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Avoiding a Pointless-verse

A “metaverse” holds so much potential beyond just social media and marketing platforms. Substantive uses for infrastructure design, construction, and management get little mention. The geomatics, geospatial, and AEC communities need to change the narrative. […]

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International Geospatial Briefing Feb 14th: 1. GIS in Transportation; 2. Black Culture Mapped Across the U.S.; 3. Geospatial Trends to Watch in 2022; 4. GIS & Disaster Damage Assessments; 5. Improving Opportunities for Women in Geospatial Careers; 6. Using AI to Measure Antarctic Surface Ice; 7. Tracking Wildfires in the Arctic

India using GIS to Improve and Expand Transportation Infrastructure India has the second-largest road and rail network in the world, and the logistical costs are higher than other countries of similar scale. These high costs […]

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International Geospatial Briefing Nov 22: 1. Two million square km of the seafloor mapped. 2. Importance of marine geospatial data. 3. Using smartphones to map road potholes. 4. Into the metaverse. 5. The Geography of Mysteries. 6. Mapping our human footprint.

NOAA Ocean Exploration Meets Major Mapping Milestone on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has reached a major mapping milestone with two million square kilometers of the seafloor mapped. To achieve […]