Geobble Journal

Ideas behind better geographic work

Essays, engineering notes, product philosophy, experiments, launches, and announcements from Geobble.

The False Precision of Exact Coordinates

A coordinate can contain many decimal places and still describe an uncertain location. Precision in the number is not the same as accuracy in the geography.

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Introducing Geobble

The Hidden Bottleneck in GIS Is Often Data Preparation

Why spatial analysis usually begins with the slower work of making geographic information usable, traceable, and fit for purpose

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