Harness the Information of the Changing Earth

Information about the earth, or geospatial information, is increasingly being used to drive critical decisions in organizations of all sizes. Snapshots of geography can be captured from airborne, orbital, terrestrial, or hand sensors and saved as a permanent record of events happening on the earth’s surface. When the earth changes, the ability to understand these changes and rapidly share this information can be critical. Integrating geospatial information with the other forms of data an organization maintains adds immense value.

In time-critical situations, frequent updates are not enough. As search engines have drastically improved, the ability to find information has advanced from merely quick to instantaneous. Moreover, the advent of blogs and social networking sites has made it easier to publish, share, and view information as events are occurring. Individuals have the ability to do more than just report coordinates or capture an image – eyewitnesses now provide live feeds of event-specific, time-specific, and location-specific information about our changing world.