A Conversation with Professor Bin Jiang

Dr. Bin Jiang

Professor of Urban Informatics, Director of LivableCityLAB, Master of Wholeness College. Thrust of Urban Governance and Design, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 510000, China

Editorial note on terminology
In this essay, the concept of Living Structure is understood as comprising two inseparable dimensions: “living” …

Why the UN decision matters beyond the mercator debate

Georg Gartner

President, International Cartographic Association

In September 2026, the United Nations General Assembly brought an unusually cartographic question onto the global political stage. By 164 votes to one, with six abstentions, Member States adopted a resolution encouraging the use of map projections that more accurately represent the relative …

If we want real time “geo intelligent” agents, we must confront the gap between elegant demos and messy, dynamic reality.

Nirmalendu Kumar

Additional Surveyor General, Survey of India (Retd) Managed Mapping and Surveying Operations for whole southern India

Agentic AI is about to collide with geospatial intelligence in a way …

Geospatial education is often incorporated into engineering, geography, or environmental science programs, leading to inconsistencies in knowledge and skills

Dr. T. Vijayalakshmi

Associate Professor, Centre for Environment, UCEST Coordinator, DST SPR in GST4ESD* (*DST -Satellite Centre for Policy Research in Geospatial Science and Technology for Environment and Sustainable Development, JNTUH).

Geospatial technology has become an indispensable tool across …

The ongoing year holds significant advancements for GIS professionals leveraging Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology

Jean-Yves Lauture

CTO, Eos Positioning Systems

From enhanced accuracy to improved productivity, here are three key predictions for 2025 that could transform how GIS users collect and manage spatial data in the field.
1. Galileo High Accuracy …

Appears that Geo-information sciences, Environmental sciences and Social sciences overrule the principles of the grammar of the English language.

Dr Mahavir

Former Professor and Dean (Academic), School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India

I was going through a paper (Singhal and Gupta, 2024) when the word ‘imaginary’ in the abstract caught my attention. Somehow, the sentence was …

Dr. Anthony Beck

An independent consultant who specialises in digital transformation using the Land Administration Domain Model (LADM), formerly with Registers of Scotland and Ordnance Survey International.

Vladimir V. Evtimov

the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a land professional experienced in land reforms and land administration

Dr. Keith Clifford Bell

International Development Consultant for Land, Geospatial Information and Disaster Resilience …

Coordinates is pleased to publish this interview of three world experts, on critical issues concerning land administration and geospatial information. Dr. Anthony Beck, Vladimir V. Evtimov and Dr. Keith Clifford Bell, whose collective experience amounts to almost one century, provide a striking candor as they convey their respective deep knowledge and understanding to respond to …

Solutions to deliver resilient PNT systems must be diverse, incorporating a mix of technologies

Andy Proctor

MA, CEng, FRIN, FIET Director RethinkPNT

As we know, the use of PNT information penetrates every sector, including military, aviation, transportation, agriculture, and many others. It is now well recognised that the years of increased reliance on …

The RF spectrum is a critical resource, for both practical military and civilian PNT users

Graeme Hooper

Managing Director GPS Satsystems

T he endless stream of global media articles on GPS/GNSS spectrum vulnerabilities discussing both spectrum blocking (jamming) and counterfeit timing signals (spoofing) attempting to disrupt GPS/GNSS continue to roll out daily. …