WGIC Guidelines: Value Creation to Digital Twin Ecosystem
November 22, 2022
WGIC identifies guidelines and recommendations for the geospatial industry to continue to add value to the digital twin ecosystem.
Co-creating Geospatial Economy in a Digital World
WGIC Blog
WGIC’s Blog section covers all the key developments from our members, innovative applications of geospatial technologies for global challenges, and more…
New WGIC Geospatial Ecosystem Report Shows UN-GGIM IGIF Alignment
November 10, 2022
WGIC’s Geospatial Ecosystem Report shows the alignment of its policy advocacy funded by the private sector with the UN-GGIM IGIF strategic pathways (Policy and Legal, Innovation, and Financial).
WGIC Announces Inaugural DEI Trailblazer Awards, Esri India and Clinton Johnson Receive Honors
November 4, 2022
The World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) announced the winners of the WGIC DEI Trailblazer 2022 Awards during INTERGEO 2022 in Essen, Germany. In this inaugural edition of the awards, Esri India won the WGIC DEI Trailblazer – Corporate Impact Award, and Clinton Johnson, Racial Equity and Social Justice Solutions Lead, Esri, won WGIC DEI Trailblazer – Individual Champion Award.
Spatial Digital Twin Technology Framework and Use Cases
November 4, 2022
Get to know why a proper technology capability framework is a prerequisite to implementing any digital twin technology application.
When we started the DEI conversation within WGIC, members unanimously agreed about the lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion: Albert Momo
October 7, 2022
Albert Momo, the World Geospatial Industry Council’s (WGIC) DEI Committee Chair and Vice President & Executive Director of Trimble’s Emerging Markets and Funded Projects, joins Matt Sprague and co-host Lisa Ruggeri from Trimble to share his thoughts about the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices in geospatial and construction industry.
Spatial Digital Twins Assessment – the Current Situation
September 22, 2022
The assessment of the digital twin technology development level allows a clearer understanding of the challenges, trends, and capability and capacity for its deployment. Reliable insights on this help to better understand the challenges of this new technology to address them effectively. In brief, these are the aspects of the current spatial digital twin assessment covered in the World Geospatial Industry Council’s (WGIC) recently released policy report.
Envisioning the Future Digital Twins – WGIC Way
September 13, 2022
Just like the physical world is interconnected and globalized, digital twins enabled by spatial components will be interconnected and integrated into the world. In a nutshell, this is the vision of spatial digital twins that the World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) envisages in its recent report.
Diverse Workforce and Safe Work Environment Supercharge Geospatial Industry
August 22, 2022
Across the many DEI trends in the geospatial industry – a diverse workforce and a safe work environment are being focused on by WGIC Members.
Accelerated Arctic warming – Geo-data saves the day for risk management
August 9, 2022
The accelerated warming of the Arctic has put five million lives in North America, Scandinavia and Russia at grave risk. A recent whitepaper by WGIC in partnership with Fugro and e-GEOS discusses the geospatial frameworks and state-of-the-art technologies for mapping the Arctic and mitigating the risks.
Engineering plays a key role in economic, social, and environmental dimensions of UNSDGs: Prof GONG Ke
July 29, 2022
In an exclusive interview, the World Federation of Engineering Organizations’ (WFEO) immediate past president Prof. Dr. GONG Ke discusses the value of engineering in global development, its role in achieving UNSDGs, and WFEO’s successful partnership with World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC).
WGIC Trailblazer Awards to Recognize DEI leadership – Award Nominations Now Open
July 1, 2022
The first edition of WGIC Trailblazer Awards will celebrate exemplary leadership in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the geospatial ecosystem.
Four Reasons Why It’s Time for Big Bets on Geospatial PPPs
June 15, 2022
A recent WGIC report Public-Private Geospatial Collaborations: Exploring Potential partnerships Models, examines the forces that are paving the way for the increased openness and adoption of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the geospatial industry.
Digital Twin Technology – How to Unlock Opportunities with Geospatial Data and Technology?
June 9, 2022
One of the key findings from a recently released report on Spatial Digital Twins by the World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) is that “the use of spatial data can unlock value and enable increased usability of almost all Digital Twins.”
WGIC Selects The Hague Humanity Hub as its Home Base
May 9, 2022
WGIC shifts its headquarters to The Hague Humanity Hub to support and strengthen The Hague ecosystem and connect with diverse actors working to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
SGDs Geospatial Roadmap – Simplifying geospatial adoption for SDGs to non-geospatial stakeholders.
April 11, 2022
WGIC spoke to Paloma Merodio, Vice President and Member of the Board of INEGI, who is also the Co-chair at UN-GGIM, who played a crucial role in publishing the SDGs Geospatial Roadmap.
World Geospatial Industry Council releases a Report on Spatial Digital Twins – Trends and Opportunities
April 5, 2022
This report has involved research, global market scans, engagement with Subject Matter Experts, and an articulation of the value delivered by the Geospatial Industry to drive applications, adoption, and benefits from Digital Twins.
White paper on “Geo-data for risk management in a changing Arctic” for the Arctic Observing Summit 2022
March 10, 2022
Please take some time to refer to this invited white paper, titled “Geo-data for risk management in a changing Arctic,” which will be presented at the Arctic Observing Summit 2022 (AOS 2022).
Where ethics and geospatial AI meet
March 1, 2022
A joint AI for Good panel discussion by WGIC and the ITU (in partnership with Politecnico Milano) explored how the geospatial industry could become a leading force in the discussions on ethics and AI.
Six Leading Blacks in Geospatial
February 26, 2022
As part of Black History Month in 2022 – WGIC’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Committee honors six Black Leaders who have made significant contributions to the geospatial sector.
WGIC’s Barbara Ryan calls for hyper-partnering at GKI Summit
February 24, 2022
During the 2nd GKI Summit, WGIC’s Executive Director Barbara Ryan discussed the position of the geospatial industry in the context of the Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure (GKI).