Category Archives: Education

Kwabena Obeng Asiama

23 Young Geospatial Professionals to Watch in 2023 – 19 of 23 Name: Kwabena Obeng AsiamaCompany: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana              Current position: LecturerAge: 32              Education: Ph.D and MSc, University of Twente; BS , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology During his compulsory national service in Ghana, Asiama worked with a mining company...

Adamu Bala

23 Young Geospatial Professionals to Watch in 2023 – 5 of 23 Name: Adamu BalaCompany: Department of Geomatics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.Current Position: Lecturer IIAge: 36 Education: Ph.D. Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan; MSc. Geomatics (2018) and B.Eng. Geomatics Engineering (2010) from Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria;...

Ready, Re-set, Go

Post-pandemic digital transformation was on everyone’s mind at INTERGEO. With its mojo back, the world’s biggest geospatial trade event can once again offer the best geo-business innovations to get you all set for 2023. Germany’s annual INTERGEO event is the CES of the geospatial industry. If its Las Vegas counterpart is high on consumer electronics,...

Sydney Fuhrig

23 Young Geospatial Professionals to Watch in 2023 – 1 of 23 Name: Sydney FuhrigCompany: Tennessee Department of Transportation Current Position: Planning Specialist Age: 23  Education: Bachelor of Arts in History and Environmental Science from the College of William & Mary  Biography: At the Tennessee Department of Transportation Fuhrig trains colleagues in GIS, helps manage Tennessee’s roadway...

Looking Forward: One Year to the Next

I’d say that we have flipped another page on another calendar year, but who uses a physical calendar anymore? The calendar on our smartphones just scrolls on and on with no ceremonial change from one year to the next.  And maybe that’s a better reflection of reality anyway. We mark the midnight hour between December...

Rules of Construction 

Legal Boundaries What are the Rules of Construction, and why do we need to know about them? The Rules of Construction are court-made rules that have been developed over the centuries for the interpretation of legal documents. The courts use them when the interpretation of a document is confusing, uncertain, ambiguous, or in conflict.   The...