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Mapping minds, shaping the world: GIS Day 2024
GIS Day 2024 is dedicated to sharing, teaching, and inspiring others with GIS. This year, Nearmap celebrates the 25th anniversary of GIS Day with highlights from customers and employees!
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Do more with MapBrowser
more with MapBrowser Do more with MapBrowser Nov 2024 Nov 2024 Play Thanks for all your feedback! We’ve listened and put your suggestions into action with 5 new MapBrowser enhancements to help you get the results you need, faster and more easily. From collaboration to property insights, large-area exports, more than 50 new AI layers, and a new-look MyAccount dashboard, a new way of working in MapBrowser is at your fingertips today. 1. Collaborate and share – put your team on the map “This is a game-changer!” said one of our first customers to use the new real-time collaboration tool in MapBrowser – one of our most requested features. Use the collaboration and sharing tool to share map projects and annotations in real time with others in your organisation. With collaborative editing for up to 20 different users, you can view real-time comments, tag other users, and share or receive notifications by email or in the MapBrowser app. Smarter collaboration Urban planners : collaborate with real-time map updates on city planning projects. Emergency managers : share critical disaster response maps for fast decision-making. Civil engineers and project leads : collaborate instantly with AEC teams on projects and structural changes. Insurance claims adjusters: review property damage and work with a current view. Insurance risk managers : share accurate risk views with underwriters and clients. 2. See property insights in one view The new location list and property panel feature gives you even more information about an address or property at a glance. Simply select a property to see all relevant AI features in one view, and add custom metadata. Your locations will be saved in an easily accessible list helping you see all marked properties for reference, exporting and sharing. Property Insights requires a Nearmap AI subscription for relevant AI values to be populated. Succeed with smarter insights City planners: track property parcel changes, building footprints, surrounding infrastructure and property data. Public works authorities: prioritise maintenance and allocate resources by understanding changes to infrastructure, vegetation, and surface conditions. Architects: design with real-world data and visualise potential obstacles or opportunities. Construction managers: Mark key areas on site maps, track project progress, and view changes over time with AI-powered insights. Commercial real estate: assess project feasibility and make better-informed investment decisions with AI property insights. 3. Save your place(s) with project marker lists Keep a closer eye on your MapBrowser projects in one place with project marker lists showing all your added locations. In each marker list, you can add specific attributes – creating a shareable dataset about any details relating to a particular location or property. You can also filter the marker list, and download the data as a CSV file. (The property details listed in the image above are for illustration purposes only and are not factual.) Streamline your property data Construction managers: Mark key areas on site maps and collate crucial property data in one source. Residential real estate agencies: highlight and share important property features or condition details internally and with clients. Facilities managers: understand key property aspects at a glance, reducing siloed information to improve FM services. 4. Export large-area imagery Now you can export high-resolution 2D vertical aerial imagery in any-shaped polygon of your choice covering areas up to 2,700 square kilometres – more than twice the size of Flinders Island! Previously, large-sized exports of this needed to be requested and processed by our geospatial team, which meant a longer wait for the file to be delivered. This feature puts export capabilities at your fingertips. The ability to select irregularly shaped areas gives you scope to export imagery of areas such as construction sites, roads, campuses, hospitals, suburbs and more. Now, you simply identify your area of interest using the polygon tool, select the desired resolution and size of the imagery, then download and save your large-scale imagery export. 2D export requires 3D export permissions and available export credits. Export at scale Planning teams: export and analyse irregular-shaped areas such as highways or mixed-use development zones. Emergency responders: export specific disaster-zone imagery for quicker assessment and more effective triage. GIS professionals: export areas such as roadways and utility corridors into GIS platforms, without the need to mosaic multiple image tiles. Surveyors: reduce the time needed for field surveys data acquisition by exporting imagery covering any shaped area. 5. Deepen your insights with 50+ new AI features Now, with significantly enhanced machine learning capabilities powering Nearmap Gen 6 AI, you can access a total of more than 130 AI layers to conduct remote inspection and assessments, classify and detect damage, and optimise workflows to enable fast and accurate decision-making AI packs consolidate the AI attributes relevant to specific areas of interest, including Building Structures, Roof Shape and Roof Materials, Pavement Markings, Pavement Condition, Utilities, Yard Objects and more. Please note: AI Layers Library (currently only available as vector layers): A subscription for Nearmap AI and AI packs are required to view raster AI layers. A subscription for Nearmap Advanced AI Viewer is required to view vector AI layers. Enhance risk management Underwriters: gain a deeper understanding of risk factors and changes over time. Quoting : identify crucial property details to pre-fill quotes with accurate data. Loss control: analyse property condition and hazards for proactive loss prevention. Claims: assess damage with greater confidence, detect change and verify repairs remotely. Customer care: engage with agents and policyholders to recommend preventative measures. Along with these updates, you’ll also notice that we’ve updated the dashboard in the MapBrowser MyAccount view. The new grid layout displays your projects in an intuitive layout. Each project tile has an action menu where you can open, duplicate, rename, or archive a project. You will also be able to see who’s currently working on a project, and their access level. Your notifications window in MapBrowser will appear in the top right of the screen, directly under the bell icon. What will you achieve with MapBrowser? We’d love to hear how you’re using these new features. And let us know about any improvements or developments you’d like to see in future – we’re always listening. Take your work to a whole new level in MapBrowser . Login now
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Raising the bar on geospatial AI
See how you can identify 130+ different mapped features at speed and make accurate decisions with Nearmap Gen 6 AI.
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Unlocking the power of AI for comprehensive risk assessment in insurance
The new capabilities in Gen 6 will allow insurers to more effectively detect, assess, and mitigate risk.
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Turn imagery into insights: Real estate site analysis and selection
By providing accurate, timely, and cost-effective data, location intelligence empowers brokers, investors, and developers to make informed decisions that maximise returns and minimise risks.
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The essential guide to location intelligence
By transforming complex geographical data into meaningful insights and answers, location intelligence is reshaping industries and offering solutions to challenges.
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The future of GIS is location intelligence
High-resolution imagery. Historical surveys. And a suite of geospatial tools you can use to impact change. This is location intelligence and it helps professionals overcome challenges.
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Across the globe, GIS professionals are using Nearmap to advance their understanding of the world. Learn more about how these geospatial experts in commercial, government, and insurance sectors are optimising their efficiencies with our solution.Customer Stories
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