Committee hears technical update to Michigan's plane coordinate system to match federal modernization Witness Brett Hollingsworth said House Bill 5577 would align Michigan's plane coordinate system with the 2022 National Spatial Reference System, a federal modernization important for mapping, property boundaries and infrastructure projects.

Michigan's House Bill 5577 aims to modernize the state's plane coordinate system, ensuring precision in mapping and infrastructure projects while aligning with federal standards.

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#MI #CitizenPortal #MappingTechnology #LegalBoundaries #GeospatialData

South Korea Ends 19-Year Ban on Google Maps High-Precision Data Export Breaking the Map BarrierSouth Korea has reversed nearly two decades of resistance to allow Google to export high-precision geographic data,...

South Korea Ends 19-Year Ban on Google Maps High-Precision Data Export #SouthKorea #DataSovereignty #GeospatialData

What a cool tool!
If you’d like to learn more about geospatial data and meet @astroppe.bsky.social and her fantastic colleagues in person in Cologne, then check out our #GESISworkshop 👉 t1p.de/Intro_Geospa...

#Geospatialdata #GIS #SpatialAnalysis #Mapping

DGO and DTS Ask Legislators to Fund Digital Identity, AI and High‑Resolution Imagery The Department of Government Operations and Division of Technology Services briefed the committee on multiple budget requests: $1.588M for a state endorsed digital identity (SETI), $1.86M one‑time for a core AI team, and $600K one‑time for high‑resolution aerial imagery to avoid a six‑year mapping gap; lawmakers asked follow‑up on a Dead Horse Point radio site.

Utah's government is pushing for groundbreaking tech investments, including a digital identity initiative and AI funding, to revolutionize privacy and productivity—will legislators support this vision?

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#UT #GeospatialData #CitizenPortal #AIInnovation #DigitalIdentity

To celebrate #WorldWetlandsDay today, we have released two new sections in the Wetland Atlas of Alberta!
Introducing Section 2.6, HydroPatterns: Mapping Open Water Presence and Change, and Section 4.5, Common Vascular Plants in Shallow Open-Water Wetlands.
#WetlandConservation #GeospatialData

Wow. New #buildings height dataset based on Planetscope data #geospatialdata #opendata
"We introduce GlobalBuildingAtlas, a publicly available dataset providing global and complete coverage of building polygons, heights and Level of Detail 1 (LoD1) 3D building models. This is the first open […]

State Water Resources Control Board video explains how to submit sanitary sewer service area boundaries An instructional video from the State Water Resources Control Board walks utilities and consultants through required geospatial boundary submissions, deadlines (existing enrollees due 12/31/2025), acceptable GIS file formats, and the difference between uploading and certifying roles.

Utilities must submit certified geospatial service area boundaries by 12/31/2025—here's how to navigate the new requirements!

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#CA #WaterResources #WastewaterManagement #GeospatialData #CitizenPortal

Biggest Global Map of Its Kind Captures 2.75 Billion Buildings in 3D And you can view it now.

Biggest Global Map of Its Kind Captures 2.75 Billion Buildings in 3D #Science #TechnologyandEngineering #3DMapping #GeospatialData #UrbanPlanning

First Automated Census-Mapping Workshop in Malawi a Success WorldPop’s first automated census-mapping workshop in Malawi trained NSO staff in geospatial tools to support a modern, accurate and cost-efficient 2028 census.

🌍 Malawi’s first automated census-mapping workshop is complete!

🛠️ Geospatial tools are transforming how the 2028 census is planned.

🔗 Read more: www.worldpop.org/blog/first-a...

