The goal is to improve risk management and expand access to more customers in markets that better data now makes possible.

Summary: Google’s Research division has introduced new geospatial AI foundation models. With these models integrated into Gemini 2.5, you can ask complex questions in natural language and get detailed ...

Open the Planetary Computer data catalog and you will find all kinds of useful data: from decades’ worth of satellite imagery to biomass maps, from the US Census to fire data. All together, there are ...

The Overture Maps Foundation, a collaborative effort to build interoperable open map data, is offering the general availability of its Global Entity Reference System (GERS)—providing a unique ID for ...

This workshop explored how advances in geospatial technologies could inform “precision environmental health”—targeted public health interventions that reach the right populations at the right time.

Geospatial engineering combines principles of engineering, geography, and surveying to collect, analyze, and manage spatial data. Geospatial engineering involves surveying. Over time, the field of ...

Christchurch in New Zealand lost 14.5% of its urban tree cover in just five years, according to a study that used GIS, LiDAR, ...

Transforming retail with smarter use of spatial technologies and analyticsBy Tracy Burrows for Esri South AfricaJohannesburg, 28 Apr 2026 Stuart Martin, Geospatial Data Lead, Esri South Africa. The ...