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Ben lead's the go-to-market team at Wherobots. He has worked in distributed compute and SaaS applications for over a decade and enjoys customer storytelling, creating mutual value, and building innovative solutions on the edge of what's possible.
Super Typhoon Champi: Guam Recovers, Okinawa and Taiwan Hit
98% of Okinawa's power cuts on Oct 23 were in Ishigaki and Taketomi, where a forecast put 96%+ of buildings in 120 km/h winds. Guam's grid is 99% back.
Most Dangerous Roads for Pedestrians and Cyclists in the US (Part 2)
The Wall Street Journal mapped 1.5 miles of Union Avenue in Memphis. We ran the same test on every U.S. arterial. Westheimer Road in Houston ranks first.
Most Dangerous Highway in the US: 25 Deadliest Stretches
The most dangerous highway in the US is 10 miles of U.S. 19 in Pasco County, Florida. See the 25 deadliest stretches and the worst stretch in each state.
What is Map Matching? GPS Traces, Methods and Examples
Map matching places each GPS record on the road a vehicle drove. How it works, nearest-road snapping vs hidden Markov models, and a test on Ann Arbor drives.
Putting the HERE Technologies and Wherobots partnership to work
Every road out of Mount Hermon, California, runs beside high-risk power lines. Wherobots and HERE Location Reasoning measured the trade-off in miles and minutes.
Geospatial Big Data: Why Analytics Is Hard to Scale
Teams struggle to scale geospatial analytics for five reasons: data volume, mixed formats, many coordinate systems, spatial joins and pipeline upkeep.
What is an Isochrone? Isochrone Maps and Travel Time
An isochrone is the area reachable from a place within a set travel time. How isochrones are computed, isochrone vs radius, and a King County test.
What is a Geospatial Database? Definition, Examples
A geospatial database stores geometry, indexes it by location and runs spatial SQL queries. The definition, examples, and how to choose one by workload.
What is a Map Projection? Types, Distortion, Examples
A map projection flattens the Earth onto a map and distorts area, shape, distance or direction. Projection types, examples, and how to choose one.
