In the 2017 autumn budget the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an important initiative to increase the value of the contribution of spatial data to the UK economy. The Geospatial Commission was created in the […]
The Geospatial Commission’s Annual Plan 2019/20 describes the activities that it plans to undertake in 2019/2020 to develop the UK’s National Geospatial Strategy. The first project announced for 2019/2020 is its intention to fund two […]
A number of years ago an initiative was funded under the ARRA economic stimulus package to initiate what was then called LiDAR for the Nation. This has resulted in a USGS initiative called 3D Elevation […]
As part of the Prime Minister’s London Tech Week roundtable, the UK Government has announced that key parts of the OS MasterMap will be made openly available for the public and businesses to use. OS […]
Governments are consolidating the role of geospatial data and technology in central governments. I have blogged about the Geospatial Data Act of 2017 in the U.S. Studies of the value of spatial data and technology […]
The latest estimate of the annual contribution of the geospatial industry to the world economy of US$400 billion represents a substantial increase over a previous estimate of US$150-270 billion released in 2013. Both reports agree that […]
Prashant Shukle, Director General of Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (CCMEO) at Natural Resources Canada, invited the Canadian geospatial community to a pre-release discussion of the just released Canadian Geomatics Environmental Scan and Economic […]
A report commissioned by Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) and carried out by Indecon International Economic Consultants estimates that the geospatial information industry directly contributed €69.3-million (Gross Added Value) to the Irish economy in 2012. […]