The subject of this Expert Group Meeting was the improvement of land tenure security through new legal frameworks and new and better tools. New land laws have recently come into...

Current sources of Global Land Indicators are limited with only 30% of the globe covered. Robin McLaren believes that new, innovative sources of land information can strengthen our understanding of...

The annual Michael Barrett Award for 2015 deservedly went to Paul Munro-Faure for his work in developing the UN’s Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries...

World Statistics Day, as declared by the United Nations Statistical Commission, was celebrated on 20 October 2015. Official statistics are crucial to help decision-makers develop informed policies that impact millions...

Innovative methodologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) are lowering the barriers and democratizing the use of 3D digital twins in the geospatial industry. Digital twins are revolutionizing the geospatial industry,...

Over the past 15 years, geospatial information has enabled the transformation of towns, cities and a whole state in Mexico. The customer and data provider teamed up to create up-to-date...

Juan Partida is CFO of the government of Jalisco, having been a public servant for the last 15 years. From the outset, his involvements have included modernizing and designing cadastral...

The UK’s Peak District National Park Authority is pioneering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to automate the production of highly detailed land cover maps, in a project in partnership...

Cadastre & Land Administration Geospatial data obviously is key to sustainable land management. But what are the common success factors for land administration and cadastral systems around the world? In this issue, we will...

Anna Jarvis is Trimble Applanix’s land mobile mapping product manager, focused on product development for the industry. After graduating with a master’s degree in Geomatics Engineering from the University of...