Standardized data modeling has become essential within the continually changing environment of geospatial information systems (GIS). Organizations extensively use GIS to plan infrastructure and manage ...

Testing of data provided by the Second Pipeline Construction Co. of China National Petroleum Corp. (PetroChina Pipeline) shows that using a 3D pipeline spatial-data model (PSDM) not only can further ...

The rapid evolution of spatial computing necessitates asset-creation methods that transcend the constraints of manual modeling. Tripo AI has introduced an enterprise-focused framework designed to ...

As AI tools introduce unilateral decision-making in the construction industry, the standards for adoption increase.

Back in the mid-1980s, when I established the U.S. Navy’s first GIS, we used mapping software from a company called National Planning Data Corporation (NPDC). In the process, I had several interesting ...

Japan is an archipelago with diverse climate zones and complex topography that is prone to heavy rain and flooding. Add the growing effects of global ...

"A Practitioner's Guide to GIS Terminology" The following terms are condensed and reproduced with permission from "A Practitioner's Guide to GIS Terminology" by Stearns J. Wood, which contains more ...

Retail trade area analysis has long been central to retail site selection and market evaluation. Analysts rely on it to define and characterize the geographic area from which a store draws the ...