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 ...

Every modern map app hides a deeper system underneath, and that system is geospatial data. It is information tied to a location on Earth, usually through latitude and longitude, so software can ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — NV5 Global Inc., a provider of compliance, technology, and engineering consulting solutions, announced that Quantum Spatial, a division of NV5, has launched INSITE, a cloud-based ...

Imagine the scene: You’re driving in an unfamiliar city and use Google Maps on your iPhone to get directions to your next meeting. But you don’t just want to know how to get from point A to point B.

Geospatial data governance roadmaps provide a plan to improve organizational effectiveness and efficiency by assembling geospatial data into actionable information that is reliably delivered to ...

Upgrade Your Geospatial Toolkit With MTU's Online GIS Certificate. Geographic Information Science (GI Science) is an exciting, growing, multidisciplinary field that focuses on the study of geographic ...

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 ...