Top Modern GIS Skils for GIS Analysts in 2022

GIS Analysts serve the incredibly important purpose of providing detailed analysis and flexible results working with a wide range of data and tools. Not only do GIS Analysts work with many different stakeholder groups, but they also have to maintain a flexible workflow and use a wide range of data, delivering easy to use and […]

What is Modern GIS?

The GIS we use and practice today is fundamentally different from the GIS we used previously. In the past, I have written about the need to define geospatial as a practice, and yet again I think it is time to define another term in our space. Modern GIS is something that is starting to take […]

What is spatial SQL?

What is spatial SQL?

Spatial SQL is not just a query language. It is becoming far more than that and its uses are expanding beyond just a database for spatial data. It allows for faster spatial analysis, supports spatial applications, enables spatial data science and machine learning, and far more. Because of these reasons I wanted to share a […]

Geospatial can’t solve the current supply chain crunch – but it can help make it more resilient going forward

Around the world, the current supply chain disruptions and backlog are being felt by companies and consumers alike across a wide range of products and categories. This article from the Washington Post shows the view of the Port of Los Angeles and the developing backlog of ships from satellite imagery. As a result, people working […]

Definition of geospatial

Geospatial needs to be defined

If you know, you know. That is a very short way of saying that “geospatial” lacks definition. In the past few years, and more so recently, I have seen more and more people who state that they work “in geospatial” or are “doing geospatial”, alongside a rise in many different job titles that have the […]