Geospatial in Everything

Geospatial for Everyone

Promoting Geospatial Solutions for Global Impact and Collaboration

WHO WE ARE

Co-creating the Geospatial Economy

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The World Geospatial Industry Council is a registered not-for-profit trade association of commercial geospatial companies representing the entire value chain of the geospatial ecosystem.

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Blog by WGIC Executive Director Aaron Addison

Turning Maps Into Movements

WGIC at INTERGEO Wrap -up

WGIC Engages Global Geospatial Audience At INTERGEO 2025

Community for Flourishing-Geospatial-Futur

Community, the Catalyst for a Flourishing Geospatial Future

Conservation Easement Monitoring with Satellite Data and AI

Turning Maps Into Movements

News & Media

WGIC Engages Global Geospatial Audience At INTERGEO 2025

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Community, the Catalyst for a Flourishing Geospatial Future

News & Media

Conservation Easement Monitoring with Satellite Data and AI

Geographic Information Systems

WGIC Partners with Deepspatial on Workforce Development

News & Media

Sea Level Rise Risk Profiling for Coastal Assets, Florida, USA

Risks, Vulnerabilities & Resource Management

Videos

Playlist

51 Videos

Andres Abeyta, BootcampGIS: I Strongly Advise Students To Learn GeoAI. Everybody Needs That

29:49

Rod Milicevic, Glass Aftercare: Insight and Foresight for Future Planning of Buildings

26:46

“AI, Can You Make A Topographical Map Of Michigan?”

30:28

Jeroen Zanen, AI-InfraSolutions: We Manage And Improve Outdoor Spaces With AI-driven Solutions

20:47

AI Tools Are Evolving Faster Than Humans Can Respond To Them

35:53

Willy Govender, Vastpoint: We Are An Impact Company, Aligned With UN-SDGs

16:15

GeoSAS Into Productive Partnerships To Develop Local Capacities In Africa

26:54

Will Cadell, Sparkgeo: Sometimes The Word Geospatial Gets In The Way Of A Deeper Value Story

24:42

Investors Are Looking At Risks Of Non-operationalization Of Geospatial Investments

28:51

Eve Psalti, Microsoft: As AI Advances Rapidly, We Need The Right Guardrails

48:17

Andrea Krupa, PhotoSat: Every Single Project We Do Uses Deep Learning

20:11

Juan Tomás Hernani, SATLANTIS:Earth Observation Has Created Incredible Interest In Capital Investors

28:39

Geospatial Landscape Changed From ‘Can I Get Data’ To ‘What Data Should I Use?’

24:04

Alexander Wiechert, Vexcel: The Philosophy Of UltraMap Is To Offer The Highest Degree Of Automation

36:42

Matthew Pennells & Simon Musäus: “Subscription Models Will Shape the Future of Geospatial Funding”

43:17

Zaffar Mohamed-Ghouse, Woolpert: WGIC Mainstreaming Policy Discussion to Global Geospatial Community

22:55

Siva Ravada, Oracle: Our Low-Code, No-Code Tools Support Location Needs Of All Developers

30:29

Kathleen Martin, MBS: We Emphasize Long-Term Relationships With Customers Over Short-Term Gains

17:23

Attorney, Williams Mullen: Keeping Up With The Evolving AI Laws Is Important For Geospatial Sector

26:22

Larry Fox, Bad Elf: Transforming GNSS Solutions: Accessibility and Versatility in Every Receiver

17:45

Nadine Alameh, Taylor Geospatial: We Need to Inspire the NextGen to be Curious About Geospatial

27:59

Theo Agelopoulos, Autodesk: We Are On the Cusp of Massive Increase in Efficiency Through AI

23:01

Andrew Coote, ConsultingWhere: We Need to Bring More People into the Geospatial Funnel

27:34

Joe Seppi, Woolpert: We are Committed to Survey the Earth from Space to the Sea Floor

22:14

Elshan Musayev, EKM Global: Our Technology Partnerships Developing Azerbaijan Economy

18:49

Agendra Kumar, Esri India: We Aim to Train 100,000 Students Each Year in GIS

30:19

Enes Jahic: GeoBiro is one of the largest Scan-to-BIM and Scan-to-CAD productions in Europe

10:52

Jae-Pil Park, Nara Space: Satellite Data Can Reveal Earth's Secrets – Our Vision to Uncover Them

13:34

Rahul Kushwah, Deepspatial: Our GeoAI Models Have Accuracy Over 95%, With Some Approaching Over 99%

