By Juli Miller GIS, or Geographic Information System, is a system that allows for the mapping, analysis, and manipulation of geographical and spatial data. It serves as a method to solve physical issues via virtual development, enabling the visualization of...
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By Katelyn Neff “Navteca is a woman and minority-owned technology services company focusing on emerging technologies and IT innovation, like cloud and virtual reality.” https://www.navteca.com/about The American Geographical Society recently spoke with Shayna Skolnik, co-founder, and CEO of Navteca about...
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By Nathaly Garzon Physical changes to roads, terrain, buildings and more can occur at any moment and affect a vast array of things. More important than fresh maps, are fresh maps that know what’s changed so that’s why it’s important...
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By Dane Gambrell The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) is a data collection, analysis, and mapping project. The project provides a free database of “conflict events”, such as military action, riots, protests, terrorist attacks, and other acts...
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By Juli Miller Methane is a powerful and dangerous greenhouse gas. Responsible for one fourth of global warming, this gas is 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide, marking it as a major contributor to our warming crisis. As the...
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By Dane Gambrell Can artificial intelligence map the world? Ecopia.AI (“Ecopia”), a geospatial data and technology company based in Toronto, Ontario, thinks that the answer is a resounding “yes.” The American Geographical Society recently spoke with Co-Founder and President Jon...
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By Nigel Jaffe As with many industries at the cutting edge of technology—bitcoin, AI, machine learning—the world of 3D data can seem opaque even to companies who make use of it every day. Modern society is awash in data to...
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By: Ligia Clara Along with growing levels of pollution in our environment, increased awareness of these problems has prompted people and organizations to counteract the global damage caused by a lack of environmentally conscious decisions. The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit...
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By: Ligia Clara Industrial activities such as mining and oil spills have long altered terrestrial and aquatic environments, and the damage can be partially blamed on a lack of equipment available to monitor the effects of those activities on ecosystems...
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By Nigel Jaffe To many people, “geospatial data” may seem a difficult concept to define. Its potential applications, meanwhile, can be even more nebulous. Both questions are easier to tackle when you realize that geospatial data, far from being a...
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