Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) have transformed the way we capture, store, and analyse spatial data by integrating methods from computer science, statistics and geography. Central to GIS is the ...

Location data is critical to nearly all state and local government work — whether it’s responding to a public safety call, supporting community planning and development, or maintaining critical ...

As AI tools introduce unilateral decision-making in the construction industry, the standards for adoption increase.

Don Murray is cofounder of Safe Software and has spent his career helping organizations bring life to data to make better decisions. The world we live in is spatial. Think about how many times you use ...

In my August 2025 GPS World newsletter column, I highlighted that a colleague reminded me that the National Geodetic Survey’s (NGS) new National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) is more than a ...

Top: Devil’s Elbow Trestle Bridge near Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Bottom: A LiDAR scan of the same trestle bridge. (Sgt. 1st Class Andrew French and CW4 Michael Baber) The current state of ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Planimetric imagery is a foundational element of modern geographic information systems (GIS), providing detailed two-dimensional representations of features located on the Earth’s surface. Unlike ...

Effective data governance requires a mindset that treats data as an asset, which is just as important as a physical “sticks and bricks” asset with a life cycle. The drivers behind this change include ...

This chapter describes typical airport geospatial data maintenance procedures. Such procedures are a critical part of geospatial data governance. These procedures have been generalized, as the role of ...