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 […]

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 […]

How Urban Planners are Using Geospatial Technology for Building Smart Resilient Cities
Geospatial technology is used in multiple disciplines and it is proven to be an aesthetic tool for urban planning in last few years. Planning is systematic sequence of actions for doing or achieving a goal. Planning is evolved in ancient time, the oldest Harappa and Mohen Jo Daro in India, when excavated, evidences of planning […]

Shahnaz Parveen on Business Development and Marketing Career Opportunities in Geospatial Industry
We approached Shahnaz Parveen, Business Development Executive at Scanpoint Geomatics Ltd, to share her experience in the geospatial field. Know about her journey to success and what insights she gave into the future of geospatial technology in India post-Covid-19. 1. Please share your journey to pursue a career in the geospatial industry For me, I […]

The Secret Behind COVID-19 Mapping Using Geospatial Applications
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a kind of common virus that causes an infection in your nose, sinuses, or upper throat. And it becomes difficult to breathe. It spreads through the droplets and might infect another person, if there is a physical contact with the minute droplets. The first COVID-19 case appeared in China in December 30, […]

Multispectral Satellite Imagery: Processing Using Python
Earth observation satellites collect data using two methods, passive and active. Passive sensors use the sun as an illumination source. Sun’s energy is either reflected, absorbed or re-emitted. The electromagnetic radiation which is reflected or emitted from the earth’s surface is recorded by passive sensors. Examples include multispectral and hyperspectral sensors. On the other hand, […]

Simple Tricks For Geocoding Any Address & Plotting Maps Using Python
Geocoding : Geocoding refers to the process of taking inputs such as an address or the name of a place in the form of text, and returning latitude-longitude information i.e. location on the Earth’s surface for that place. Reverse Geocoding : Reverse Geocoding is a process which takes geographic coordinates (latitude-longitude) information as input and […]

The Geospatial Startup Ecosystem In India Is Buzzing, Says Shiva Dhawan, CEO of Attentive AI
Attentive AI is a geospatial startup with a vision to create an accurate, constantly updating digital twin of our physical world. The company has developed artificially intelligent systems that analyze petabytes of geospatial imagery and convert it into accurate insights. Attentive AI aims to serve geospatial technology providers and end-users with 2D and 3D vector […]