Location Analytics Matters
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Unlocking the Hidden Value: The Cost of Not Monetizing Your Data
Data Monetization is a hot topic, with companies looking to create new revenue streams from this asset. Learn what the main problems are and how to work around them to build and sell your Data-as-a-Service products.
Store Cannibalization
If the spatial component is not considered since the first steps of territory occupation, the store network might not be as well structured as desired…
Health, Data Privacy and Geography
It’s safe to say that when someone thinks about Medicine, it doesn’t think about maps… Except if we were talking about COVID-19, in the last three years.
Life decisions and Geography: Buying a house, part I
Buying a house is quite an adventure. Geography can help making the right decision, because there is one thing you cannot change in your house after: Location.
When Geography meets Business
How Geography is in any way related to business activities? Isn’t Geography just “National Geographic” and knowing the names of the rivers and mountains?
Spreadsheets vs. Maps
As you do not need to be an ace mathematician to work with a spreadsheet, you do not need to be a GIS expert to work with it. GIS takes an advantage over spreadsheets when it comes to spatial data.
A New Era for Geography
We, as an industry, dedicate a significant amount of time talking about what we could name our core activity: Geographic Information Systems, Location Intelligence, Location Analytics, Geospatial, (…), the list goes on and on.
Data Analytics: the time is now!
The business world has long realized the power of data, and, in the last decade, has been investing intensively in resources, both human and technological, to allow transforming data into valuable information, capable of supporting better business decisions.
Why are Data Monetization projects failing?
We can say that a company starts doing Data Monetization when it starts treating its own business data as an asset and gain the benefits from maximizing its value. It looks simple and logical, but why, and where, are the data monetization projects failing?
A Map and Data tale during COVID-19 times
With the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on people's lives, Mapidea took upon a mission to show how COVID-19 is affecting the Portuguese population. We felt the need to contribute to the community and translate the data published by the official sources into meaningful information, to better understand the situation we are living in.
4 Steps to Start Getting Value from Location Analytics
Most businesses don’t use maps. Decisions like where to open new stores, place advertisements or expand services
are made mainly using spreadsheets, charts and “magic” intuition. Learn the 4 steps to finally start getting value from
analysis on the map.
3 reasons why you use Maps to get everywhere, but never saw your business on a Map
Google Maps helped spread the online usage of features like geographic search, directions, or simply browsing maps for fun. Billions of people are using maps every single day to find relevant locations and support better decisions.
Why Could Location Analytics Become a Key Player on the Retail Scene?
With the advent of Location Analytics, retail businesses are able to identify the best location for their new store.
Mapidea at Telco AI Summit Europe
Mapidea’s product team will be at the Telco AI Summit Europe next week in London to showcase how Telco companies can take advantage of their data in a geographical context.
Location Analytics in Pharma - A Bigger Deal Than You May Think
Learn how Location Analytics can drive success to your business. Understand your customers better, benchmark against competition, optimize marketing campaigns and tap into new opportunities.
A John Snow approach to Business
London 1854. Difficult times for London population, specially in Soho, when a cholera outbreak killed thousands. A map saved the city. How?
How Can Location Analytics Revolutionize Your Business?
Learn how Location Analytics can drive success to your business. Understand your customers better, benchmark against competition, optimize marketing campaigns and tap into new opportunities.
4 Ways Telcos are Using Location Analytics to Transform Their Business
Telco is an industry where competition is cutthroat. Understanding trends, relationships along with patterns in quick time decides the competitive edge in this sector. This assists businesses to evolve with the rising market demands and staying on top with the dynamics of the market in tandem.