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Industry specific blogs:

Aviation, UAV/DroneTransportation

September 17, 2025
What’s that Mountain Over There? A Guide to Mobile Line of Sight and Visibility Analysis

Written by:
Emily Hunt & Amanda Lind
August 26, 2025
Contours vs. Breaklines, What’s the Difference?

Written by:
Mackenzie Mills & Amanda Lind
August 19, 2025
Exploring the Depths With Bathymetric Data

Written by:
Emily Hunt
August 12, 2025
What data can be stored in a GeoTIFF file?

Written by:
Mackenzie Mills & Amanda Lind
August 7, 2025
The Legend of Zelda: Explaining GIS with Video Games Pt. 2

Written by:
Meg Scribner
August 4, 2025
Fortnite: Explaining GIS with Video Games Part 1

Written by:
Meg Scribner
July 29, 2025
Lidar vs Photogrammetric Point Clouds: What’s the Difference?

Written by:
Amanda Lind
July 15, 2025
Put Data into Motion: How to Create a 3D Fly-Through

Written by:
Emily Hunt & Mackenzie Mills
July 1, 2025
How to Create a Contour Map

Written by:
Emily Hunt
June 25, 2025
Finding Local Depressions in Rasters

Written by:
Amanda Lind
June 17, 2025
The Future of GIS in the Classroom

Written by:
Emily Hunt
June 3, 2025
Measuring Vegetation Encroachment with Point Clouds

Written by:
Amanda Lind

Companies using Blue Marble’s geospatial technology

United Nations
NASA
CDM Smith
Microsoft
Amazon
Chevron Corporation
Harvard University
GM
Accenture
Boeing