Geospatial Tech
Radar 2026
Element 84 launched the Geospatial Tech Radar as a platform for facilitating knowledge sharing in the geospatial community. We will update this content annually to reflect the latest advancements in the industry.
Improvements in AI Tooling: Chats & Agents
Geospatial chat interfaces have improved significantly over the past year, and are now able to solve real-world problems with the help of enhanced tooling that puts agents in front of real users.
The Importance of Provenance
The desire to understand where answers come from has intensified for both users and engineers this year. In everything from AI chat to STAC workflows, an answer is only useful if someone can check it.
Refined Tooling for Cloud Native Geospatial Adoption
There has been a continued push to make tools more efficient, ergonomic, and usable this year to encourage the adoption of cloud native geospatial tooling.