Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

Geospatial imagery analytics market expected to grow rapidly

25 September 2017 Geoff Zeiss

An very interesting report on the geospatial imagery analytics market in 2017 and its growth through 2022 has been released by MarketsandMarkets. The analysis looks at different types of imagery analytics (imagery analytics, video analytics), […]

Do you really need a GIS to do spatial analytics ?

22 September 2017 Geoff Zeiss

Geospatial technology – spatial data management and analytics – is being used in many industries outside of the traditional GIS sector. Analysts and IT folks in these industries may be surprised to find that the […]

Geospatial data bill before Congress would stifle the geospatial sector in the U.S.

30 August 2017 Geoff Zeiss

At a GITA-sponsored webinar yesterday John Wertman, responsible for government relations at the American Association of Geographers (AAG), gave an insightful presentation about the Geospatial Data Act (GDA) of 2017 (S.1253) which has been introduced […]

$2 billion LRT could have been completed one and half years earlier with reliable underground utility information

29 August 2017 Geoff Zeiss

The Sydney Light Rail Project is a $2.1 billion PPP project for 12 km of light rail to be completed by 2019. Prior to awarding the contract for construction the Department of Transport for New […]

Antarctic ice core record extended to 2.7 million years ago

17 August 2017 Geoff Zeiss

Last week at a Goldschmidt conference in Paris it was reported that ice cores captured in Antarctica have been dated to 2.7 million years ago. Previously the oldest ice cores from Antarctica from the Dome […]

Geospatial technology captures wall instability and collapse in an open pit mine

16 August 2017 Geoff Zeiss

One of the most exciting presentations at the SA Geotech conference in Johannesburg was a presentation by Jason Richards of Maptek. He talked about using geospatial technology to map in space and time the instability and […]

Open source geospatial application reduces copper cable theft by 70%

7 August 2017 Geoff Zeiss

A highlight of the SA Geotech conference in Johannesburg was a presentation by Ryno Goosen of Suritec Geospatial. Ryno, who was awarded the Best Paper prize at SA Geotec, gave a fascinating presentation about how he […]

Growing interest in underground utility detection in South Africa

27 July 2017 Geoff Zeiss

In South Africa there appears to be growing interest in underground utility detection. One of the highlights of the SA Geotech conference in Johannesburg where I had been invited to give a keynote was a demonstration […]