Abstract: To improve the unsupervised training of geospatial foundation models, we propose a novel approach that prepares diverse and unbiased datasets by maximizing an information entropy of selected ...

The Department of Homeland Security intends to recompete a contract worth up to $100 million for geospatial information system software and services. Environmental Systems Research Institute is the ...

Musa Kazim Azimli, a fifth-year doctoral candidate in history at the University of Virginia, tells the stories of spaces that no longer exist. Specializing in slavery in the Middle East, his research ...

Remotely sensed geospatial data are critical for applications including precision agriculture, urban planning, disaster monitoring and response, and climate change research, among others. Deep ...

Apple has introduced two interesting ways to view photos across its platforms, Spatial Photos and Spatial Scenes, and each adds depth in its own way. Here are the differences and what you need to know ...

In iOS 26, Apple's Spatial Scenes feature can transform ordinary photos into dynamic, three-dimensional pictures that respond to your movements. By adding depth and subtle motion to flat images, this ...

Welcome to the official repository for Introduction to GIS Programming: A Practical Python Guide to Open Source Geospatial Tools. This repository contains all the code examples featured in the book, ...

Functions are the building blocks of Python programming. They let you organize your code, reduce repetition, and make your programs more readable and reusable. Whether you’re writing small scripts or ...

Remember how Tony Stark would flick floating holograms in the Iron Man movies? Now imagine you are standing in your kitchen, asking your smart assistant for a recipe and the recipe actually appears, ...

It’s one thing to talk about commercial geospatial intelligence and another to see it. At the 2025 GEOINT Symposium in St. Louis last month, companies displayed their latest imagery and discussed ...

ABSTRACT: For thirty years, the social GIS literature has warned that powerful mapping technologies can become normalized in society through naïve empiricism. Technologies come to seem value-free and ...

Spatial Digital Twins require four tech layers: (1) data acquisition/processing, (2) spatial data modeling & management, (3) GIS software & APIs, and (4) core ...