Category Archives: Spatial IT/GIS
Automating the Mundane: AI Geospatial Analysis
Customized geospatial exploitation services provide solutions for the defense, homeland security, and aerospace markets. You don’t have to work for huge organizations, such as the U.S. Air Force or the U.S. Forest Service, to appreciate the benefits of customized geospatial exploitation services or capabilities. Even small companies and public agencies are increasingly challenged with extracting...
40 Under 40, 2017: Danielle Smilovsky
REMOTE SENSING SCIENTIST AND GIS ANALYST AT AMEC FOSTER WHEELER ARIZONA, USA WITH A BS IN ECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY AND AN MS IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Danielle Smilovsky uses GIS and remote-sensing applications to study and analyze ground deformation around the world. She specializes in performing geotechnical land subsidence investigations using InSAR, SAR, lidar, and water...
40 Under 40, 2017: Biplov Banda
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE AT THE GEOINFORMATICS CENTER IN THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY THAILAND MEMBER AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPER FOR SAHANA SOFTWARE FOUNDATION CALIFORNIA, USA BIPLOV BHANDARI EARNED HIS BS IN GEOMATICS ENGINEERING from Kathmandu University, Nepal, in 2014, and now he applies GIS to humanitarian efforts. As soon as he graduated,...
40 Under 40, 2017: Chethna Ben
ASSISTANT LECTURER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC, SCHOOL OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FIJI CHETHNA BEN, THE DYNAMIC YOUNG GEO-PRACTITIONER, likes to say, “Without definition of what and where something is, we cannot reach it.” Chethna is described by peers and colleagues as ebullient; she loves God, her family, and the environment. She...
40 Under 40, 2017: Sana Khushi
GIS MANAGER IN THE URBAN UNIT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PAKISTAN THE POWER AND IMPACT OF GIS and geomatics sciences on the planning, development, human geography, and management of a nation’s built and natural environments are splendidly exemplified by the work and career achievements of Sana Khushi. Sana earned her two masters (in GIS and...
40 Under 40, 2017: Michael Wyatt
SURVEYING AND PROJECT MAPPING COORDINATOR AT J.F. BRENNAN CO. INC. MICHIGAN, USA MANY SURVEYORS ENJOY MASTERING MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES within the surveying profession. For Michael John Wyatt, his disciplines include hydrographic survey and inspection, land survey, and heavy equipment navigation systems. His approach comes in part from being with a prominent multi-discipline firm in the region,...
