GIS is rapidly advancing new capabilities that not only problem-solve, but that transform businesses and how GIS professionals, employees and managers make decisions and do their jobs.

Aerial photography has played a major role in advancing operational precision agriculture applications. As image precision has gotten better, so too has the need for advanced research and powerful geospatial tools to learn best how to harvest such data-rich information into efficient, effective and reliable tools of the precision agriculture trade.

As automakers address their challenges with LiDAR, other users of LiDAR technology are likely to benefit.

The growing reliance on precise topographic data requires a coordinated effort.