USGS stands for United States Geological Survey, Originally, the US Geological Survey was committed to discovering the geological and mineral resources of Western lands, but it has grown over its 139-year history to greatly extend our understanding of natural science. Most mapping in the United States was performed by military expeditions and several independent government […]

Magnasoft’s New Leadership Engagement
Leadership Engagement News: Bhupinder Singh, former Chief Product Officer, Bentley Systems joins Magnasoft’s Board of Directors As the world is preparing to thrive in the post COVID world, Magnasoft, a leader in the realm of digital geospatial information and services with a presence across India, the UK, and the USA brings in some encouraging news. […]

Top 10 Space-Tech Strat-ups And Their Contribution To The Space Industry
Amidst the pandemic, everything seems to be falling, and the last thing space technology experts would wish to see their advancements going downhill and its effect on space travel. Thankfully, there have been notable developments in the space technology industry with the help of evolving startups in India and around the world over the last […]

Role of Geospatial Technologies in Rural Development
Rural development is a complex blend of offering opportunities and avenues and fulfilling rural aspirations to sustain their growth. Rural development is primarily dependent on the socio-economic patterns and demography of an area. No one model fits all the rural areas, but it is about the unique legacies, demographic variation and well-planned strategies that counts […]

How Geospatial Technology is Crucial in Production of Renewable Energy
With the increasing chances of depletion of essential energy sources like coal, crude oil, and natural gas over a few decades, finalizing suitable alternatives is the need of the hour. Experts have come up with the idea of using renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal in place of the otherwise typical […]

Influence of Geosptial Technology on Elections
Geospatial technology has been an invaluable application used in diverse sectors of the world economy such as banking and finance, construction, transportation, natural resources management, weather forecast, social networking, monitoring and evaluation, research, elections, tourism, and several others. Talking about its influence on electoral operations, it can play a crucial role in election management, given […]

Meet the Speakers for SDSC20 Conference by Carto
Nowadays, Geospatial awareness and location data is changing the way of living, and way of running our businesses from smartphones. Visualizing data is helping us to vision where things are and to understand why they happen there. You will surprise to know that 80% of data generated has a location component. However, Carto is a […]

CARTO and GAH Conducting the SDSC 2020
With the technologically speeding world, GIS education plays a big-time vital role in the process of advancement. CARTO, having been established back in 2012, has now successfully set its mark as the world’s leading organization in the field of GIS education. Starting from cell phones to connected cars, the location data helps transform the way […]

Location Intelligence in Business Management
Time never stops for you so, is the life. We all are in motion and life moves along with it. The bread which is served in your morning breakfast might have travelled miles to reach that location. Location and its dynamics are significant. A product needs to reach its right buyer on time and modern […]

An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems: A Primer for the Novice
An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems: A Primer for the Novice Mapping has transfigured how we contemplate about location. Maps are important decision-making tools. They help us get to places, and are becoming more immersed in our day-to-day lives. Let me introduce you to a burgeoning technological field- Geographic Information System or Geographic Information Science […]