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Gombe, Tanzania, is one of the few conservation landscapes in the world where more than six decades of continuous field research are combined with cutting-edge geospatial innovation. In the place wher...

In 1969, Jack and Laura Dangermond launched Esri with a bold idea: geographic tools could help people understand – and actively shape – a better world. Such tools now underpin billions of maps cre...

The lack of a large, open benchmark dataset that combines Earth observation imagery with accurate cadastral references has been holding back progress in the land administration community. This article...

How have advances in aerial mapping played a role in the transformation to smart cities? These 4 case studies show how airborne data continues to shape modern urban development. What began an experime...

Having begun in the 1990s, the digitization of the property cadastre in Switzerland has now nearly been completed. At the same time, the cadastre of public-law restrictions on land ownership was also...

Now is the moment for GIS leaders, developers, analysts and educators to step forward, according to Wanjohi Kibui of LiGIS Consulting in Kenya. The global GIS market is predicted to grow by over 13% t...
Busan, South Korea's second-largest city, is doubling down on digital innovation for urban management. The city has agreed to extend its partnership with Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporati...
In a significant step in its digital transformation, the German city of Mainz and its municipal data centre (KDZ) have joined forces with VertiGIS and Esri Germany to overhaul the geospatial data inf...
What if Europe spoke one consistent geographic language? That is the ambition behind EuroCoreReferenceMap, a new pan-European dataset now under development by the national mapping authorities of Franc...
Aerial survey specialist Bluesky International, a Woolpert company, has introduced two new datasets designed to significantly enhance how trees across the UK are mapped, monitored and managed. Buildin...
Strong uptake and growing demand for harmonized cross-border geospatial data underline the impact of Open Maps For Europe 2. Since its launch, the initiative has demonstrated how authoritative nationa...
1Spatial, a global provider of geospatial data solutions, has been selected by Ordnance Survey as prime contractor for a five-year agreement to deliver the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) D...
Cartography is about describing the world in the form of maps and diagrams. Classic cartography produces paper maps but nowadays this field also encompasses Geographical Information Systems and the products produced by these systems. Cartography is heavily dependent on data from [Remote sensing] and [Land surveying and topography] for the dry part of our world and [marine surveying and bathymetry] for the wet parts of our world.
Cartography / GIS can be found in almost any industry vertical where it transforms the various data sources into products readily useable in for example [land and water management], [climate] and [farming and conservation].