The primary challenge that developers generally face when trying to work with this data is that the tooling out there is not ...

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. The world we live in is spatial. Think about how many times you use ...

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 ...

What do environmental management, urban planning, public health and civil engineering all have in common? They use geospatial information science and technology to make important decisions. Geospatial ...

IEEE Spatial Web chair George Percivall explains how the recently-approved IEEE P2874 Spatial Web Standard complements existing Web and digital twins’ standards to guide the development of ...

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 ...

UNG is launching its master's degree in spatial data and information sciences this fall, aiming to help students become leaders in integrative data analysis. Spatial data scientists analyze the ...

Spatial biology is reshaping how researchers study cancer by revealing the architecture and complexity of tumors in extraordinary detail. Through techniques that combine protein- and gene-level ...

African countries have made strides in embedding geospatial data into decision-making. Key achievements include: Despite these milestones, the industry faces persistent challenges that slow momentum.