#Malawi #DataForDevelopment #Census2028 #GeospatialData

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First Automated Census-Mapping Workshop in Malawi a Success WorldPop recently completed its first workshop on automated census mapping in Malawi, a milestone for the joint FCDO-funded project with the Malawi National Statistics Office (NSO) ahead of their 2028 national census. Led by Dr Sarchil Qader and Dr Aubrey Steingrabber over two intensive weeks, 22 NSO colleagues and 4 students from the University of Malawi learned to use WorldPop’s geospatial tools and methods to help plan and map enumeration areas (EAs) more efficiently than ever before. During the workshop staff were introduced to tools such as the preEA software and the Enumeration Effort Metric, which help automate EA delineation and provide estimates for the effort required to survey each census Enumeration Area. At the final-day presentations, participants demonstrated how this approach can improve accuracy, reduce costs and overcome many of the logistical challenges faced in earlier censuses. Dr Aubrey Steingraber leads a workshop. The move towards automated mapping responds to a real challenge: for the 2028 census, Malawi’s NSO has indicated that full pre-census household listing (which used to rely on manual, resource-intensive enumeration) may no longer be feasible due to funding constraints. Instead, the plan is to lean on a data-driven, geospatial and machine-learning approach, integrating existing census information and recently collected household listing through national surveys with satellite-derived features and building footprint data to estimate population distribution across the country. WorldPop brings a track record of supporting national censuses worldwide with high-resolution gridded population data and tools that convert that data into operational census infrastructure. The Malawi workshop represents a critical first step: not just training, but building local capacity for a modern, cost-efficient census methodology that could be adopted by other countries facing similar constraints. Looking ahead, once the pilot EAs produced using the preEA tool have been validated on the ground by the NSO, WorldPop will refine the model and support full integration into census planning. If successful, this approach will help ensure that Malawi’s population counts remain accurate and inclusive, and that decision-makers have the best possible data to guide development, resource allocation, and service provision. This workshop shows how innovative geospatial methods, paired with local capacity-building, can transform how census operations are planned – making them more efficient, scalable, and sustainable. For Malawi, and potentially many other countries, the future of census mapping is now more digital and data-rich than ever. ### Learn more * FCDO Malawi project * WorldPop Brings Cutting-Edge Mapping Technology to Support Malawi’s 2028 Census * Field Testing preEAs in the Democratic Republic of Congo * A First Digital Census * Exploring the automatic pre-Enumeration Areas Tool for surveys on forced displacement (Refugees) * Benin adopts WorldPop’s ‘preEA’ tool to conduct its first modern, digitised census __ __ __ __ __

🌍 Malawi’s first automated census-mapping workshop is complete!

🛠️ Geospatial tools are transforming how the 2028 census is planned.

🔗 Read more: www.worldpop.org/blog/first-automated-cen...

#Malawi #DataForDevelopment #Census2028 #GeospatialData

WorldPop Strengthens Regional Partnerships at CARICOM’s 50th Statistics Meeting in Curaçao WorldPop joined CARICOM leaders in Curaçao to advance people-centred statistics and strengthen regional partnerships supporting resilience and sustainable development.

Data powers resilience. 🌍

WorldPop joined CARICOM’s 50th stats meeting in Curaçao to advance people-centred, climate-ready data.

Read more: www.worldpop.org/blog/worldpo...

#DataForDevelopment #ClimateResilience #GeospatialData

This checks out. Hey Kenya! Let's do a Trufi cycling app!

by xitter @crazy_kennar

HT xitter @pedrito1414

https://youtu.be/vu2pCcLBMgA

#Kisumu #Africa #Kenya #Cycling #mapping #GIS #GeospatialData #mobileapp #AppDevelopment #MobileApps #AppInnovation #AppDesign #CustomApps #DigitalSolutions […]

World map showing global overland and ferry routes that can be traveled without flying. Colored lines connect cities and capitals across continents: yellow for bus routes, green for train routes, orange for taxi routes, and blue for ferry routes. The network is densest in Europe and Asia, with sparser connections in Africa, the Americas, and Oceania. The map is credited to jol.earth

A project to map the world's overland routes one can travel the without flying.

It shouldn't be this hard to stay off of a plane.

By Reddit u/jolearth

https://www.jol.earth/

#mapping #GIS #GeospatialData #OpenStreetMap #SharedMobility […]

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EMP-N wrapped on a high note — the first country-based Energy Modelling Platform in Africa.🇳🇬✨

​Huge congratulations to every participant!🌍

Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN),
@ccgprogramme.bsky.social, @seforallorg.bsky.social

#EMPN #EnergyModelling #GeospatialData

Comprehensive collection of Canadian building footprints, organized by province open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/3829eee9...

Better data means better decisions.

