In our data-rich world, here’s the most fascinating aspect of spatial analysis: The more complex the problem, the more multi-layered it is, the more powerful spatial analysis is. Understanding and ...

Data is often referred to as the new oil of the digital economy, representing a highly valuable and untapped asset. To fully realize the potential of spatial data, various spatial data marketplace ...

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 ...

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 ...

Don Murray is cofounder of Safe Software and has spent his career helping organizations bring life to data to make better decisions. How many times a day do you think about the word "where"? It likely ...

Geospatial data governance roadmaps provide a plan to improve organizational effectiveness and efficiency by assembling geospatial data into actionable information that is reliably delivered to ...

With record-breaking temperatures across the South, smoke from Canadian wildfires across the North, historic flooding in the Northeast and a powerful hurricane in the Southeast, the summer of 2023 has ...