Geospatial

“About 80% of data is geographic”, or so goes an urban legend popular in the GIS community. It’s easy to believe that number just by looking at how many Snowflake customers use a spatial data type (Geography or Geometry) or store their geospatial coordinates in latitude and longitude fields. We…

Digital twins are virtual replicas of physical objects, processes, or systems that are used to monitor, analyze, and optimize their real-world counterparts. These digital twins are becoming increasingly important in fields such as manufacturing, engineering, and urban planning, as they allow us to simulate and test different scenarios before implementing…

To get started off, you need to first install Blender. After installation, you can now follow along.

Saving a GeoPandas GeoDataFrame (also with Parquet and Feather examples) to a remote Cloud storage bucket and then read from the bucket — demonstrating Storage Client IO This article requires the use of Google Cloud Storage, a Cloud bucket, a Service Account (with JSON token key), and the correct permissions…

Expanding cities and a shrinking countryside — Are you a city dweller? You’re not alone! Our global urban population has reached 56% and is expected to soar to 70% of all people by 2050.¹ With our world’s human population to reach 9.7 billion by then,² this shift in where we live will have a profound effect on…

In this article , we will discuss about various Geospatial data formats, Geospatial objects types and we will work with different Geospatial functions available on Snowflake which makes the Geospatial data handling flexible. Prerequisite — To get best out of this blog check out my previous article which cover about…

In today’s digital age, collaboration is easier than ever before. Thanks to social media platforms, we can now connect with people from all around the world and work together to achieve common goals. …

Geospatial Information Systems, or GIS, is a potent technology that is revolutionising the way we see and examine data about the globe. GIS offers a wide range of uses that have changed our capacity to comprehend and address complicated issues, from tracking the path of hurricanes to mapping out crime…

Geospatial data has become a ubiquitous presence in our daily lives, forming the foundation for countless applications, from weather forecasts to navigation systems. …