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GeoPackage Vs GeoJSON Vs GeoParquet
Geospatial data makes possible everything from interactive web maps and GPS navigation to AI-based spatial analytics and digital twins. Picking a file format is also important because it affects your application's performance, storage costs, and how well the new application will work with other applications and systems, as well as its ability to grow over time. The most common geospatial formats used today are GeoPackage (GPKG), GeoJSON, and GeoParquet. Each of these formats
Anvita Shrivastava
2 days ago4 min read


GeoJSON or Shapefile? Understanding the Pros and Cons of Each GIS Format
Selecting an appropriate file format for geographic data will have a drastic effect on how you share the data, the efficiency of analyzing the data, the amount of storage you need to maintain the data, and how easily you can work with data from separate sources. The two most commonly used GIS formats are ESRI Shapefile and GeoJSON. ESRI Shapefile has been the GIS format used by most organizations for many years. However, GeoJSON has become the preferred GIS format for web map
Anvita Shrivastava
7 days ago5 min read


LULC Data Explained: Understanding Land Use and Land Cover Mapping
Environmental Monitoring, Urban Planning, Agriculture, Natural Resource Management, and Climate Research all depend heavily on accurate and up-to-date data regarding Land Use and Land Cover (LULC); topographically mapped LULC data is an indispensable means of assessing one or more components of our world’s evolving landscape. Thanks to the rapid advancement of geospatial technologies and satellite imagery, LULC mapping has emerged as one of the most significant means of evalu
Anvita Shrivastava
Jun 104 min read


What Is Pan-Sharpening in Remote Sensing and GIS?
In remote sensing and GIS, image quality is key to mapping, analysis, and decision-making. There are basically two types of satellite imagery: high resolution (panchromatic) and low resolution (multispectral). While both types of imagery are useful, neither provides the best balance between spatial detail and spectral accuracy by itself. This is where pan sharpening comes in. Pan sharpening is a common image fusion technique that produces a single image that contains the shar
Anvita Shrivastava
Jun 55 min read
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