Category Archives: Spatial IT/GIS

Web Mapping

Part 1, The Basics Children of the millennium will never know that there was a time before the internet when we, the cartographers, engineers, and surveyors had to relate geospatial information through the medium of paper. Although the internet has been around since the late 1980s, it wasn’t until 1996 when the world got the...

Smart Cities

They’re guided by people and powered by geospatial information. We’ve all heard the buzzword, “smart city.”  But what is a smart city, and what makes it smarter than others?  One of the key characteristics is the ability to make effective connections—among citizens, assets, and services—by using technology to support and improve the interaction among people...

Industry Profile: Nickson Odieny Onyango

Geospatial Specialist/GIS Developer at Coretec Systems & Solutions Kenya has seen rapid growth in science and technology, health services, land management, development, social action, environmental studies, education, economic empowerment, disaster preparedness, and humanitarian relief. In all of these areas, geospatial sciences have played pivotal roles, and they’re of specific interest, both personally and professionally, to...

Beth Schechter

Curriculum Writer at Skullcrush Sometimes, significant forces for change for the geospatial community come from outside traditional channels. Beth Schechter is an educator, designer, and author with a mission to change the world through writing, data, education … and maps! With a masters in digital media from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a bachelors...

Caitlin Blundell

Director of Geographic Design Caitlin Blundell launched Geographic Design in 2011 after graduating from the University of Toronto with an MA in geography; Geographic Design provides GIS services to clients in the urban design industry. She excels at communicating the value of geospatial data, tools, and technology to people outside our sector. Caitlin is on...

Bojan Šavrič

Software Development Engineer at Esri, Inc. Originally from Slovenia, Bojan Savric now works as a software engineer for the Esri projection engine team in southern California. He recently graduated with a PhD in geography, a minor in computer science, and a geographic information sciences graduate certificate from Oregon State University. Before moving to America, Bojan...