From Desktop GIS to Cloud: A Beginner’s Roadmap to Modern GIS Tool

Modern GIS is changing fast. If you’ve been working with QGIS, ArcGIS, or any other desktop GIS tool, you’ve probably hit some limitations—datasets getting too big, processing times slowing down, and collaboration becoming a challenge. The good news? The cloud offers a way forward. But how do you make that transition? How do you go […]

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Why the geospatial industry is stuck (and how we can fix it together)

I want to set the scene that may seem odd at first, but it will help explain this post as we go along. Transport yourself back to a bustling school cafeteria at lunchtime. The room hums with chatter as students gather around their tables, each unpacking their lunch. Some have crisp apple slices and hearty […]

Why Cloud-Native Geospatial Is the Future of GIS (And What Comes Next)

For decades, working in GIS meant downloading massive datasets, struggling with storage limits, and figuring out how to make sense of it all locally. I remember those early days clearly—each download felt like a commitment, and each analysis came with its own compromise. We got used to it. But looking back, that entire process feels […]

How Placekey Is Revolutionizing Spatial Joins and Entity Resolution

If you’ve ever tried to merge location data from different sources, you’ve probably run into the same nightmare I have: mismatched formats, duplicate addresses, missing POIs, and enough edge cases to make your head spin. This is why I was excited to sit down with Hayden Mortimer, president of Placekey, on the latest episode of […]

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The Future of Spatial Stack: Why I’m doubling down on the conversations that matters most in geospatial

Over the last few months, I’ve had a chance to step back and ask a simple but vital question: what do I actually want the Spatial Stack to be? Not just the podcast. Not just a channel. But the broader movement it’s becoming. I’ve been fortunate to spend the last year at the intersection of […]