Geospatial technology, markets, and practice
I am an inveterate infrastructure geek due to work I did earlier in my career in critical infrastructure protection. One of my projects was to build a system to model the behavior of commercial freight rail. Of course, I am also a programmer. Between railroads and writing software to model them, it was impossible to … Continue reading The Geography Everyone Loves to Hate
I was participating in a Clubhouse discussion today when someone asked the about the distinction between GIS and geospatial. Since Clubhouse is audio-only, I am paraphrasing by contribution to that particular discussion here. I think the boundaries and definitions of these concepts are pretty blurry and I am reticent to create hard distinctions between them. … Continue reading Geography, Geospatial, and GIS
Human geography or anthropogeography is the branch of geography that deals with the study of people and their communities, cultures, economies, and interactions with the environment by studying their relations with and across space and place. Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_geography) I was catching up with my friend and former boss, Tony Quartararo, a couple of days ago when our discussion got around … Continue reading Personal Geography