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Andy Hoggarth’s role at the helm of BD at CARIS is to understand trends in the business space industry as it evolves and to translate these from idea to product. Given the spectrum of his expertise,...

Over the last few weeks, coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread all over the world. Countries such as China, Italy and Spain are particularly impacted, but almost every country across the globe is affected...

Nearly all engineering, architecture and construction (AEC) professionals focus on finding new ways to increase margins and reduce liability in their businesses. As technology moves so quickly, it can...

In a project in Haiti, several remotely sensed indicators were assessed to predict the completeness of Open Street Map for use in disaster relief and to guide future mapping efforts. Timely informatio...

Canada’s Pollutant Inventories and Reporting Division (PIRD) faces the massive task of creating a greenhouse gas inventory for the entire nation. A key part of this analysis is the use of remotely s...

How can we address the need for frequent large-scale mapping in order to model real-time change? In this column, John Welter, president of geospatial content solutions at Hexagon Geosystems, zooms in ...
Google has launched AlphaEarth Foundations, an advanced AI model that brings the Earth into unprecedented focus. Developed by DeepMind, Google’s artificial intelligence research lab, the system acts...
Thanks to a new expansion, users of the Copernicus Reference Data Access (CORDA) database now have access to more authoritative geospatial information than ever before – including 102 newly added da...
The Geological Survey of the Netherlands (part of TNO), together with Edge Hill University and international partners, has unveiled an innovative online geological map that sheds new light on Europe's...
Prof Dr Ferdinand Jan ‘Ferjan’ Ormeling Jr – a pioneer of thematic and atlas cartography, as well as geographical names – sadly passed away on 13 June this year. Menno-Jan Kraak, former presid...
At its 2025 Partner Conference, Esri announced that Google’s photorealistic 3D Tiles will be integrated into the ArcGIS ecosystem. Besides being a technical enhancement, this signals Esri’s contin...
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 ...
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].