Discrete Global Grid Systems (DGGS) have emerged as a robust framework for organising and analysing geospatial data across the entire Earth. By partitioning the globe into a hierarchy of optimally ...

Niantic Spatial's latest product launches enhance what's possible with "machine-readable" data for AI's world mapping.

Niantic Spatial, the company spun out of Pokémon GO maker Niantic, is launching a revamped version of its Scaniverse platform ...

The Overture Maps Foundation, a collaborative effort to build interoperable open map data, is offering the general availability of its Global Entity Reference System (GERS)—providing a unique ID for ...

Open the Planetary Computer data catalog and you will find all kinds of useful data: from decades’ worth of satellite imagery to biomass maps, from the US Census to fire data. All together, there are ...

This workshop explored how advances in geospatial technologies could inform “precision environmental health”—targeted public health interventions that reach the right populations at the right time.

Data is often referred to as the new oil of the digital economy, representing a highly valuable and untapped asset. To fully realize the potential of spatial data, various spatial data marketplace ...

Geospatial engineering combines principles of engineering, geography, and surveying to collect, analyze, and manage spatial data. Geospatial engineering involves surveying. Over time, the field of ...

Don Murray is cofounder of Safe Software and has spent his career helping organizations bring life to data to make better decisions. How many times a day do you think about the word "where"? It likely ...

No audio available for this content. My last newsletter highlighted the products on the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Alpha Preliminary Products site. The alpha site provides products that ...

This year’s Tasmanian State of GIS Conference theme will reflect the ongoing convergence of the geospatial sector and the IT world.