Choosing the Right Projection for COGO Work in ArcGIS Pro
When using Coordinate Geometry (COGO) tools in ArcGIS Pro, projection choice influences how distances and bearings are interpreted, where linework is placed, and how boundary areas are calculated. Because projections define how the curved surface of the earth is...
Ground-to-Grid in ArcGIS Pro: What It Means for COGO Editing
When working with Coordinate Geometry (COGO) in ArcGIS Pro, it helps to separate two ideas that sound similar but behave differently: ground measurements and grid measurements. Survey and engineering documents often describe distances “on the ground,” while GIS stores...
The GeoAI Reckoning: Disruption, Opportunity, and What GIS Professionals Should Do Now
Navigating opportunity and disruption as AI reshapes the geospatial industry The geospatial industry is experiencing its most significant transformation since the shift from paper maps to digital GIS. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are fundamentally...
Meta’s SAM 3: A Game-Changer for GIS Feature Extraction
Meta’s Segment Anything Model 3 (SAM 3) represents a significant leap forward in automated feature extraction from imagery, and it has enormous implications for GIS professionals. This latest foundation model transforms how we can extract object-level data from...