Was big data in GIS ever a thing? When we talk about big data in geospatial and GIS, it tends to open up quite the debate. On one hand, you have the promise of detailed insights and the ability to understand our world in ways we’ve never imagined. On the other, there’s the stark reality […]
Esri’s integration of DuckDB hints at modern GIS progress, but is it enough to shed its legacy systems?
Here are the two questions I get asked most often by people online or at events: Here’s the unfiltered and direct answer to the second question: it took almost a decade, and I’m still learning. Today, I want to give you a transparent look into my journey—from my first attempts at learning to program to […]
Earlier this year I wrote a post which addressed the ubiquitous phrase in the geospatial industry that 80% of data contains a spatial component. The problem with this statement is that there is no single source where this stat line came from, even though it has been used widely for years. Some have tried to track this down, but I […]
Look I have been talking about modern GIS for about three years now (a full three if you count this post). And the adoption of the term has grown significantly since my first full article on the topic in January 2022: But in the past year or so something caught my eye from a specific company that says […]
