Geospatial Advocacy Kenya is a recent initiative that seeks to promote and advance the geospatial industry in Kenya through geospatial advocacy. To introduce the organization to the wider public I published a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on their website.
Recently I took the course Visualizing Geospatial Data in Python on DataCamp’s interactive learning platform. To consolidate the new learning, I visualized some spatial datasets for Kenya. Let us find out how the location of Financial Service Providers relates to population.
The GeoBuiz 2018 Report presents a bright outlook for the geospatial industry and predicts a larger role for it in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Geospatial is more aligned with ICT and Cloud, IoT, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain are key technology drivers.
Statement or question? Data science is in the news as a discipline that can solve business problems through big data. The fast-growing geospatial industry has been handling large volumes of spatial data for decades. Let’s look at both and find out how they can sustain each other’s growth.
ArcGIS Pro is a 64-bit, multithreaded GIS desktop application that runs on Windows. It was first released in January 2015, but ArcMap appears to have remained the most popular ArcGIS Desktop application. In June 2017 Esri released ArcGIS Pro 2.0 and this might be an opportune time to make the switch to the new application.
Geo is an intriguing prefix for any science or discipline. Take geopolitics, which has been defined as politics influenced by geographic factors. Similarly, Geomarketing can be defined as marketing influenced by factors like demographics, store locations and physical accessibility.