Given the current state of practice and visions for the future (including AI), certain practices should be reevaluated. This ...

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 ...

As the land surveying profession evolves to meet the changing needs of a high-tech world, advances in data collection and computing power support increasing demand for comprehensive geographic ...

Geospatial data integration and matching techniques are pivotal in reconciling spatial information from diverse sources, enabling comprehensive representation and analysis of the physical world. These ...

(Data West Research Agency definition: see GIS glossary.) To develop a GIS, an organized approach should be taken to obtain a successful system, and includes the following phases: a) geographic ...

The value of data is no longer in question. In 2017, The Economist decreed that "the world's most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data," and since then, discussion has raged around identifying ...

SAN ANTONIO – The U.S. Army Environmental Command’s (USAEC) Geospatial Information & Services team uses geographic information systems and technology to support Army installation operations worldwide ...

In 2011 Marc Andreseen famously wrote that software was eating the world. Unsurprisingly, he was right. Software continues to provide enormous business value with a previously unheard of ability to ...

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 ...

The initiatives described aim to strengthen the role of geospatial technologies within broader organizational strategies. Rather than operating as isolated systems, spatial tools are being designed to ...

OpenGeo released a major upgrade to its open source geospatial software suite — OpenGeo Suite 3.0 — bringing enhancements that aim to narrow the feature gap with established proprietary GIS solutions.