Happy New Year! I’ve always felt that a fresh calendar represents a world of new opportunities, and I wish you all a fantastic 2026. For many, this is a season for reflection and self-improvement, ...

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The award will fund the creation of an academic track in the field of geodesy, and the modernization of a key U.S. spatial database From left to right, Yehuda Bock, Raymond Thicklin, Rohith Rachala, ...

Coordinate reference systems (CRS) are so embedded in modern GIS workflows that many practitioners rarely pause to question them. Yet projection mismatches remain one ...