A new open-source GIS written in Rust runs natively and in the browser, starts in a fraction of a second, and treats every button as a scriptable command. Four releases appeared in thirteen days. We ...

CARTO founder Javier de la Torre returns as CEO. We examine Agentic GIS, competition, profitability questions and CARTO’s ...

Can an AI-assisted QGIS plugin actually speed up contour digitising, or does it just move the work around? We tested it on a small sand mine in Poland, comparing the present-day land surface with a ...

AI is changing how we work with geographic information. For GIS teams, the next step is making it useful in everyday projects: updating land records, managing urban infrastructure or improving ...

Discover how Open Cosmos connects Earth observation, onboard processing, and satellite communications to turn orbital data ...

GISTC International brought together GIS practitioners from 15 countries to discuss how AI can improve mapping, land management and public services. Its practical focus makes it an event to watch for ...

Earth-observation systems produce vast historical archives, but the models creating those archives often behave as if every year were the first. A crop-mapping model might process the latest Sentinel ...

Census income maps are essential infrastructure for public policy, retail planning and social research. They are also snapshots. By the time a decennial census has been cleaned, mapped and embedded in ...

AI can help you plan a trip, but it cannot replace an offline map. Conversational search, AI route builders and review summaries generally need a connection, while downloaded maps keep working when ...

A map no longer has to be something we look at. An autonomous car can use a map that no passenger will ever see. A robot can navigate through a structured spatial model built for computation rather ...

Google is making a bigger claim for geospatial AI than faster map production. Its latest research suggests that reusable mathematical representations of places could become part of the basic ...