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 ...

Startup inspiration can strike anywhere. But for Atlas.co*, a freemium browser-based, real-time mapping tool that’s being built by an Oslo, Norway-based team of (initially student) engineers, the ...

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 ...

No audio available for this content. My last newsletter highlighted the products on the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Alpha Preliminary Products site. The alpha site provides products that ...

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 ...

Imagine the scene: You’re driving in an unfamiliar city and use Google Maps on your iPhone to get directions to your next meeting. But you don’t just want to know how to get from point A to point B.

No audio available for this content. 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 ...

The Yale GIS Accelerator program — which aims to teach University affiliates how to utilize geographic information systems, or GIS, in projects — began on Jan. 6, 2025. It is a five-day intensive GIS ...