Geospatial data has the potential to revolutionize investment decision-making by providing investors with insights into the spatial dynamics of different markets and assets. Traditional data can be ...

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 ...

Don Murray is cofounder of Safe Software and has spent his career helping organizations bring life to data to make better decisions. The world we live in is spatial. Think about how many times you use ...

The ability of airports to leverage spatial data for the benefit of planning, design, delivery, maintenance, and operations has never been more important than it is today. With today’s approach of ...

USAID Administrator Samantha Power speaks during the Summit for Democracy on March 30, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) USAID on Wednesday released its first ...

Map out a future career in GIS. An emerging issue in the field of geospatial data science is the imbalance between the abundance of freely available big datasets and the limited number of ...

Genevieve Carlton holds a Ph.D. in history from Northwestern University and earned tenure at the University of Louisville. Drawing on over 15 years of experience in higher education, Genevieve ...

"Today, the data explaining our physical world is locked behind complex geospatial tools that only specialists can use. Think where we build, where we can restore nature, where climate risks will hit ...

In my August 2025 GPS World newsletter column, I highlighted that a colleague reminded me that the National Geodetic Survey’s (NGS) new National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) is more than a ...

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 ...

A non-governmental organisation, Fact Foundation, has trained the data team of Borno State Primary Health Care Development Board on the use of geospatial technology for health planning and service ...

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 ...