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 […]

Learn Spatial SQL

40+ Spatial SQL Resources and Guides

One of the top questions I get asked is what my favorite resources are for learning any given topic, and spatial SQL is always near the top of that list It’s no secret that I am a big fan of spatial SQL (see my past posts on the topic). It’s speed, scale, and ability to […]

Learn Spatial SQL

Join all the things in spatial SQL

In this post, we will take a look at joining data in SQL. We will take a quick look at joining data in SQL generally, and then how to perform spatial joins using spatial relationships. Let’s take a look at the answers to the challenges from the previous post If you are following along, in […]

Tapping into the power of spatial SQL aggregations

Use aggregations in SQL to group your data and perform large scale spatial joins Picking up where we left off from our last tutorial, we will jump right into the next set of topics: Using the WHERE clause to do more advanced filtering of your data Aggregations by grouping your data, filtering aggregated data using […]