When GIS is everywhere, what is it? As GIS becomes mainstream, it is aided by a proliferation of open-source, easily accessible platforms. The expansion of software development is making an entirely new business model: the […]
The launch of the Canadian Earth observation satellites (known collectively as the RADARSAT Constellation) has been delayed until February 2019. SpaceX originally planned to send the satellites up for ship location and Arctic observation in […]
GIS is transforming key industries The geospatial data market is expected to grow to $73.9 billion by 2021, benefitting seven key industries in the process: Agriculture, transportation, energy, retail, defence and intelligence, the federal government, […]
Most image analysis tasks can now run online thanks to EOS Platform, a new cloud service by EOS Data Analytics for search, analysis, storing, and visualization of geospatial data. With EOS Platform you get access […]
Will a new Geospatial Analysis tool from Uber challenge traditional GIS software? Kepler.gl is Uber’s new “data-agnostic, high-performance web-based application for visual exploration of large-scale geolocation data set”. With no need for coding, Kepler.gl is […]
Using Australia’s Open Data Cube technology, countries in Africa and around the world are finding new ways to use data to address key development challenges. During the week of May 7-11, countries and organizations gathered […]
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks comments on the draft charter of a proposed Earth Observation Exploitation Platform Domain Working Group (DWG). Earth Observation (EO) data captured by satellites has always been ‘big’ but an […]
These stories are making waves in world geospatial news. The dark side of smart cities, a possible pay-wall for Landsat data, the amazing Earthtime Platform launched for earth Day, Chinese satellite Gaofen-5, Leidos… and more. […]