Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) have transformed the way we capture, store, and analyse spatial data by integrating methods from computer science, statistics and geography. Central to GIS is the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Visual inspections of the power grid have traditionally relied on manual methods and reactive responses. These inspections, whether performed on foot, by helicopter or drone, often involve fragmented ...

The widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and cloud computing geospatial technologies led to the growth of geospatial imagery analytics in the U.S. Regional ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Combination of Cesium plus iTwin offers developers the most comprehensive digital platform for the built and natural environment Example of a design review process leveraging the Cesium integration ...

No audio available for this content. 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 ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer confined to our personal devices, homes or entertainment systems. It's increasingly stepping into our workplaces, vehicles, industrial sites and public ...