Aspectum, a cloud service for data analytics, has published the findings of its research on the overall situation in the GIS industry. The GIS Community Survey has become the first GIS people-centered report with the spotlight directed on industry specialists. The report highlights the professionals’ likes and dislikes, challenges they encounter, and their expectations.

Change Detection has become a buzz-word in conversations about satellite analytics and location intelligence. This technology is romanticized and is oftentimes perceived as an all-seeing eye and a panacea. But is it really? Let’s set the record straight and clarify the purpose of change detection, its value, as what is still beyond its capabilities.

When organizations wish to monitor business metrics and key performance indicators in real time to gain a better grasp on their performance and objectives, they turn to data visualization tools to translate data into charts and graphs.

Interview with Steven Ramage about the GIS industry, how spatial technologies changed over the last decades, challenges, and motivations that drive his work.

Learn about the most widely-used maps, what data they display, and what are the main benefits of each

Oftentimes, Aspectum is regarded as an alternative to Mapbox. And this begs the question: “How is Aspectum different from the Mapbox map?”

One of the tasks that customers come to Aspectum with is creating maps for different access levels and multiple users. We are pleased to share this case for the implementation of a multi-level solution, which is as fast and simple as other operations in Aspectum.

To commit to citizen safety and impact on raising public awareness, Aspectum has visualized the ongoing Black Lives Matter human rights demonstrations throughout North America and Europe. The real-time map displays current protests hotspots, estimates numbers of participants by city, and links relevant media references to each event.