Industry Showcases

Agriculture

Digital Agriculture

Advancements in technology across nearly every sector have not overlooked agricultural management and production. Analyzing suitability and conditions for crops, optimizing resource use, and tracking variables in farming conditions are all extremely useful advancements in agricultural production.
Viticulture Suitability Analysis

Bordeaux, Champagne, Rioja, and Napa Valley, to name just a few, are world-famous for the production of fine wine. Not only is the industry of winemaking well established in these and many other parts of the world, but the land and soil in these areas are ideally suited for viticulture.

Architecture, Construction, and Engineering

Corridor Analysis

Vegetation management is an integral part of keeping utility corridors running efficiently, especially for electricity providers. Without the control of vegetation encroachment in the rights-of-way (ROW) of electrical corridors, power outages can occur. Power disruption is costly to electricity providers and risks the health and safety of customers.
Earthwork Construction Planning

Engineers and surveyors use Global Mapper to pre-plan earthwork projects to maintain uniformity, high stability, and long-term performance through the lifecycle of a given venture.

Environmental Management

Monitoring Forest Change

Worldwide, forests are being lost at an alarming rate due to natural disasters and human intervention. As important environments that support many ecosystems, the close monitoring and quantification of forest change is critical. With available data, Global Mapper can be used as a tool to explore and analyze the change in an environment over time with respect to forest area growth and loss. Stands of trees and vegetation are represented in many commonly encountered data types. When considering aerial or satellite imagery, the presence of vegetation is obvious. From a remote perspective, forests and vegetated areas are clearly depicted.
Watershed Analysis

As humans, we typically think of the land in terms of our defined boundaries, like countries, states, and towns. Global Mapper can be used to load data representing these boundaries, but the program can also explore the physical topography of the land and its boundaries in the form of ridges, watersheds, and ecosystems. Understanding local topography and the watersheds of an area can help provide an insight into possible risks and contaminates to the local water system.

Military and Defense

Battlefield Simulation

Geospatial data can describe many aspects of a theater of operations and help prepare frontline forces for deployment to the area. Between vector features containing specific attributes, raster images showing the lay of the land, and 3D data modeling terrain, a full picture of an area can be found within a map and the data it contains.
Mission Critical Map Deployment

Maps are critical for situational awareness, navigation, and information, but once a map is created, it can quickly become obsolete as data and the information it contains changes.

Public Works and Utilities

Road Repair Analysis and Planning

Transportation and public works departments have a responsibility to survey, maintain, and repair roads as needed. Therefore, these departments need to collect data on road conditions, analyze the current situation to identify needs for maintenance, and plan road repairs. The tools and functions available in Global Mapper Pro assist teams with all aspects of this workflow.
Pipeline Inspection, Surveying, Analysis

Pipelines and other man-made structures require ongoing monitoring and maintenance. Global Mapper and other Blue Marble Geographics programs provide methods to collect, edit, and share data pertaining to any planned or implemented infrastructure.
Wind Farm Placement

When planning any infrastructure project, location matters. This simple idea rings especially true when discussing the placement of renewable power infrastructure such as wind turbines. When aiming to derive significant power from a renewable resource, one must select a location where the desired resource is abundant and consistently available. With the help of Global Mapper, terrain, land cover, and current land use can be analyzed in order to discover suitable locations for new wind farms.

Retail

Retail Placement

Any business opening a physical office or storefront needs to consider the characteristics of the area surrounding a proposed new location. Particularly relevant for retail stores, location and the proximity to populated areas, public transportation, and city centers will impact the number of customers and ultimately the success of the business.

Companies using Blue Marble’s geospatial technology