Ah, cartography – just when I thought I’d heard all the best words associated with you, another pops up to steal my attention away for another EA article. Whilst barreling…

Places in the US that are named after place-names in other countries but are pronounced differently have always bothered me. When I lived in Minnesota there was a New Prague.…

Peter has now officially joined SSP Innovations as our Chief Research Officer (CRO) where he will work closely with our CTO, Adam Tonkin, as well as our two lines of…

Electric utilities are under increasing pressure to maintain the reliability and integrity of the electrical grid to ensure uninterrupted service to its consumers. With the increasing cost of performing many…

On August 14th, 2003 the northeastern United States experienced the largest blackout in its history. The power outage extended from the northeastern states of New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey…

It is a generally known fact to utility executives that energy usage has been essentially flat since 2008, with the influx of energy efficiency initiatives and the shift from incandescent…

Looking for the perfect gift for a GIS geek, cartographer, geographer, or anyone who simply loves maps? We collected ideas from our employees and narrowed down the list for you…

Phones are technological wonders these days becoming slimmer, smarter and more powerful – now Apple has gone bullish and put a LiDAR sensor in their latest iPhone 12 Pro camera.…

Standing atop Crook Peak, the last high point as the Mendip Hills march west into the Bristol Channel, about 20 miles southwest of Bristol, England, provides a sweeping panorama over…

Challenges are everywhere in 2020. But the utility industry has a long tradition of service to the communities in which we all work, and that spirit of service seems to…

If you’re a database person like me, and you often stand up new geodatabases for whatever the reason, you already know that migrating permissions can be challenging, depending on your…

You need to maintain your SDE database. You just need to do it. Its more important when you have more edits, versions, states, data, etc. But everyone should do it…