The Quarticle Data Hub gives insurers a single, trusted source of geospatial truth to power smarter underwriting and sharper risk insights.

Discover the data behind better risk intelligence 👉 quarticle.ch/data

#GeospatialData #RiskAnalytics #Underwriting

🛰️ At INTERGEO2025, we joined @elter-ri.eu and @icos-ri.eu in the #ENVRINNOV panel on connecting environmental data & geospatial solutions. @envri.bsky.social 🌍

#ACTRIS #ENVRINNOV #INTERGEO2025 #ENVRI #AtmosphericResearch #GeospatialData #ResearchToAction

✨ Get to know our brilliant team through our new Staff Spotlight series!

Meet Sam, our new Geospatial Engagement Lead, who joined us in August. Read more about Sam’s work and how you can collaborate: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

#StaffSpotlight #GeospatialData #Collaboration #MeetTheTeam

Earthmover wants to become the Snowflake of weather and geospatial data Earthmover found new customers when it started building tools for companies to analyze the output of weather models. The startup has now raised a $7.2 million seed round.

Earthmover wants to become the Snowflake of weather and geospatial data #Technology #Business #Startups #WeatherTech #GeospatialData

ECODATA: A toolbox to efficiently explore and communicate animal movements alongside environmental and anthropogenic context using geospatial big data Integrating complex geospatial data into research and applications for wildlife ecology remains a challenge. For example, animations of wildlife tracking data can be useful for developing hypothes...

This could be useful. ECODATA an #OpenSource tool to visualize and analyze #AnimalTracking data with custom geospatial layers to create powerful animations 🌍

#Wildlife #Ecology #GeospatialData #Conservation

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

You know the difference between raster & vector data, but what happens after that?

Our blog explores how to process & optimize #GIS data so it scales for real-world use in insurance, infrastructure & beyond.

🔗 quarticle.ch/blog/beyond-...

#GeospatialData #SpatialAnalysis #Insurtech #Quarticle

New Open Access Geospatial Datasets to Enhance Global Population Mapping WorldPop release a groundbreaking collection of 73 global, high-resolution, multi-temporal geospatial datasets, poised to significantly enhance the accuracy and detail of human population distribution...

🚨 New preprint: 73 high-res, global, multi-temporal geospatial datasets! Covering 2015–2023 at ~100m resolution, these open data power better population modelling for health, policy & more.
#GeospatialData #OpenData #PopulationMapping #DataForGood #PublicHealth
www.worldpop.org/blog/new-ope...

Graphic image showing comparison of population count estimates modelled from new covariates (year 2024) and population count estimates modelled from 2020 covariates for Luanda (Angola)

🌍 We’re excited to share the release of 73 high-resolution, multi-temporal global geospatial open access datasets.

Led by Dorothea Woods, this ground breaking collection is set to transform how we model and understand human population distribution.

📅 […]

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🚨The registration deadline for the Geospatial Information – Management, Analysis and Applications was extended until 22 August 2025 !

🔗 This is your opportunity to register: www.ciimar.up.pt/events/geosp...

#CIIMARcourse #GIS #RemoteSensing #GeospatialData

🚨The registration deadline is this Thursday!

🔗 Register now: www.ciimar.up.pt/events/geosp...

#CIIMARcourse #GIS #RemoteSensing #GeospatialData

3/5 – Geospatial Tools for Development @bsebarcelona.bsky.social
With @andregroeger.bsky.social. We explored satellite data, digitized maps, and spatial workflows for development research.
#GeospatialData #RStats #BSE

📅 Happening Tomorrow!

Join us for a webinar exploring how Claritas PRIZM® Premier on PolicyMap can transform your teaching, research, and student projects.

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#HigherEd #GeospatialData #ClaritasPRIZM #AcademicResearch #TeachingTools

Explore how #ActowizSolutions enables brands with regional #DataScraping to drive #HyperlocalMarketing success using pin code-level pricing, trends, & insights.

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#RegionalData #LocationIntelligence #USA #UAE #UK #Germany #GeospatialData #BigData

📊 Bring Real-World Data into the Classroom!
Join us for a webinar exploring how Claritas PRIZM® Premier on PolicyMap can transform your teaching, research, and student projects.

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