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PostGIS Day: A future, post GIS

What's this blog post about?

PostGIS Day celebrates the evolution of GIS and its future prospects. The industry has seen a revolution in recent years, with maps becoming more advanced and location data being utilized in various sectors such as retail, real estate, biodiversity, and banking. This growth is driven by new users and platforms emerging from the GIS revolution. Many people who don't know about GIS are actually doing it, including data analysts, data scientists, and developers with some knowledge of maps. The industry has never been bigger, with a growing number of players providing cross-industry platforms and niche industry geospatial specialists. As a result, GIS is blending in with other technology, which has important consequences for the future of the field.

Company
Carto

Date published
Nov. 14, 2019

Author(s)
Javier de la Torre

Word count
1178

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


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