utilize geospatial technologies to create a better world.

Supergeo software and applications have been spread over the world to be the backbone of the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Supergeo is the professional GIS vendor, providing GIS-related users with complete GIS solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.

Yesterday Google announced the new Google Maps, including several significant changes. It's going to be available this summer, and there will finally be an iPad version of the Google Maps app. The Google Geo Dev blog tells you how to use the new look for your maps today via the Maps API. The Google Earth Blog (not from Google) shares an entry on Google Earth integration in Google Maps might mean the demise of the Google Earth Plugin. APB also shares and entry about the Three New Geo APIs for Android: Fuse Location Provider, Geofencing, Active Recognition.

Snippets from the announcement: "

• Every click draws a new map highlighting the things that matter most 
  Like a friend drawing you a map to her favorite restaurant, with only the roads and landmarks you need to get there, the new Google Maps instantly changes to highlight information that matters most.
• Easier to find the best local places
  In addition to a customized map, we’ve also made it easier to uncover the best local gems. Search results are labeled directly on the map with brief place descriptions and icons that highlight business categories and other useful information – like restaurants that are recommended by your Google+ friends.
• Amazing imagery for exploring the world
  Of course, no map would be complete without amazing images for exploring the world. The new carousel gathers all Google Maps imagery in one spot enabling you to fly through cities, walk canyon trails, climb mountains, and even swim the oceans. And on a WebGL-enabled browser, like Google Chrome, the carousel is also where you'll find the Earth view which directly integrates the beautiful 3D experience from Google Earth into the new maps."

The best way to get an overview of what's new is certainly to watch this 2 minutes video:

Here's the recent Google-related geonews.

From official sources:

• Google participated to TIME's new Timelapse Project, providing an interactive time-lapse satellite imagery map for the 29 last years  - this was also discussed over Slashdot
• Google also shares a short entry named Bridging the gaps with Street View
• Here's was to expect later this week from Behind the Map at Google I/O
• A week left now, An update on the JavaScript Maps API v2 deprecation

From other sources:

• The Google Earth Android app got a nice update, including native Street View support
• Slashdot discussed a story named Tesla's Elon Musk Talks With Google About Self-Driving Cars
• Unsurprisingly, there was new imagery to Google Earth

Specifically on Google Glass Project:

• Let's start with a discussion named Google Glass Hands-On: Brimming With Potential, Dangerous While Driving
• APB links to a Google Glass Navigation Review, and it's pretty positive
• Someone had to ask, Is Google Glass Too Nerdy For the Mainstream?
• This will likely improve, but for now Google Glass Is the Future — and the Future Has Awful Battery Life
• And yes, Google Glass will work with iPhones too