21:24

Julia Wagemann, Women+ in Geospatial: Systemic Biases Exist, Be Aware of Them

27:59

Uday Patil, TechG-X: There is a Growing Demand for Climate Modeling and Climate Risk Profiling

18:27

Albert Momo: Diversity Enhances Creativity and Innovation, Improves Decision-making

25:46

Simone Giannecchini: Hybrid and interoperable solutions key to global challenges

17:00

Alain De Taeye: TomTom’s Orbis Maps Paving the Way for Smarter Mobility and AI-Enhanced Navigation

24:10

Dr Minda Suchan:You Don’t Need To Be a SAR Expert To Use Or Gain Value From SAR Data

21:41

Kai Duebbert: Kompass BMS Caters Specifically to the Unique Needs of the Geospatial Industry

19:08

GIS Is Uniting The World, Organizations Are Adopting It At Scale: Brian Cross, Esri

37:29

Digital Transformation With Inovaantage Solutions

29:22

Trimble's Premise Was, Is, and Continues to Be Reliable Geospatial Information

33:44

GeoTechVision – The GIS Consultant Of The Caribbean

19:07

TopoDOT Brings the Right Balance of Automation and Quality Assurance

34:19

From Data to Complete Solutions: Collaboration is Key to Mena3D's Success

18:07

Redefining Mobile Mapping with AI Technology - DataDEV

11:27

AI Classifies, Space Aye Identifies: Chris Newlands on Integrating Satellite Imagery, AI & IoT Data

21:37

James Van Rens Introduces Horizons 2025: WGIC's Landmark Event in Denver!

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ReOrbit leading Space Revolution with Software-First Approach: Sethu Suvanam

19:45

Marius Swanepoel Steps in as WGIC's New Secretary General After John Renard

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Bayanat Turnaround - From Traditional Surveying & Mapping to AI-powered Geospatial Analytics

26:41

Enhancing Urban Solutions with AI & Geospatial Technology: Narendra Babu, iSpatial Techno Solutions

19:13

Cities Need More Data to Support Their Climate Action Plans: Andy Deacon, GCoM

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WHAT WE DO

Advancing Industries with Geospatial Innovation

KEY OBJECTIVES

Strengthening Geospatial Impact

Strengthen the contributions of the geospatial industry to society and the global economy

Advancing Global Policy

Advanced global policy matters relevant to the geospatial sector

Fostering Business Opportunities

Create business opportunities for the geospatial industry

What our Members Say

WGIC works to bring together the geospatial industry to improve the level of collaboration with all stakeholders, make clear to governments and policymakers that geospatial technologies can enable progress, and help address some of the most critical problems the world is facing.

With WGIC, we have the vision to create a new institution that brings together participants from around the world in the geospatial industry. This will allow new kinds of partnerships to emerge, enabling companies to help each other, and also allow the geospatial industry to work with global initiatives collectively. I firmly believe that by joining together and exploring collaborative efforts, we can make meaningful progress.

WGIC members corporates, small to medium businesses, including associations representing the leadership team and collectively work together to discuss and voice matters of relevance to the global geospatial community.

I believe it is crucial for us in the geospatial industry to strengthen our collaboration and engagement, be more agile in approaches, and think of new ways for cross-industry collaboration. Here, I re-emphasize the need for a platform like WGIC in our industry to make us much more relevant today and tomorrow.

WGIC is undertaking collaborative partnerships with global institutions to extend the reach of the geospatial industry into sectors of global relevance. Our initiatives allow us to address societal challenges and contribute to the SDGs collectively. WGIC is also that bridge where small and large groups of companies can be better together as we collaborate to innovate.

Our Global Geospatial Network

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Recent Reports

Bringing Geospatial Context
to the Metaverse:

Considerations for the Next Steps

Metaverse holds significant promise for fostering new economic opportunities, with the market size expected to expand substantially, reaching a projected $ 8-13 trillion by 2030.

Explore the profound impact of geospatial technologies in unleashing the boundless potential of the metaverse.

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Upcoming Events

January 2026

Jan 19

Monday 19 January

World Economic Forum

WGIC will be engaging with stakeholders at the World Economic Forum, the leading platform for public-private cooperation, to contribute to global conversations shaping regional and industry agendas. In a world …

February 2026

Feb 16

Monday 16 February

WGIC will attend Geo Week 2026, taking place February 16–18, 2026, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, USA.Geo Week brings together geospatial and mapping professionals to explore how data, …

April 2026

Apr 29

Wednesday 29 April

Esri Ireland Conference

The Esri Ireland Conference 2026 will take place on April 29, 2026, in Dublin. Under the theme “Building a Stronger Future,” the event will bring together GIS professionals, infrastructure experts, …

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