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There is no doubt that almost everybody has been affected in some way by the Covid-19 virus. In this article we have brought together news items which show how the pandemic has impacted on the geospat...
'What if we put fit-for-purpose land administration thinking into a single app?' wonders Brent Jones, the man who oversees Esri's worldwide strategic planning, business development and marketing acti...
Large amounts of personal data, such as faces and number plates, are collected during mobile mapping. Receiving consent from individuals for large-scale data collection is not feasible but is required...
An approach for valuing rural customary farmlands has been assessed in a case study in Ghana with a view to supporting land consolidation for food security. Customary lands account for 80% of Ghana�...
Geospatial technology can play an important role in the expansion of hospital capacity in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In this feature, David Fowkes, sales director at 3D mapping and monitori...
Why is unsupervised segmentation the key to sustainable automation? Automation in point cloud data processing is central for building efficient decision-making systems and to cut labour costs. The ide...
Ordnance Survey (OS) has revealed that its open datasets are now available through Snowflake Marketplace. This paves the way for innovation across sectors from urban development and EV infrastructure ...
TomTom has partnered with Esri to bring its extensive map and traffic data to ArcGIS, Esri’s powerful geospatial platform. This collaboration between one of the leaders in location technology and th...
Open Maps For Europe 2 (OME2) has expanded the Open Cadastral Map by adding Greece, Latvia, Luxembourg and Slovakia in its latest update. This brings the total to ten countries now featured in the pro...
MapAI, a pioneer in generative AI for geospatial data analytics, has announced the successful closure of a AUD $1.3 million funding round, backed by FrontierSI and UNSW Sydney. This milestone undersco...
Picterra has introduced a new all-in-one platform for plot monitoring, reporting and verification. This innovative tool is designed to support companies in the supply chains of soft commodities and fo...
In a groundbreaking move, Clark Labs’ TerrSet/IDRISI will be made available as an open-access, free software version, starting on 2 December. For nearly four decades, scientists have relied on TerrS...
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].
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