The world is awash in a growing tsunami of data pouring from satellites, drones and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The ability to harness all that data, contextualize it in space and time and put ...

Geospatial data can be leveraged by businesses in multiple industries to refine processes ranging from marketing to logistics and can help leadership teams fine-tune research and decision-making.

For decades, plan review operated in what Avolve CEO Becky Tamashasky calls “geographic data isolation.” Reviewers, lacking ...

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 ...

Top: Devil’s Elbow Trestle Bridge near Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Bottom: A LiDAR scan of the same trestle bridge. (Sgt. 1st Class Andrew French and CW4 Michael Baber) The current state of ...

GIS data as a service reduces the cost and complexity of managing GIS infrastructure; Esri users connect directly to continuously updated data within ArcGIS environments, freeing ...

Computer analysis of geospatial data could be made more environmentally-friendly thanks to a groundbreaking new software model built by a team of scientists from a Scottish university. Researchers ...

Location data is critical to nearly all state and local government work — whether it’s responding to a public safety call, supporting community planning and development, or maintaining critical ...

A map can turn a flat table of coordinates into something you can read in seconds, and that is the real value of geospatial data visualization tools. They help you convert geographic data and ...

What are the key pain points that produce slow time to value with today's geospatial data technology implementations? Foursquare SVP of engineering Ankit Patel explained how to utilize geospatial data ...

The choices for how to structure geospatial data governance roles and responsibilities can seem daunting. One thing for certain, however, is that leaving key roles unfilled or unrealized will ensure ...